G.O.P. Colleagues Back Specter's Bid to Head Judiciary Panel
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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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The battle over the incoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee intensified yesterday, as Republican Arlen Specter reassured his doubters that he will not block anti-abortion nominees to the Supreme Court.
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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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The White House expressed confidence Sunday that President Bush's judicial nominees will get a fair hearing in the Senate, despite comments from Republican Sen. Arlen Specter that anti-abortion judges were unlikely to be confirmed by the newly elected Senate.
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The Senate&#39;s top two Republicans expressed support for Donald Rumsfeld yesterday as the defense secretary&#39;s allies sought to outflank increasingly vocal GOP critics in and outside Congress.
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Sen. Arlen Specter, who set off a firestorm of controversy last week among conservatives who interpreted certain remarks as a warning to President Bush not to nominate pro-life judicial candidates
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The question facing hubristic conservatives in the US Senate is not whether shoving Sen. Arlen Specter off the path to chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee will improve prospects for conservative judicial appointments.
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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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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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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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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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Hoping to save his upcoming Judiciary Committee chairmanship, Sen. Arlen Specter plans to argue directly to the panel's Republican membership that he can be the best steward of President Bush's judicial nominees in next year's Congress.
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Sen. Arlen Specter must prove to his Republican colleagues that he is the right man to head the Senate Judiciary Committee in the next Congress, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Sunday.
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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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Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who expects to head the Senate Judiciary Committee next year, moved Thursday to quell an uproar over comments that were widely interpreted
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The judge in the murder case against Phil Spector said Wednesday he's leaning toward allowing the trial to be televised and will make a decision after hearing from lawyers later this month.
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Critics seeking to keep moderate Pennsylvania Republican Arlen Specter from chairing the Senate Judiciary Committee were broadening their offensive on Friday by attacking his record on curbing lawsuits.