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Senate Will Wait While Obama Raises Money for Specter | |
2009-09-14 | |
Coaxing Arlen Specter into switching parties and running for re-election as a Democrat was a major coup for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who is bending the Senate's schedule to accommodate a presidential fundraiser for Specter Tuesday afternoon in Pennsylvania. Reid announced Friday that the Senate would hold no votes after 3 p.m. Tuesday. His office later said that the scheduling decision was meant to accommodate a long-planned fundraiser that President Obama is headlining in Philadelphia to benefit Specter's campaign. The move could delay efforts to finish work on the fiscal 2010 transportation spending bill, which the Senate began considering Thursday.
Event organizers hope to raise $2.5 million for Pennsylvania Senate Victory 2010, a joint fundraising committee that will share proceeds with Specter's campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which is backing Specter over Sestak. Attendees will include Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, Democratic Gov. Edward G. Rendell and Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter. No other senators are expected to attend. | |
Posted by:Fred |
#4 The bad guys from Bond? |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2009-09-14 21:20 |
#3 By looking at the polls it looks like he won't be an elected Democrap either. Small loss. |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-09-14 16:27 |
#2 technically yes mojo back in the early 60s he was a registered democrat but by the late 60s he had switched parties however, he never served as an elected democrat before this calendar year |
Posted by: lord garth 2009-09-14 15:48 |
#1 Didn't Snarlin' Arlen start out as a Dem? |
Posted by: mojo 2009-09-14 02:33 |