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Specter move caught GOP leaders by surprise
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Apr 28, 2009 01:18pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, April 28, 2009 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Senate Republican leaders said they had received no heads-up from Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) about his decision to leave the Republican Party and run for reelection as a Democrat.
Specter told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) late Monday that he would leave the ranks of the GOP to caucus with Democrats, giving them control of 59 Senate seats.
Sen. Robert Casey (D-Pa.) told reporters that Specter altered him of the switch during a phone call Tuesday morning.
Republican leaders, however, said they were unaware of Specter’s decision as late as noontime Tuesday as they walked into an emergency meeting in Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) office. |
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