Sen. Specter switches from Republican to Democrat in Washington
Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter (R) is greeted by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-IA, during a Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the public health response to the Swine Flu on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 28, 2009. Specter announced today he is switching from Republican to Democrat. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Republicans Thursday blocked a proposal by Democrats to expand a payroll tax holiday and pay for it with a higher taxes on millionaires.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said Wednesday he will try to hold Congress hostage for Christmas if jobless benefits are not extended for out-of-work Americans.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., relied on a rarely invoked procedural rule to halt a Senate committee's debate on a bill to overhaul the No Child Left Behind law.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Nearly six in 10 students at 16 for-profit colleges will drop out by their second year, most with major loan debt, U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said Thursday.
WASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) -- Sen. Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, said Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., should resign if accusations of infidelity are true.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate filibuster rules make it too difficult for Democrats to exercise the mandate voters gave them in 2008, some Democratic lawmakers said.
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