Is this really interesting: Senator Kennedy
While riding in a car with Senator Kennedy, Kopechne was killed when the Senator drove off of Dike bridge and into a channel after a party at Chappaquiddick Island, Martha’s Vineyard.
Though ill, Senator Kennedy attended the first night of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in August 2008, where a video tribute to Kennedy was played.
Senator Kennedy’s wife, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, works to save children’s lives by promoting gun safety.
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Eighteen year olds gained the right to vote under the sponsorship of Senator Edward Kennedy, and women got an equal right to athletic program funding because of his efforts on behalf of Title IX legislation.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy has represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate for forty-three years.
A Democrat from Massachusetts, Edward Moore Kennedy was first elected to the United States Senate in 1962 to finish the term of his brother, John F. Kennedy.
The enduring legacy of the Kennedy family is public service.
John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy have been champions of the less fortunate, and they have also worked tirelessly in support of the needs of working men and women.
Kennedy ran for president in 1980 but was defeated for the Democratic nomination by incumbent president Jimmy Carter.
He also serves on the Judiciary Committee, where he is the senior Democrat on the Immigration Subcommittee, and on the Armed Services Committee, where he is the senior Democrat on the Seapower Subcommittee.
The most prominent living member of the Kennedy family, he is the youngest brother of the former President John F. Kennedy and the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the father of Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy.
Reaching out to the rest of the world President Kennedy created the Peace Corps, which embodies his ethic of public service.
Edward Moore “Ted” Kennedy is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party.
Over time he became one of the Senate’s elder statesmen, know for his bipartisan friendships with conservative Senator Orrin Hatch and others.
The digital press kit contains the Senator’s biography, accomplishment sheet and offical photograph.
Although mail delivery to the United States Capitol offices has resumed, the delivery process is still very slow and not yet back to normal.
He has a reputation as a hard-working liberal on issues such as education and health care, but his personal life has frequently been a hot topic for gossip columnists.
In office since November 1962, Kennedy is the second most senior member of the Senate, after President pro tempore of the United States Senate Robert Byrd of West Virginia.
Kennedy is currently the senior Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in the Senate.
As a result of their efforts, legislation has passed into law that created equal pay for women, increases in the minimum wage, time and a half for overtime work, meals on wheels, parental leave, Head Start, child health insurance, health insurance portability, education funding, teacher training, childhood immunization, Indian education, occupational safety, civil rights for the disabled, consumer protection, the war on cancer, nurses training, legal services, support for people with mental retardation, the Age Discrimination Act, Literacy Corps, fair housing, Satellite Education, and job training programs to name just a few.
Working “across the isle” on important legislation to improve life for all Americans has been a hallmark of my career in the Senate and it will continue to be the way that we remain productive.
WASHINGTON, DCToday’s jobs numbers show a loss of 63,000 jobs.
He was elected in 1962 to finish the final two years of the Senate term of his brother, Senator John F. Kennedy, who was elected President in 1960.
Until the mail process is more timely, the best way to contact me or my Washington, DC staff remains either by fax at 224-2417, phone at 224-4543 or preferably via the contact form on this page.
Kennedy is the Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.
Now one of the Senate’s most powerful figures, Kennedy became chairman of the Judiciary Committee and pushed for airline deregulation, no-fault insurance, and consumer-oriented modifications in the anti-trust laws.
His effort to make quality health care accessible and affordable to every American is a battle that Kennedy has been waging ever since he arrived in the Senate.
Throughout his career, Kennedy has fought for issues that benefit the citizens of Massachusetts and the nation.






