Specter Will Be Junior Democrat on Committees

• By John Stanton
• Roll Call Staff
• May 5, 2009, 8:55 p.m.

Despite promises from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) that Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) would retain his seniority after switching parties, Specter will be put at the end of the seniority line on all his committees but one under a resolution approved on the floor late Tuesday.