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Arlen Specter
Age: 82 †
Born: 1930
Born: February 12
Died: 2012
Died: October 14
Former United States Senator
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Wichita
Kansas
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My definition of winning at squash is playing and surviving, and I've never lost a match.
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If Romney wants to make me responsible for ObamaCare, I've said I would be proud to be responsible for it.
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The extremists took over the primary process.
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I do come from a strong family.
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Heart disease continues to be the number one killer cancer, the number 2 killer, not far behind. The tragic aspect of these deadly diseases is that they could all be cured, I do believe, if we had sufficient funding.
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My change in party will enable me to be re-elected.
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The best way to reduce the cost of medical care is to reduce the illness.
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I really do not make deals.
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Beating the tea party gang is more important than who does the beating.
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We're all looking for a plan that will work. The current plan is not working, and 21,500 additional troops -- it's a snowball in July. It's not going to work.
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Was the Vietnam conflict a war which should have, as a matter of constitutional law, required a declaration of war by Congress?
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The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.
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I don't expect people to agree with all my votes.
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I've been in a lot of elections.
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No senator's vote, except for the declaration of war or the authorization for the use of force, is more important than the confirmation of a nominee for the Supreme Court for a lifetime appointment.
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It is with unwelcome frequency that I find myself the deciding vote.
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When the president acts in absence of a congressional grant of authority, he can rely only upon his own independent powers. When the president takes measures incompatible with the express or implied will of Congress, his power is at its lowest ebb.
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Resolutions are flying like snowflakes around here.
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When I supported the stimulus package, I knew that it would not be popular with the Republican Party.
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Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.
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