U.S. Senator

Arlen Specter

Democratic·PA· Former member

bioguide://S000709FEC S6PA00100

Party loyalty

Attendance

-1

Broke with party

Bills → law

Broke ranks.

Every vote where Specter broke from the Democratic majority. Crossover behavior is the clearest signal of independence — how we compute it.

Most recent defection · Dec 15, 2010

Voted NAY while Democratics voted YEA.

NAYvs Party: YEA

Dec 15, 2010
Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010
Voted NAY while Democratics voted YEA
NAY
Dec 8, 2010
Impeaching G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Voted NAY while Democratics voted YEA
NAY
Nov 30, 2010
FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
Voted NAY while Democratics voted YEA
NAY
Nov 30, 2010
FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
Voted NAY while Democratics voted YEA
NAY
Nov 29, 2010
FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
Voted NAY while Democratics voted YEA
NAY
Sep 29, 2010
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011
Voted NAY while Democratics voted YEA
NAY
Sep 29, 2010
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011
Voted NAY while Democratics voted YEA
NAY

Last 10 roll-call votes.

Dec 22, 2010YEA
Dec 22, 2010YEA
Dec 21, 2010Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act, 2011YEA
Dec 21, 2010Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act, 2011YEA
Dec 21, 2010YEA
Dec 21, 2010YEA
Dec 21, 2010YEA
Dec 21, 2010NAY
Dec 21, 2010YEA
Dec 21, 2010NAY