Specter: Senate’s Status As Greatest Deliberative Body ‘Has Been Destroyed’ The New York Times reports that the debate on health care has exacerbated the sense of partisanship in the Senate. “This body prides itself on being the world’s greatest deliberative body,” said Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), who switched parties from the Republicans earlier this year. “That designation has been destroyed with what has occurred here the past few days.”
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