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  1. April 30, 2009, 3:56 pm

    MONEY & POLITICS: Senators Ask Specter for Their Money Back, but Will They Return Specter’s?

    Three of Arlen Specter’s former Republican Senate colleagues are taking the former GOP-er up on his offer to return contributions they made to his 2010 re-election campaign. The same three received money for their own campaigns from Specter’s now-amusingly named Big Tent PAC. So are they planning to return Specter’s money? Read more

  2. April 30, 2009, 8:00 am

    MONEY & POLITICS: Will GOP Miss Specter’s Generous Ways?

    By now, it’s old news that Senator Arlen Specter switched parties to join the Democratic majority in the Senate. Earlier this week PaperTrail took a look at the money that Specter might be giving back in the coming months, if Republicans take him up on his offer to return campaign donations “upon request” The move raises another interesting question though: Specter’s PAC has been quite generous to his former Republican caucus-mates. Will his GOP colleagues, in addition to blasting his move across the aisle, also return his PAC’s money? After all, quite a few of them have taken it. Read more

  3. April 28, 2009, 3:08 pm

    MONEY & POLITICS: Arlen Specter’s Switch Could Prove Costly

    Hours after announcing his switch to the majority party in the Senate, newly minted Pennsylvania Democrat Arlen Specter has already put his fundraising team (or his future, Democratic fundraising team) in a challenging position. Read more

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