CNN is reporting that former Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter is gravely ill and suffering from a "serious" form of cancer that "flared up" on Monday night. The news comes from unnamed sources and ...

Long-time Republican senator switches sides, 60 seats in sight for Democrats. WASHINGTON, April 28, 2009— -- Sen. Arlen Specter stunned both parties on Capitol Hill today when he announced he ...

Sen. Arlen Specter next faces the voters a little over one year from now, on May 18, 2010. We don't know what the mood of the country will be in one year. Two weeks ago, few people had heard of swine ...

In wake of Specter's defection, Republican Party considers the size of its tent May 1, 2009— -- The defection of Arlen Specter from the GOP to the Democratic Party this week has revived a ...

RACHEL MARTIN, BYLINE: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin. Longtime Republican Senator Arlen Specter has died. The GOP firebrand made headlines in 2009 when he switched parties.

(AP) – Major events in the timeline of outgoing Sen. Arlen Specter’s career in politics: _ 1959: Hired as an assistant district attorney in Philadelphia. _ 1964: Serves on the Warren Commission, which ...

There is no doubt about it. Arlen Specter is definitely one of a kind.After graduating from Yale Law School in 1956, Specter was a Democrat. In 1965, Specter ran for Philadelphia District Attorney on ...

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When Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter announced on April 28 that he was switching to the Democratic Party after nearly four decades as an elected Republican, it marked a messy and shocking end to ...

Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat ...