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Dec 16, 2009

1st hearing to probe witness intimidation, Specter says

Philadelphia Inquirer

Dec 15, 2009

Coalition of Nation’s Leading Physician Organizations Commend Sen. Specter’s Leadership in Ensuring Patients’ Ability to Access Specialized Medical Care

Newswise

More than twenty of our nation’s premiere physician organizations applaud Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) for introducing an amendment to The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590). The amendment delays by one year the implementation of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) decision to eliminate the use of consultation codes.

Dec 14, 2009

19 test positive for polycythemia vera gene mutation

Pottsville Republican Herald

Dec 13, 2009

Casey, Specter push health-care reform amendments

Scranton Times-Tribune

Dec 11, 2009

Area’s farmers take milk-price battle to D.C.

Williamsport Sun-Gazette

A group of local dairy farmers and their supporters recently spent a day meeting with legislators in Washington, D.C., in an attempt to highlight the severe financial crisis plaguing dairy farmers throughout the country.

Dec 10, 2009

Shield law clears Senate committee hurdle

The Hill

A bill sponsored by Sens. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) that would permit journalists to withhold their sources from federal prosecutors except in cases involving national security cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.

Dec 9, 2009

China cheats on steel

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Senator Specter talks about the damage of illegal Chinese trade practices in his op-ed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Dec 9, 2009

Why I oppose the Afghan surge

Philadelphia Daily News

Senator Specter explains his opposition to the expansion of the war in Afghanistan in an op-ed in the Philadelphia Daily News.

Dec 4, 2009

Specter seeks to aid 5 Pa. veteran centers

Army Times

Sen. Arlen Specter is trying to keep five federally funded centers that help predominantly older veterans in rural Pennsylvania open.

Dec 3, 2009

Specter Testifies on Behalf of Domestic Steel Industry at ITC Hearing

TradingMarkets.com

U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) Tuesday testified during an International Trade Commission (ITC) hearing that the domestic steel industry will be injured if unfairly traded imports of Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) from China are left unchecked.

Nov 30, 2009

Specter requests court time to argue for deepening Delaware River

The News Journal

Pennsylvania’s Democratic U.S. Senator Arlen Specter has asked for time to argue in favor of a Delaware River shipping channel deepening during a federal court hearing next week.

Nov 27, 2009

Health care reform: What Americans should demand of any plan

The Patriot-News

The Harrisburg Patriot-News Editorial Board endorses key elements of the Senate's health care plan, including the public option and Senator Specter's commitment that the bill won't raise the deficit.

Nov 25, 2009

PHA celebrates progress and good will on housing

Philadelphia Inquirer

Specter noted that Pennsylvania has received $18 billion in stimulus money. Of that, PHA will get an extra $126 million over several years from HUD - more than twice its current capital budget.

Nov 23, 2009

UAFA Gains Influential New Cosponsor

Immigration Equality

Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee (and formerly that committee’s Republican Chairman), has signed on as a cosponsor of the Uniting American Families Act.

Nov 20, 2009

Specter advocates for DOMA repeal, other LGBT initiatives

Philadelphia Gay News

U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter made headlines earlier this year when he announced that he was switching the “R” after his name to a “D,” and he was again in the headlines late last month when he declared that he had also shifted his position on an LGBT issue that has beleaguered the community for more than a decade.

Nov 19, 2009

Specter visits area technology company

Montgomery News

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