State coming to grips with loss of clout in Washington

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Published May 22, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.

Arlen Specter's pending departure from the Senate and the February death of Rep. John P. Murtha represent a double blow to the ability of the region and the state to attract federal dollars ...

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Sen. Specter Faced Turbulent Political Year

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Published May 19, 2010 at 9:44 p.m.

Arlen Specter's career of public service has spanned decades; KDKA's Paul Martino reports ...

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Lawmakers hope fall brings more health care compromises

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Published Sept. 5, 2009 at 11:41 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- One of Sen. Arlen Specter's favorite jokes during the second week of August, when he was on the business end of raised voices and wagged fingers in a series of town hall meetings across Pennsylvania, was that you couldn't change the television channel without seeing his face ...

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Conservative group to inform Specter donors they can ask for a refund

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Published Aug. 31, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- If you gave money to Sen. Arlen Specter's re-election campaign before he switched to the Democratic Party, you're going to hear from the Club for Growth soon ...

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Group can contact Specter donors about possible givebacks

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Published Aug. 27, 2009 at 2:12 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission says a conservative political group can use Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter's campaign donor list to inform givers of the senator's promise to return money to those upset by his switch ...

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Specter's First W. Pa. Health Care Town Hall Draws 1,000+

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Published Aug. 14, 2009 at 12:18 p.m.

Hundreds of people showed up for U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter's latest town hall meeting on health care reform -- the first one he has held in western Pennsylvania ...

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Specter-Toomey matchup is close, poll says

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Published July 22, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.

A new poll depicts continuing erosion of Sen. Arlen Specter's standing with Pennsylvania voters ...

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Joe Torsella, Specter's Democratic Opponent, Drops Out Of Race

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Published May 14, 2009 at 9:22 p.m.
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Arlen Specter's main opponent in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary next year is dropping out ... Philadelphia civic leader Joe Torsella says in a video to friends and supporters to be posted on his campaign Web site Thursday evening that he's concerned the race would become more about Specter's record than looking forward and that's not good for the state ... The 45-year-old Torsella is a former president of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia and is the chairman

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Philly civic leader drops bid against Specter

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Published May 14, 2009 at 9:07 p.m.

Sen. Arlen Specter's main opponent in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary next year is dropping out ...

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Honesty best cure for Web of deceit

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Published May 13, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.

John DeLallo Jr. of Bethel Park was one of many readers incensed about the Sen. Arlen Specter's fund-raising scheme detailed in this space Friday ...

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