Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) won the support of colleagues to serve as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Specter had been under fire for two weeks for suggesting that judicial appointees who oppose abortion would have a hard time being confirmed in the Senate. Several conservative groups wanted Specter, the senior Jewish Republican senator, not to serve as chair of the committee, which reviews judicial appointments.
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