Edward Kennedy

Democrat  •  Massachusetts  •  9th Term  •  Sworn In 1962
Current Term 2007 - 2009 View All
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02/16/07
Tribe welcomes long-awaited federal recognition

Within minutes of getting the long-awaited news, tribal members received congratulatory calls from the governor, Senator Edward Kennedy and Congressman ...

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02/16/07
Trying Again for a Bill to Limit Tobacco Ads

The bill is being sponsored by Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts; Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas; Representative Thomas M. ...

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02/16/07
Kennedy invokes Massachusetts war dead in Iraq speech

WASHINGTON Senator Edward Kennedy delivers a solemn anti-war speech on the Senate floor, reciting the names of Massachusetts soldiers killed in Iraq. ...

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02/15/07
Kennedy Response To Administration Announcement On Iraqi Refugees

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Refugees, held the first Congressional hearing ...

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02/15/07
Kennedy bill aims to make more grant funds available

Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) proposed a bill Tuesday that would encourage universities to use a preferable federal loan program. ...

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02/14/07
Aetna Statement in Support of Mental Health Parity Act of 2007

... announced its support for the Mental Health Parity Act of 2007 (S.558) proposed by US Senators Pete V. Domenici, Michael B. Enzi and Edward M. Kennedy. ...

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02/14/07
WILLARD MITT ROMNEY

Political: Massachusetts governor, 2003-07; ran unsuccessfully for US Senate seat against Democratic incumbent Edward Kennedy in Massachusetts, 1994. ...

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02/14/07
Sallie Mae stock sale raises DC suspicions

Edward Kennedy on Tuesday asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether officials of big student lender SLM Corp. engaged in illegal ...

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02/14/07
Aetna Statement in Support of Mental Health Parity Act of 2007

... announced its support for the Mental Health Parity Act of 2007 (S.558) proposed by US Senators Pete V. Domenici, Michael B. Enzi and Edward M. Kennedy. ...

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02/14/07
Commission urges tracking of teacher progress

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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02/14/07
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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02/14/07
Loan Bait and Switch

Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and President George W. Bush put aside their partisan differences and almost agreed on something important: student financial ...

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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
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
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
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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02/12/07
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
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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02/12/07
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
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
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
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
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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02/10/07
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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02/09/07
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
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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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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