Former senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, one of the nation’s most durable political figures who during three decades in the Senate became known for his command of constitutional law, died ...

Senators have hammered out a compromise that would allow unions to swell their ranks, and a key lawmaker said it should pass this year. Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) on Tuesday told the AFL-CIO ...

Former senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, an irascible moderate who served for three decades in a Senate increasingly dominated by conservatives and liberals, died Sunday. He was 82.

There's no doubt Senate Democrats wanted Specter's help with the president's agenda this year. His vote in the Democratic column could mean significantly better chances for.

April 28 of last year, Specter has become a model Democratic senator. During Specter’s 29-year career as a Senate Republican, he voted with Democrats 35 percent of the time.

Senator Arlen Specter said that he switched parties because his prospects for re-election as a Republican were “bleak” and he didn’t want to leave his fate to the conservative Pennsylvania ...

Specter represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate for 30 years but perhaps was best known for his work in the Supreme Court nomination process. Arlen Specter dies at 82; longtime senator was a ...

Specter, the Senate's Man of the Hour. July 26, 2005 12:00 AM ET. Ron Elving Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) attends a news conference on stem cell research legislation, July 13, 2005.

"Senator Specter's decision today represents the height of political self-preservation," U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said in a statement.

GOP-turned-Democrat served as senator since 1980. May 19, 2010— -- Sen. Arlen Specter's decision to switch from the Republican to the Democratic party in April 2009 seemed like a good idea at ...

WASHINGTON — Arlen Specter, who in 30 years representing Pennsylvania in the Senate offended Republicans and Democrats in almost equal measure with maverick votes and a frank cockiness that ...