Ted Kennedy

Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts died August 25, 2009 following a long battle with brain cancer. Kennedy was 77.

Considered by friends and foes alike as one of the most effective legislators of the past several decades, Ted Kennedy became known as the "lion of the Senate" following his crucial roles in the passage of such landmark legislation as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Kennedy was also a longtime champion of health care reform, which the senator referred to as "the cause of his life."

As the younger brother of former President John F. Kennedy and 1968 presidential candidate and former Senator Robert Kennedy — both of whom were assassinated in the 1960s — Ted Kennedy was expected by many to follow a similar path towards the White House. However, those aspirations were cut short following a controversial car accident in 1969 where Kennedy's car was driven off a bridge at Chappaquiddick near Cape Cod. Kennedy survived the crash, but his female companion, Mary Jo Kopechne did not.

An attempt several years later to challenge incumbent President Jimmy Carter for the Democratic nomination in 1980 would prove unsuccessful. Kennedy did however serve eight full terms in the Senate, making him one of only six senators to remain there more than 40 years (only Sen. Robert Byrd has served longer).

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• In Ted Kennedy’s Honor, Let’s Pass ‘Kopechne Care’

  
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  I wrote this several months ago, after Ted Kennedy passed away.  I decided not to publish it, out of respect for the recently deceased.  But the Democrat leadership rushing out to invoke Kennedy’s name during and after the vote last nigh t made me realize that the time had come to put it out there. Nancy Pelosi, ...
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• Reid ramrods Obamacare to next step with bribes

  
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  Conservatives need to descend on DC on the 30th to stop this asinine socialized HC bill. A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. ...
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• Ted Kennedy’s Widow Speaks About Senate Vote On Health Care

  
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  Many of us last night were thinking about Ted Kennedy as the United States Senate voted to bring the health bill up for debate.  Kennedy is in the Senate in spirit as the Democratic Party fights this decades long battle, and is winning.  His signature issue will finally prevail.   (I hope and trust the bill [...]
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• Congradulations to Ted Kennedy on 90 Days Sobriety

  
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  Way to go, Ted! Everyone here at Belch.Com wishes you many continued years of sobriety to come! Spread the Word!
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• Quote of the day.

  
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  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid … "Ted would be happy." Me too.
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• S2781: The “Don’t call them retarded” Act

  
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• Kennedy’s Passing, Markey’s Backing Could Affect Wind Farm

  
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  by Ken Blackwell, Contributing Author : One of the reasons liberals are so hostile to public expressions of Christianity is because it threatens the monopoly that the religion of liberalism enjoys in the public square. The late Ted Kennedy was more than a leading senator, to liberal supporters. He was a secular ...
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• HR4093: The “Buy Illinois Thomson Correctional Center” Act

  
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  Obama’s Punish capitalism and people who are successful. By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to strengthen the efforts of the Department of Justice, in conjunction with Federal, State, tribal, territorial, and local agencies, ...
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