Specter Effectively Wins Senate Judiciary Chair
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U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, a  Republican defender of abortion rights, effectively won his  battle on Thursday for the chairmanship of the committee that  reviews judicial nominees.
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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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Mel Martinez, the former Bush administration housing secretary, decisively won the Republican nomination for Senate Tuesday in a primary that saw a mostly trouble-free test of the touchscreen machines introduced after Florida's punch-card fiasco in 2000.
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When Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, faced the toughest primary race of his political career, President Bush went to his rescue, campaigning with Mr.
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Ordinarily, Sen. Rick Santorum might figure to be Sen. Arlen Specter's most public of allies in a fierce and ultimately successful battle for the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee, one Pennsylvania Republican aiding another in a classic Capitol power struggle.
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Expected incoming chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee Arlen Specter (R-PA) cautioned President Bush not to make any far-right nominations to the US Supreme Court, especially those who would overturn Roe v Wade.
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REPUBLICAN US Senate leaders have a chance to give a renegade member the treatment he deserves. Liberal Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Penn.
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Three-term GOP Rep. Jim DeMint defeated South Carolina's education superintendent Tuesday to win the Senate seat opened by retiring Democrat Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, turning back a late surge by his challenger in this Republican stronghold.
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Arlen Specter, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, wants to discuss why the N.F.L. destroyed all evidence of the Patriotsâ video-taping incident in the season opener.
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Senator Arlen Specter's bid to become chairman of the Judiciary Committee is endangered by conservative opposition.
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Every Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee has pledged to support Sen. Arlen Specterâs (R-Pa.) bid to become the panelâs chairman, paving the way for his ascension in January.
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Sen. Arlen Specter, a defender of  abortion rights, gained the support on Thursday of fellow  Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, effectively  winning his fight to chair the panel that reviews judicial  nominees.
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A man analysts call a rising leader in the Democratic Party has easily won his race for the US Senate in the Midwestern state of Illinois.
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After meeting with N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell, Senator Arlen Specter said that he was âmore determinedâ to continue probing the videotaping controversy that has entangled the league.
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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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Federal judge Michael Chertoff, who  testified against torture and preached the need to protect  civil liberties, won Senate confirmation on Tuesday to head the  U.S. Homeland Security Department.
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Sen. Arlen Specter on Thursday won the support of the Senate Judiciary Committee&#39;s Republicans to be their chairman next year, surviving complaints from abortion opponents