The Senate last night stripped Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) of his seniority on committees, a week after the 29-year veteran of the chamber quit the Republican Party to join the Democrats.
In announcing his move across the aisle last week, Specter asserted that Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) had assured him he would retain his seniority in the Senate and on the five committees on which he serves. Specter’s tenure ranked him ahead of all but seven Democrats.
Instead, though, on a voice vote last night, the Senate approved a resolution that made Specter the most junior Democrat on four committees for the remainder of this Congress. (He will rank second from last on the fifth, the Special Committee on Aging.) Reid himself read the resolution on the Senate floor, underscoring the reversal.
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The loss of seniority could prove costly to Specter in his campaign to win reelection in 2010, denying him the ability to distinguish himself from a newcomer in his ability to claim key positions.
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4 Comments
May 6, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Oh…can’t…stop…laughing…this hurts the side muscles so much…hee…hee…suckered! Oh karma! It moves so fast sometimes, slow at other times, but it always seems to make amends.
May 7, 2009 at 9:21 am
In the words of that famous New York City transporation specialist Ralph Kramden:
“Har har hardy har har!”
May 7, 2009 at 3:09 pm
“THE SCREWER” became “THE SCREWOR.”
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy…………….
May 7, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Poetic justice at its finest.