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Senate Dems Take "Historic" Step Towards Health Care Reform

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Hoping to make history, the Senate set off on its major overhaul of the nation's health care system Wednesday, but its first steps ...

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An Ad Script for Teddy Kennedy on Healthcare Reform

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

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In the debate about healthcare reform, why are the loudest voices in the room the ones who seemingly are against all reform? Where are the champions ...

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Senate Dems: Expect A Health Care Bill Next Week

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

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Senate Democrats said yesterday that they hope to have a draft of a health care bill ready by the end of next week, the first step in what is bound to...

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"Ted Kennedy: The Dream That Never Dies": Excerpt From New Book

Vanity Fair | Edward Klein | Posted 06.05.2009 | Media

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Senator Edward Kennedy's diagnosis of brain cancer, in May 2008, touched off an extraordinary medical battle--and a veiled rivalry over who might succ...

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What It's Like When President Obama Signs the Landmark "Serve America" Bill at Your School (My Day Today!)

Dan Brown | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

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The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act will recruit more quality teachers to schools like mine, more health-care workers in low-income areas, and more supporters for veterans, just as a start.

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Ted Kennedy Says Hold The Eulogies, Eager For Work

New York Times | MARK LEIBOVICH | Posted 03.25.2009 | Politics

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After the president of Harvard hailed him as a "national leader but a local servant," after the pastor read the "Let us now praise famous men" passage...

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Boston Globe Begins Major Seven-Part Ted Kennedy Retrospective

Boston Globe | Posted 03.18.2009 | Media

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On a spring day nearly two years ago, Senator Edward Kennedy sat on the porch of his sprawling Hyannis Port home with a friend of five decades, Edmund...

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Kennedy To 'Work From Home' In Florida For Time Being

AP | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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BOSTON — Sen. Edward Kennedy will not immediately return to Washington after suffering a seizure shortly after the inauguration of President Bar...

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Healthcare Reform Won't Happen This Year: Top Democrat Clyburn

The Hill | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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A prominent House Democrat said he doesn't expect a comprehensive healthcare reform bill to pass Congress in 2009, saying an incremental approach to c...

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Wikipedia Mistakenly Reports Kennedy, Byrd Dead

Washington Post | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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As if suffering a seizure during President Obama's post-inaugural luncheon wasn't bad enough, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) endured an additional orde...

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Ted Kennedy Collapsed At Obama Inaugural Luncheon

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

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UPDATE 1/21: Ted Kennedy has been released from the hospital after suffering from a seizure a day earlier. Kennedy's office confirmed that on Wedn...

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She's No Kennedy

Michael Wolff | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

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Caroline Kennedy is a woman. Some of the most oppressed people on earth are women named Kennedy. Ergo, appointing Caroline to the US Senate is striking a blow for women and humankind.

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Hilda Solis: A Profile In Courage

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

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Hilda Solis has the ability and dedication to overcome the entrenched opposition of special interest groups and to make change happen.

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Hillary Clinton's High Noon

Sunil Adam | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics

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If the Democrats send Caroline Kennedy to the Senate, the GOP will have an easier time sending Jeb Bush to keep her company. Talk about heir apparents.

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McCain's Private Visit With Chilean Dictator Pinochet Revealed For First Time

John Dinges | Posted 11.23.2008 | Home

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In 1985, McCain traveled to Chile for a friendly meeting with the country's military ruler, one of the world's most notorious violators of human rights credited with killing more than 3,000 civilians and jailing tens of thousands of others.

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Obama And JFK Have Much More In Common Than Hope

James Sanders | Posted 10.30.2008 | Home

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JFK was no stranger to the plight of the African American of the 60's. On national television, he said, "One hundred years of delay have passed since President Lincoln freed the slaves, yet their heirs, their grandsons, are not fully free."

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Senate Passes 21st Century GI Bill While Sen. McCain Skips Vote

Victor LaPorte | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

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In an overwhelming show of support for our nation's veterans Thursday evening, 92 U.S. Senators voted in favor of the 21st Century GI Bill; also known...

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Obama Crashes My College Reunion

Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 06.03.2008 | Home

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My alma mater usually makes the news for its uber-liberal ways, like the naked dorm. But thanks to a visit from Barack Obama, this time Weslyan made headlines and the students got to keep their clothes on.

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The Lion of the Senate

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.31.2008 | Politics

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Conventional wisdom says you must be either an advocate or a bridge-builder, but never both. Ted Kennedy, once again, proves the conventional wisdom wrong.

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Dodd Praises Kennedy's Resolve: 'I Wouldn't Want To Be That Tumor'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

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Senator Chris Dodd, who is perhaps Senator Ted Kennedy's closest friend in the U.S. Senate, struck a hopeful chord on this morning's Good Morning Amer...

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Brain Tumors: Who's Had Them, What The Symptoms Are, And What The X-Rays Look Like (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.28.2008 | Living

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Amid reports that Senator Ted Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor (specifically called "malignant glioma"), here are the answers to some questions you...

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Ted Kennedy Released From Hospital, Awaits Further Test Results And Treatment Options

Huffington Post | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

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Read the full account of Sen. Ted Kennedy's condition below, followed by the latest reactions from Kennedy's colleagues in Congress: UPDATE (5/21 10...

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