Ironically, it was President Kennedy's assassination less than a year into Ted's first term that really allowed the younger Kennedy to find his place on the national stage.
Eric Lurio | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics
Kennedy's last public act before he died was to write the Massachusetts Democratic leadership and plead for the law that forbids a governor from appointing a senator's successor, be changed.
Mike Lux | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics
No one in all of America's great history got more tangible things that mattered accomplished for the American people. On issue after issue, Ted Kennedy was at the center of the debate.
Rob Kall | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics
Elected officials should never be allowed to become such monolithic entities, unaccountable to their constituents. It's time to eliminate the Senate, to update the constitution.
Jennifer Brunner | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics
Fighting for the dignity of humanity is at the core of the politics of empowerment. It is exercised by protecting the right of every eligible person to vote with fairness, equality and respect.
Janet Ranganathan | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green
Rebel groups are funded by profits from mining activities, and by unwitting American consumers who purchase electronics using minerals sourced from mines in eastern DRC.
Steven Hill | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
Recognizing the Supreme Court as an ideologically skewed judicial legislature helps us to understand how badly this crucial body needs to be updated for the 21st century.
Steve Parker | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
Here's the roll call by which the Senate agreed to a $2 billion extension of "Cash for Clunkers." Voting yes: 51 Democrats, 7 Republicans, 2 independents. No: 4 Democrats, 33 Republicans.
Deepak Bhargava | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
It's always easier to criticize and tear down progress than it is to offer solutions. A public insurance option is the only way for the American people to realize true health care reform.
Jake Brewer | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics
S.482 is the lowest of low-hanging fruit, and it's time the Senate picked this one off and let us move on to even more pressing transparency issues.
William S. Becker | Posted 08.19.2009 | Green
If Mother Nature were handing out grades, she'd have a difficult time assigning one to the 1,200-page climate dissertation known as Waxman-Markey, now being considered by the Senate.
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics
Asserting that a judge's background and experience influence their decision is not unlike asserting that the Pacific Ocean is wet.
Eric Deggans | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics
The GOP decries Sotomayor's statements about heritage, but in 2005 another Supreme Court nominee told the Senate that in discrimination cases, he often takes into account his own family's history.
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.08.2009 | Green
Will the climate change in the Senate over climate change legislation?; ExxonMobil pays up & pays out; Universal cell phone charger for the EU, but not for you!; Nuclear Power vs. Summer...
Ariel Gonzalez | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics
Throughout your campaign and its aftermath, you went out of your way to not be funny -- please free your sense of humor from whatever black site it's been languishing in for the last two years.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media
What a frabjous day for former Bush Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who have finally surmounted what seemed to be his most insurmountable object --...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics
[UPDATED, below.] The GOP is running this ad online, lamenting the fact that the Democrats now have the sixtieth Senate vote in the form of Al Franke...
Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics
Will Andy Samberg be the first politician to run for U.S. Senator armed with an array of provocative digital shorts starring him and Justin Timberlake?
Jon Chattman | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics
With the lack of jobs for new graduates, as well as older borrowers, there is a looming student loan bubble about to burst.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics
If you happened to watch ABC News' prime time show, "Let's Talk About Health Care Reform With The President," you might remember the moment right at t...
Sen. Robert Menendez | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics
Choice in health care isn't just about allowing families to shop around. It's about making health care better through real competition for your business.
Joe Trippi | Posted 07.25.2009 | Home
It is pretty extraordinary to show an incumbent Senator losing a primary to an opponent who hasn't begun to campaign.
Politics Daily | Posted 07.19.2009 | Home
Overheard at a Senate hearing yesterday: "Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am?' It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd ap...
AP | LARRY MARGASAK and SHARON THEIMER | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Influential senators working to overhaul the nation's health care system have investments and family ties with some of the biggest ...
Danny Miller | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics