Edward Kennedy News

Ronald Weich, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Office of Legislative Affairs today announced two new members of the Office's leadership team.

One of the many frustrations for advocates of single-payer health care is the relentless drive to marginalize us, not only by conservatives but also by members of our own party.

Congress has started in earnest its effort to enact President Obama's promise for universal health care.

For years, Sen.-designate Al Franken graced television and movie screens as the character Stuart Smalley.

Sen. Robert C. Bryd, D-W.Va., has been released from the hospital after spending more than a month out of office, according to a news release issued Tuesday.

If you were looking for a movie title to describe the looming immigration debate in Congress, it would be Invasion of the Body Snatchers .

Much of that important research and development is happening right here in Massachusetts, where biotech businesses represent one of the fastest growing sectors of the state's economy.

With its white clapboard walls, sloping lawns and broad porches, the famed Kennedy family compound on Cape Cod boasts commanding views of Nantucket Sound's shimmering waters.

In February, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., suffering from brain cancer, rallied to return to the Senate and cast a decisive vote to help clear the way for President Obama's $787 billion stimulus package.

ABC News' Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller report: Sitting in the State Dining Room with a bipartisan group of 26 Members of Congress to discuss immigration reform this afternoon, President Obama stated the obvious on the vexing issue: "There is not by any means consensus across the table." The President said that he is encouraged that after all the ...

President Barack Obama , seeking to keep momentum for his plan to overhaul the health-care system, said hea s a oevery optimistica his proposal will get through Congress before the end of the year.

President Obama challenged the health insurance industry Tuesday to drop its steadfast opposition to a government-run plan that could compete with private insurers to drive down costs in a revamped health care system.

As President Obama today applauded a prescription drug deal he called a "major step forward" in health care reform, Sen.

A coalition of union and liberal groups began running television ads designed to get "the attention of one particular television viewer: Sen.

With the health care debate taking center stage in the White House and on both sides of Congress, Democrats have stepped up their efforts to defend a government-sponsored health insurance program, saying the reforms they are proposing are greatly needed.

The battle for affordable health insurance reform is heating up in Washington. Following the Congressional Budget Office's analysis of Senator Kennedy's health care reform bill the White House has sought to separate itself from the bill.

Sen. Edward Kennedy is going to bat in a new TV campaign ad for his longtime pal Sen.

Greg Mortenson of Bozeman has received a national public service award for his 16 years of work building schools and promoting education for girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

"It was particularly devastating on Wednesday when [Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah]" - " a longtime friend of Sen.

The Senate Finance Committee may delay consideration of a health-care overhaul until July as lawmakers work to bring the cost below $1 trillion and reach a bipartisan compromise, panel Chairman Max Baucus said.