Arlen Specter: “There's more than being re-elected here. There's the factor of principle. The Republican Party has gone far to the right…”

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.

We are trying to make sure that we have maximum impact in the places that could use the money the most.

Congressional legislation 'doesn't amount to anything if the president can say, 'My constitutional authority supersedes the statute.'

Well, you are the Senate. You decide how to proceed.