Arlen Specter: “Consistent with not losing the floor, when are we going to vote on these amendments?”

Because it is so important for the public to know how its Government functions, and because the Supreme Court affects the lives of Americans in such great detail.

The priority was to protect the family at all costs.

The reason we serve is to ensure our children and our children's children inherit the same great country that we received from those who went before us.

Senator Specter cited just one. It was his vote against confirming Jeff Sessions as a Federal judge.