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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09/07/09
Where is Taiwan's Ted Kennedy?

...the outcome of a comprehensive reform of the health care system in the United States is highly uncertain, the leadership of Sen. Ted Kennedy, who died of brain cancer on August 25 at age 77, “will be sorely missed,” said Geoff Garin in a recent comm

Source: China Post
09/06/09
RE: Edward Kennedy

Saturday morning, a Catholic funeral Mass was held for Senator Edward Kennedy, a man many people respected, many other people disliked, but whose biggest ...

Source: Examiner.com
09/06/09
Johnson finds foes in ascent to key job

... as the chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Development Committee as Democrats fill the void left by Sen. Ted Kennedy's recent death. ...

Source: Sioux Falls Argus Leader
09/06/09
Forgiving Kennedy

I smiled when I read Ron Poulton's vivid reminder of Sen. Ted Kennedy's many weaknesses ("A curious sight," Forum, Sept. 2). It was quite an accomplishment ...

Source: Salt Lake Tribune
09/06/09
Dancing on Ted Kennedy's grave

...U.S. senator dies, you'd think his detractors could hold their venom for at least one day. But noooo. When Sen. Edward Kennedy died, the conservative hordes couldn't resist piling on. No sooner had Ted 's death been announced than the bile began spewing

09/06/09
Peterson: Sen. Schilling? It could happen

"but to fill Ted Kennedy's seat in the Senate? No." Here's what is really nuts: It isn't such a far-fetched notion. Understand, we're not saying Schilling ...

Source: San Jose Mercury News
09/06/09
Pols & Politics: Bill & Ted's excellent connection

... Twiss said the team has a famous picture of Russell and Ted Kennedy taken at Massachusetts General Hospital in the '60s after the senator had surgery. ...

Source: Boston Herald
09/06/09
Speak not only good of the dead

I was very much reminded of this saying during the orgy of praise a week ago for the late Senator Ted Kennedy, both during the funeral services and in the ...

Source: International Analyst Network
09/06/09
Timeline is murky for Perry to call election to replace Hutchison ...

WASHINGTON – The death of Sen. Ted Kennedy has provided a fresh reminder that when a Senate seat comes open, ...

Source: Dallas Morning News
09/06/09
Senator Edward Kennedy

A friend of Bangladesh and world humanity - US Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy died of brain cancer on the 25th August 2009 at the age of 77 at his home in ...

Source: The Daily Star
09/06/09
RE: Edward Kennedy

... next to a stack of prayer cards and a collage of photographs memorializing the late senator: Ted Kennedy at a football game with a much younger Patrick; ...

Source: Providence Journal
09/06/09
On Chappaquiddick and Kennedy's health care

While the flowers are still fresh on Sen. Ted Kennedy's grave, I wonder if his “fans” remember the Chappaquidick incident some 40 years ago. ...

Source: Asheville Citizen-Times
09/06/09
Letters: Kennedy's record not one to be proud of

Since the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy there has been an outpouring of rhetoric about what an outstanding senator and human being he was. ...

Source: Sheboygan Press
09/06/09
Not a musthave?...Talking to kids...Kennedy hearing set... | kxnet ...

... the state's Democratic governor appoint a temporary successor to Sen. Ted Kennedy. That person would serve until a special election is held in January. ...

Source: KXMC
09/06/09
Dancing on Ted Kennedy's grave

When Sen. Edward Kennedy died, the conservative hordes couldn't resist piling on. No sooner had Ted 's death been announced than the bile began spewing ...

Source: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
09/06/09
Marin Voice: Sen. Ted Kennedy was the last warrior of a golden era

These were among the august assemblage that greeted Ted Kennedy when he took his seat as the junior senator from Massachusetts. I first met him when I went ...

Source: Marin Independent-Journal
09/06/09
Health care was Kennedy's signature issue

The late Sen. Ted Kennedy spent 47 years in the US Senate and cast more than 15000 votes. Affectionately called the “Liberal Lion” by friend and foe, ...

Source: The Desert Sun
09/06/09
RE: Edward Kennedy

Even before Ted Kennedy lost his battle with brain cancer late last month, Republicans were suggesting that health care reform had suffered in his ...

Source: CBS News
09/05/09
COMMENTARY: Kennedy saw the value of unionized workforce

It is the first Labor Day in 47 years without Ted Kennedy as our senator; and labor has lost a true champion. Sen. Kennedy's legislation helped all working ...

Source: The Patriot Ledger
09/05/09
'Borking' health reform

In the summer of 1987, Sen. Ted Kennedy made his famous speech describing Robert Bork's America: “Robert Bork's America is a land in which women would be ...

Source: Kansas City Star
09/05/09
Insider: Honoring heroes

While folks on both sides of the political spectrum lamented the loss of Senator Ted Kennedy, their “hero,” they seemed to forget Kennedy was an elderly man ...

Source: Wicked Local Plympton
09/05/09
Don't blame Ted Kennedy for myriad problems hindering education

Regarding Nancy Dotson's letter on Sen. Ted. Kennedy's being responsible for students' poor showing on tests scores ("Poor education report reflects on ...

Source: The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
09/05/09
RE: Edward Kennedy

Long before the beginning of his campaign, Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy from Massachusetts had been advocating access for all Americans to healthcare. ...

Source: DAWN.com
09/05/09
Hartke recounts family's Kennedy encounters on passing of senator

My brother, Jan, recalled being invited to a dinner at Senator Ted Kennedy's home. “Senator Kennedy and his wife Victoria said that they had a special guest ...

Source: Culpeper Star Exponent
09/05/09
The Kennedy Syndrome: The Ironic Progeny of a Bootlegger who ...

The death of Sen. Ted Kennedy has most likely marked the end of the Kennedy dynasty. There is no apparent Kennedy currently positioned to pick up the baton ...

Source: Yorktown Patriot
09/05/09
RE: Edward Kennedy

The passing of Sen. Ted Kennedy motivates me to speak out on health care reform. I have practiced medicine for 32 years in settings from ...

Source: Monterey County Herald
09/05/09
Faith and Ted Kennedy

Things started off relatively innocent enough when Senator Kennedy's son, Ted Kennedy Jr., reminded us that his father was, "a devout Catholic whose faith ...

Source: Nolan Chart LLC
09/05/09
Shriver appears set to inherit Kennedy mantle

With Ted Kennedy, the "Lion of the Senate," buried and his memoirs due to be published next week, a chapter of the Kennedy generational saga has ended - and ...

Source: San Francisco Chronicle
09/05/09
RE: Edward Kennedy

Sen. Ted Kennedy (may he rest in peace) has been widely praised for serving 40 years in the Senate. It is important to remember, however, that the founders ...

Source: The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
09/05/09
RE: Edward Kennedy

One would think that after Senator Ted Kennedy, the “Lion of the Senate”. has died that those who attended his funeral, and because of the tremendous ...

Source: Examiner.com

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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