Specter gets Hatch support for judiciary panel chairmanship
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Sen. Arlen Specter gained ground Tuesday toward winning the Senate Judiciary Committee chairmanship, which was thrown into doubt after he said judges who oppose abortion rights would face confirmation problems in the Senate.
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Senator Arlen Specter came under attack by conservatives as being too liberal to lead the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Fidelity Investments hasn&#39;t given up its opposition to a rule that requires the boards of mutual funds to have an independent chair, and the senior US senator from New Hampshire is backing that effort.
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Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., announced Wednesday that he has Hodgkin's disease but expects to continue to work in the Senate while being treated.
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The incoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said on Tuesday he wants to hold a hearing next week on draft legislation he is preparing to establish a national fund for compensating asbestos victims.
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A Republican senator who has questioned whether an abortion opponent could win approval to the U.S. Supreme Court must agree to back President Bush's nominees if he is to head the committee acting on those nominations, the Senate's Republican leader said.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman  Arlen Specter said on Wednesday he was proposing a $140 billion  trust fund to compensate asbestos victims while ending their  right to sue for damages.
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A firestorm engulfs Senator Arlen Specter&#39;s bid to become chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee, the place where judicial nominations have gone to die a politicized death ever since the venomous brawl over Judge Robert H. Bork in 1987
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Description: Republicans are under pressure to deny Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) chairmanship of the committee that considers President Bush&#39;s judicial nominees, after Specter said Supreme Court nominees who
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Raising the gavel with a grin, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter opened his first hearing Thursday by allowing more criticism of the Bush administration than his predecessor and by questioning some of the Patriot Act's police powers.
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Sen. Arlen Specter's move up to chairman of the committee that handles the president's judicial nominees is on the line this week when lawmakers return to the Capitol to clean up the unfinished work of this Congress and prepare for the next one.
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The controversy over US Sen. Arlen Specter&#39;s comments regarding anti-abortion federal judges could result in Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl getting one of the most important posts on Capitol Hill.
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WASHINGTON Nov 15, 2004 - As Congress returns from its election break to wrap up work for the year, a key focus will be on whether moderate Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa.
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Sen. Arlen Specter hoped to wrap up his bid for the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, despite protests from social conservatives.
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Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), who expects to head the Judiciary Committee next year, moved yesterday to quell an uproar over comments that were widely interpreted as warning President
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US Sen. Arlen Specter, a moderate opposed by anti-abortion groups, picked up the support of another Republican colleague on Monday in his bid to head the committee that oversees judicial nominations.
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Description: Pennsylvanian Republican Sen. Arlen Specter amassed opposition in his own party when he said that pro-life judicial nominees would have a tough time making it through committee.