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Arlen Specter faces GOP ultimatum over union-rights bill

 

Published 3/15/2009 at L.A. Times - Politics

If the Pennsylvania senator votes for the Employee Free Choice Act, some of his supporters -- angry at him for backing the economic stimulus package -- say they won't back his reelection next year. > Sen. Arlen Specter has been told by several of his most faithful GOP backers in Pennsylvania that they'll abandon their support if he votes for a union-rights bill working its way through Congress, an ultimatum that carries significance both for the measure and for Specter's reelection next year. (link)

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