1.0 link 193199 <![CDATA[New Dem Specter Votes No On Obama's Budget]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/29/new-dem-specter-votes-no_n_193199.html It didn't take long for Sen. Arlen Specter to let his new colleagues in the Democratic Party know that his vote won't be taken for granted.

A day after abandoning the Republican Party for the Democrats, saying the latter better represented his political philosophy, Specter voted against President Obama's budget -- which he and other Democrats have described as a manifestation of the party's political philosophy.

Specter was greeted warmly by his new fellow party members on his way into the...

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