Arlen Specter: “Is that unanimous consent request granted, Mr. President? The PRESIDING OFFICER. I took it as such, and I granted it.”

this is not a farewell address but, rather, a closing argument to a jury of my colleagues and the American people outlining my views on how the Senate and, with it, the Federal Government arrived at its current condition of partisan…

The Congress has the authority to handle administrative matters legislatively.

The priority was to protect the family at all costs.

The Congress, under separation of powers, has the authority to find the facts, and then there is need only for a rational relationship between what Congress finds factually and the legislation which Congress enacts.