From the PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE:
After losing five terms’ worth of seniority for bolting from the Republican Party, Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., is slowly gaining it back.
Thursday morning, Mr. Specter leapfrogged six senators in the Judiciary Committee seating order and had the fourth best Democratic chair at a meeting to mark up legislation. …
The seniority issue has been a delicate one for Mr. Specter. He said Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., promised him he’d keep his status if he switched parties. But after he did so in April, his new colleagues voted him the caucus’ most junior member…
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