Patrick Kennedy News

I went to the Corner looking for representative attacks on Obama for failing to call Hasan a terrorist yesterday, but instead I tripped across one poster crowingA over a rather harsh public rebuke from a Rhode Island bishop to Patrick Kennedy, congressman, son of Ted, abortion rights supporter.

SHOOTER Obama: No religion justifies Fort Hood shootings FORT HOOD, Texas President Barack Obama says the alleged gunman's Muslim religion shouldn't be blamed for the killing of 13 men and women at Fort Hood, because no faith justifies such "murderous" acts.

As former President Bill Clinton warned Senate Democrats of the political dangers of failing to pass an overhaul of the health-care system, party leaders set a goal of starting debate on a Senate bill next week and struggled to close rifts over abortion and other contentious issues.

U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy says recent comments by Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop questioning the congressman's faith because of his stance on abortion and health care reform were "very disconcerting." Kennedy, a Catholic and congressman from Rhode Island, had planned to meet Thursday with Providence Bishop Thomas Tobin to discuss a simmering ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, left, and Rep. George Miller exult at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday night.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, left, and Rep. George Miller exult at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday night.

As Democrats savored the narrow passage of their historic heath care overhaul in the House of Representatives, attention Sunday turned to the deeply-divided U.S. Senate.

Rep. Patrick Kennedy , the son of recently deceased Senator Edward M. Kennedy, responds to the successful vote on health care reform legislation by quipping "My Dad Was A Senator But Tonight His Spirit Was In The House." November 8, 2009 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

Wanted to pass along this note from Ocean State Action, urging folks to call their congressperson this weekend with action coming up on the robust health care reform bill HR 3962 Subject: MAKE A CALL NOW - House bill coming this weekend Rep.

Democratic moderates who will determine the fate of much of President Obama's domestic agenda heard an early warning from this week's off-year elections: Congress had better do something about the economy, or sitting lawmakers will lose their jobs in 2010.

Hoping to win a new chunk of federal stimulus money, Governor Deval Patrick pitched the Obama administration yesterday on three proposals that would expand broadband access in areas of Massachusetts that lack adequate high-speed connections.

Republican victories in gubernatorial contests in New Jersey and Virginia yesterday were striped across the nation's newspapers this morning.

Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy and Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin have agreed to meet on Nov.

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Last week, Congressman Patrick Kennedy took the Catholic Church to task for opposing health reform that fails to include an explicit ban on federal funding for abortion.

Michael Guilfoyle, Tobin's spokesman said later Thursday: ``Bishop Tobin looks forward to meeting with Congressman Kennedy in the very near future to discuss the Church's support of health-care reform that does not provide taxpayer funding for abortion.'' In a letter delivered Thursday to the leader of the Roman Catholic diocese, Kennedy said his ...

FAITH AND FAMILY Sociologist: Faith benefits marriage and family life Washington A University of Virginia sociologist says married couples who worship together are 35 percent less likely to divorce, and tend to be better parents as well.

A hearing on whether a Sudbury man should remain jailed while awaiting trial on terrorism charges has been postponed because his lawyer said he needs more time to prepare.

Both of Rhode Island's Democratic congressmen endorsed their party leadership's new compromise legislation to overhaul the nation's medical system, even though its version of the government-run insurance option is weaker than what they and other liberals had initially sought.

Flanked by defense officials and members of Congress, President Obama on Wednesday signed into law an LGBT hate crimes measure as part of a major defense bill.