The top Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee says the Obama administration may have broken the law by offering Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) a job in order to persuade him not to mount a primary challenge against Sen. Arlen Specter.
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Specter talks health care on The Ed Show
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Sestak hears Pennsylvania voters’ message— a pox on both your parties
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Rep. Joe Sestak wants to be President Barack Obama’s biggest ally in the Senate — but first, he wants to campaign against him and the entire Democratic establishment.
Specter takes lead in Senate race, poll shows
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter leads Democratic primary challenger U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak and Republican Pat Toomey in the race for Mr. Specter’s seat, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released this morning.
PoliticsPA: Sestak, responding to criticism, says ‘Republican’ worst he’s called Specter
Monday, March 1st, 2010Joe Sestak on Monday forcefully responded to criticism from Arlen Specter that the congressman doesn’t pay his campaign staffers enough, saying the incumbent Democratic senator’s attacks are the kind of political tactics voters don’t want to see.
PA’s Senate race among the nation’s most expensive
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Already, candidates in 10 SEN races have raised more than $10M combined, according to reports filed with the FEC. Leading the pack is PA, where Sen. Arlen Specter is facing Rep. Joe Sestak (D) in the Dem primary. The winner will take on ex-Rep. Pat Toomey (R) in a general election.
PoliticsPA: Specter explains sudden support of reconciliation
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Senator Arlen Specter said Tuesday that he now supports using reconciliation to approve health care legislation because he says he’s discovered lawmakers have used the procedural move many times in the past.
But although he thinks the Senate now has a “really good chance” to approve the health care bill, he called inclusion of the “so-called” public option in it a “longshot.”
New Sestak campaign video bashes Obama, Specter
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Taking a direct swipe at President Obama for his support of newly-minted Democrat Arlen Specter in the Democratic Senate primary, Joe Sestak’s campaign released a video featuring Obama voters disillusioned with his support for the longtime Republican Senator.
Specter supports public option, reconciliation
Friday, February 19th, 2010Sen. Arlen Specter joined a number of his Democratic colleagues today in signing a letter supporting the inclusion of a public health insurance option in a health care reform bill, according to Specter’s Senate office.
The letter, addressed to Majority Leader Harry Reid, reads: “We respectfully ask that you bring for a vote before the full Senate a public health insurance option under budget reconciliation rules.”
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