... is reached by June 12, the government will seize the land. The announcement came after Salazar and U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter met with the owners of 500 acres where the hijacked flight crashed on Sept. 11, 2001. The meeting came a month after ...

... in perpetuity. So he's been key in private negotiations that have included Democratic Sens. Tom Harkin of Iowa, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and Chuck Schumer of New York, along with, from time to time, Vice President Joe Biden. They ...

... although Democrats were pushing for a committee vote as soon as Tuesday. Republican-turned-Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, a member of the committee who had hinted strongly that he would support Sotomayor, made it official ...

... much money went into programs they thought wouldn't create jobs. Eventually, every Republican except Collins and Arlen Specter, R-Pa., left the talks, which finally produced a deal with the White House late Friday afternoon. While ensuring ...

... Matthews met with state party leaders this past week in Washington to discuss a possible bid to unseat Republican Sen. Arlen Specter. Party official Mary Isenhour said she left the meeting feeling that Matthews still hadn't made up his mind. The ...

... slash top executives' pay. Ford and GM both said they would sell their corporate aircraft. Nevertheless, Sen. Arlen Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican, said the mood in Congress "is not supportive" of the automakers, although he called ...

... 366 billion spending portion of the plan. Four Republicans voted with the majority Thad Cochran of Mississippi, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, Christopher Bond of Missouri and Susan Collins of Maine though they went along only with strong reservations ...

... spoken once with Obama by phone and five times with Emanuel. He met with Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, but it was not immediately clear whether a deal was within reach. "We're clearly not there yet ...

... billion on Friday. - Advertisement - As a result, Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania broke ranks to cast their votes to advance the bill. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., battling ...

... grumbles among liberal Democrats, who described the cutbacks as a concession to the moderates, particularly Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who are under pressure from conservative Republicans to hold down spending. Working to accommodate the ...