Edward Kennedy

Democrat  •  Massachusetts  •  9th Term  •  Sworn In 1962
Current Term 2007 - 2009 View All
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08/28/09
Letters: Ted Kennedy remembered

Although I served with Sen. Ted Kennedy only briefly, as the last Democratic US senator from Texas I would like to offer several observations about this ...

Source: Houston Chronicle
08/28/09
RE: Edward Kennedy

WASHINGTON — Ted Kennedy, who died Tuesday, so enraged Richard Nixon that the disgraced president pushed in 1971 for snooping on the senator for proof he ...

Source: AFP
08/28/09
Unorthodox compromising Senator Ted Kennedy extended social ...

In May 2007, in his effort to put history in its proper perspective, Senator Ted Kennedy voted that the President should accurately acknowledge the Armenian ...

Source: Examiner.com
08/28/09
RE: Edward Kennedy

“Senator Ted Kennedy's death had barely hit the news before we started hearing calls that Congress must hurry and pass a health care reform bill and do it ...

Source: Politico
08/28/09
Kennedy legacy leaves mixed emotions

Stay with CNN and CNN.com/live for continuing coverage of the life and death of Sen. Ted Kennedy. Memorial services will be at 4 pm ET on Friday, ...

Source: CNN International
08/28/09
RE: Edward Kennedy

(CHARLES DHARAPAK/Associated Press) BY MARK W. SMITH The family of late Sen. Ted Kennedy has created a Twitter account to post updates from activities ...

Source: Detroit Free Press
08/28/09
Ted Kennedy: remembering a dedicated senator

Much has been written over the past few days about the impact Sen. Ted Kennedy made as a legislator and the way he interacted with the people he represented ...

Source: Seattle Times
08/28/09
RE: Edward Kennedy

By Dan Gilgoff, God & Country Of the avalanche of comments coming in on Sen. Ted Kennedy's Catholicism, the huge majority fall into the skeptical/critical ...

Source: U.S. News & World Report
08/28/09
Pro-Con | Was US Sen. Ted Kennedy a great politician?

Best known for his galvanizing words in times of tragedy and at national political conventions, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be remembered as one of the most ...

Source: Kansas City Star
08/28/09
RE: Edward Kennedy

Ted Kennedy did a wonderful job of speaking for them and putting their concerns in the right perspective. I always admired him. His heart was in the right ...

Source: Indian Country Today
08/28/09
Progressive Statements on the Passing of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy

The enormity of the loss of Ted Kennedy cannot be overstated, especially in terms of the impact his life has had on the pursuit of social and economic ...

Source: Open Media Boston
08/28/09
Cafferty: Who will assume Sen. Kennedy's leadership role?

The American flag flies at half staff Tuesday following the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy. (PHOTO CREDIT: CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY IMAGES) When it comes to ...

Source: CNN Political Ticker
08/28/09
Senate Has Changed in Kennedy's Time

“Ted Kennedy was a senator out of another, very different, Senate era: an era in which senators who believed in great causes stood at their desks, ...

Source: New York Times
08/28/09
Daly: How Ted Kennedy's crusade was launched

... A visitor signs a condolences book for Sen. Ted Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston. How will you remember the late Sen. Edward Kennedy? BOSTON - The harbor sparkled to the right of the motorcade escorting Sen. Edward Kenne

08/28/09
RE: Edward Kennedy

Sen. Ted Kennedy's nephew shares memories of boat racing with his uncle. The memorial at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, where Kennedy's body has ...

Source: ABC News
08/28/09
Mike Huckabee: ObamaCare wouldn't cover Ted Kennedy

“Senator Ted Kennedy's death had barely hit the news before we started hearing calls that Congress must hurry and pass a health care reform bill and do it ...

Source: Politico
08/28/09
RE: Edward Kennedy

BOSTON -- Preparations are under way for Sen. Ted Kennedy's funeral service Saturday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help. "This place, this basilica, ...

Source: Boston Channel.com
08/28/09
Neither Texas senator going to Kennedy funeral

© 2009 AP AUSTIN, Texas — Neither of Sen. Ted Kennedy's colleagues from Texas, Republican Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn, will be attending the ...

Source: Houston Chronicle
08/28/09
Experts: Media today would demand Chappaquiddick answers

Sen. Ted Kennedy hit the airwaves to say it was "indefensible" he didn't immediately report the accident. Mary Jo Kopechne, 28, drowned after Kennedy drove ...

Source: CNN
08/28/09
Kennedy Memoir Already a Bestseller Even Before September Release

Sen. Ted Kennedy's $8 million memoir, "True Compass," is being rushed for release on Sept. 14. The publisher, Hachette Book Group, plans to send 1.5 million ...

Source: Politics Daily
08/28/09
RE: Edward Kennedy

Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy was remembered in a private Irish style wake, or celebration of his life, at the John F.. Kennedy Presidential Library and ...

Source: Examiner.com
08/28/09
RE: Edward Kennedy

(MYFOX NATIONAL) - While the Kennedy family mourned Sen. Ted Kennedy's passing on Thursday, one family member appeared to make an obscene gesture ...

Source: MyFox Wausau
08/28/09
Vigil planned in Miami for late Sen. Ted Kennedy

A candlelight vigil will be held Friday night at the Torch of Friendship in downtown Miami to honor the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who died this week at ...

Source: MiamiHerald.com
08/28/09
RE: Edward Kennedy

The elder President Bush and former first lady Barbara will not attend the funeral for Sen. Ted Kennedy, saying their son will represent the family. ...

Source: NBC Los Angeles
08/28/09
SQUAWK: The Kennedy Family tweets

by squawk After the passing of long-time Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy this week, his family launched a Twitter account to discuss news about the senator's ...

Source: StarNewsOnline.com
08/28/09
Ted Kennedy: Sunday morning tributes after heavy weekend coverage

Broadcast and cable news will cover the funeral Mass for Sen. Ted Kennedy on Saturday morning. nbc's "Meet the Press" will talk to Sen. ...

Source: Orlando Sentinel
08/28/09
RE: Edward Kennedy

Sen. Ted Kennedy spent much time at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. BOSTON - The Rev. Richard Bennett was bidding farewell to ...

Source: New York Daily News
08/28/09
Yumans to sign Kennedy condolences

To honor and remember Sen. Ted Kennedy, a Yuma funeral home is asking citizens to sign their condolences to the Kennedy family in a book that will be on ...

Source: Yuma Sun
08/28/09
RE: Edward Kennedy

(WWLP) - Senator Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He outlived his prognosis of a year, but according to a New York Times article he lived his ...

Source: WWLP 22News
08/28/09
Top honors for Santa Rita grad to carry Kennedy's casket

As America honors Sen. Ted Kennedy, Tucsonan John Wills watches video of the coverage with a different purpose. "I'm really proud and really moved," he says ...

Source: KVOA.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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