Edward Kennedy

Democrat  •  Massachusetts  •  9th Term  •  Sworn In 1962
Current Term 2007 - 2009 View All
  • Votes with party 100%
  • Abstains: 96%

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02/06/07
US may hike H-1Bs, unveil new visa for the unskilled

An amendment introduced in the Senate by Senators Edward Kennedy and Senator John Kerry echoes the provisions of the McCain/Kennedy Bill (S 2611) and the ...

Source: Economic Times, India
02/07/07
Romney’s about-face on campaign funding

Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.). When he ran for governor eight years later, Romney again proposed dramatic changes to campaign-finance rules. ...

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02/07/07
Kennedy has Boehner picking up the pieces

Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) against House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio). (OK, it’s not really a formal contest of who is funnier, but that’s how ...

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02/07/07
John F. Kennedy Jr.'s final flight conversations released by US ...

Kennedy was the son of late President John F. Kennedy and a nephew of Senator Edward Kennedy. Kennedy, who was flying under visual flight rules, ...

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02/07/07
Senate HELP Committee likely to pass mental health parity bill

... require health insurance companies to cover mental illnesses at the same level as they cover physical illnesses, committee Chair Edward Kennedy (D-Mass. ...

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02/08/07
States to Congress: Block War Escalation

In a PSN-organized conference call with legislators and activists, Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy, who had just proposed legislation that would ...

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02/08/07
Cold War contacts

Edward M. Kennedy offered to help the Soviets mount a public-relations offensive in the United States. This propaganda attack would target President Reagan ...

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02/08/07
Politicians revisit universal health care issue

Democrat Edward Kennedy, the Senate's new health committee chairman, calls for expanding Medicare beyond the elderly and the disabled. ...

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02/08/07
Cutting Edge

Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands plays Feb. 13-18 in the Kennedy Center Opera House. Tickets start at $29. Call 202-467-4600 or visit ...

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02/09/07
At Kennedy Center, One Sharp 'Scissorhands'

Bourne's "Edward Scissorhands," which was a huge hit in London last year and has been touring the United States since November, sweeps into the Kennedy ...

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02/09/07
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Edward M. Kennedy and Rep. John A. Boehner. Instead, Tuesday night belonged to the ladies: the new speaker of the House and the reporter who shattered the ...

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02/09/07
Leading Experts Say Congress Must Stop An Attack on Iran: Is That ...

While the hearing was focused on Iraq, and Congressional power in general, Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) specifically asked the panel of constitutional ...

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02/09/07
In Fond Remembrance of Father Drinan

Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and Georgetown President John DeGioia. Recalling that while in Congress from 1971 to 1981, Drinan tirelessly opposed the Vietnam ...

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02/09/07
High Cost of Citizenship

Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) explained, would put citizenship out of reach. Imagine elderly refugees who have fled persecution in Bosnia, Somalia or Iraq. ...

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02/10/07
Congress : Chairman Kennedy Holds Help Committee Roundtable On No ...

February 8, 2007 -- Washington, DC – Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee began a series ...

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02/12/07
Bush Budget Would Boost NCLB Efforts

Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., the chairmen, respectively, of the House and Senate education committees, said the inclusion of a long-sought hike for Title I ...

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02/12/07
Politicians increasingly addressing health care reform, universal ...

Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) has called to expand Medicare beyond the elderly and disabled, although "few analysts see the Kennedy plan as politically viable," ...

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02/12/07
The next big thing -- maybe

Like Edward Kennedy, whose candidacy in 1979 fizzled when he faced real scrutiny, Mr. Obama will never be as popular as he was the day before he declared ...

Source: Ottawa Citizen (subscription), Canada
02/12/07
Can Obama match the hype?

Grizzled Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy last week couldn't resist a shot at the new golden boy, joking Obama had "thrown his halo" into the 2008 race. ...

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02/12/07
Senators tout "breakthrough" on mental health parity

Edward Kennedy (D-Mass) and Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), the chairman and ranking members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, ...

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02/12/07
Syria bars Iraq refugees, crisis worsens

Edward M. Kennedy, a Democrat and war critic, wrote in a weekend piece in The Washington Post. The UN wants the United States and other nations to do two ...

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02/12/07
Fuel fund drop hits area hard

Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. during the week on the Senate floor railing against the Bush Administration's proposed spending plan for fiscal 2008 that slashes ...

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02/13/07
Kennedy asks SEC to investigate SLM stock sales

WASHINGTON: Senator Edward M. Kennedy asked the US Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether officials of big student lender SLM Corp. ...

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02/13/07
Presidential Candidacy

POLITICAL CAREER: Massachusetts governor, 2003-2007; ran unsuccessfully for US Senate seat against Democratic incumbent Edward Kennedy in Massachusetts, ...

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02/13/07
Other Massachusetts presidential candidates

Senator Edward Kennedy. Sought the Democratic nomination in 1980, but lost to incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter, who lost the general election to Ronald ...

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02/13/07
UW student joins Petri, other lawmakers to press for more college aid

Edward Kennedy, the Massachusetts Democrat who chairs the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee. Petri, Miller, Kennedy and Sen. ...

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02/13/07
Panel Urges Progress Goals for Teachers

The commission members were joined at the news conference by key lawmakers, including Massachusetts Democrat Edward Kennedy, who chairs the Senate committee ...

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02/13/07
Politicians Increasingly Addressing Health Care Reform, Universal ...

Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) has called to expand Medicare beyond the elderly and disabled, although "few analysts see the Kennedy plan as politically viable," ...

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02/13/07
Dems enlist help to push their agenda

Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) — the first such formal encounter since Democrats took control in January. It is intended to entrench labor as an electoral and ...

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02/14/07
College students request more aid

Edward Kennedy, the Massachusetts Democrat who chairs the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee. Petri, Miller, Kennedy and Sen. ...

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Official website: http://kennedy.senate.gov/
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317 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-224-4543
Fax: 202-224-2417

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