Edward Kennedy News Archives

Debates, media interviews and a calculated targeting of likely voters will be the hallmarks of the final week in the primary campaign to replace the late Sen.

The White House has played host to captains of Wall Street, health-care executives and prominent Democratic supporters during President Obama's first seven months in office, according to visitor logs that were released yesterday.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., center left, gets a hug by Sen. Jay Rockefeller D-W.Va, as Sen.

Sen. Ted Kennedy listens carefully during the closing session of the White House's forum on health care reform in the East Room of the White House March 5, 2009 in Washington, D.C. BOSTON a ' The final sprint to the primary to fill the late Edward Kennedy's Senate seat is about to begin.

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Members of the Kennedy family pose in 1967 with Richard Cardinal Cushing of Boston at the christening of Patrick Joseph Kennedy, held by grandfather Joseph P. Kennedy and his niece, Ann Gargan.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis has decided to endorse Rep. Michael Capuano in the Senate special election.

The late Eunice Kennedy Shriver is being honored by Special Olympics Massachusetts as the group cuts the ribbon on a new Marlborough headquarters.

A bitter dispute over abortion that prompted Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop to ask Rep.

Massachusetts voters will have to wait until Jan. 19 to elect a successor to Sen.

After watching for weeks the four liberal Democrats jockeying for a U.S. Senate seat temporarily occupied by a hand-picked straw man, spending time with Scott Brown seemed like inhaling some fresh air.

Conventional treatments have never offered much help to patients with brain cancer.

Massachusetts first lady Diane Patrick has decided to endorse Rep. Michael Capuano in the Senate special election.

Massachusetts has the highest percentage of Jews outside the tristate New York area, and its Jewish community is known as one of the most politically active in the country.

Edward Kennedy Jr., Rep. Patrick Kennedy , Kara Kennedy, Sen. Paul G. Kirk Jr. , Gail Kirk and Vice President Joseph Biden gather for a photo during a mock swearing-in ceremony at the US Capitol building on September 25, 2009 in Washington, DC.

The heads of health insurance and pharmaceutical trade groups were among those visiting the White House as President Barack Obama pushed Congress to overhaul health care, White House records show.

The political fallout from Patrick Kennedy's fight with Providence Bishop Thomas Tobin is yet to be gauged by polls, but one can't assume that the Rhode Island Democrat will suffer as a result.

Martha Coakley was Massachusetts attorney general barely two weeks in January 2007 when Boston was locked down after authorities discovered what they thought were bombs planted around the city.

When the Massachusetts Republicans went hunting for a candidate to oppose Sen. Edward Kennedy in 2000, they thought they'd struck gold in a little known attorney and political newcomer named Jack E. Robinson.

Leave it to Congress to take a good idea and turn it into a costly fiasco. Before he died earlier this year, Sen.

Rep. Michael Capuano boasts street smarts and blue-collar roots - and an Ivy League pedigree.

Pets are part of your family, so why shouldn't they have a photo taken with Santa? This weekend, the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty at 400 Broadway, is offering do just that.

Main Category: Abortion Also Included In: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance ; Breast Cancer ; Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine Article Date: 24 Nov 2009 - 2:00 PST Steve Pagliuca, a candidate in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by Sen.

The two Republicans running to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy disagree about whether Massachusetts should serve as a model for the nation's health care overhaul.

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2008 file photo, the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and his wife, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, wave after he spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

She is Running for the Late Senator Ted Kennedy's Seat! The Boston Globe and others opened what would be considered a can of worms if it weren't true or if it weren't so disgusting.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. His death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted predictions that the family's long-running political dynasty is over.

Washington, D.C. - Food processors both domestically and abroad would face greater scrutiny by regulators under legislation advanced in the Senate.

U.S. scientists say they've developed the world's first brain cancer treatment that involves directly spraying a chemotherapy agent onto the tumor.

Democrat Stephen Pagliuca said Thursday the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy would side with him and not political rivals Martha Coakley and Michael Capuano in the nation's health care debate.

Conflicts over Rep. Bart Stupak's antiabortion amendment to the House health reform bill have helped put the issue of abortion rights at "center stage" in Massachusetts' special election to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Sen.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tonight unveiled the Senate version of health care reform legislation as an amendment to H.R. 3590, and named it the " Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act " . According to the CBO score , the bill would spend $849 billion over 10 years to insure 31 million Americans who currently lack coverage, and would ...

Victoria Kennedy , widow of the late Senator Edward Kennedy, speaks with Senator Robert Byrd , D-WVA, after the hearse bearing the remains of Senator Kennedy arrived at the US Capitol on Aug.

If you're a kid who loves getting his fingers into pies, the Haverhill YMCA at 81 Winter St.

The Senate is a resolutely superlative place, so it was resolved that the august body on Wednesday will open its session by saluting Sen.

Afghanistan: Troop morale is plummeting as they wait - and wait - for a war policy.

Denver Democrats, gathered for their first annual Edward M. Kennedy dinner last weekend, were witness to the announcement that the long-awaited historic - and contentious - health care reform bill championed by the late U.S. Senator from Massachusetts had narrowly passed the House of Representatives, 220-215. The news, delivered by dinner guest ...

Two of the leading Democratic candidates to replace Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy, who died of brain cancer in August , are battling over who is better suited to wear his mantle.

Lawdy, look at the laws! As a colony, Massachusetts was alone in forbidding clergy from performing marriages.

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., endorses Rep. Mike Capuano, D-Mass., right, in his bid for the U.S. Senate seat held by the late Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., in Boston, Friday morning, Nov.

But that hardly squares with the news that 93 percent of Democratic voters who were surveyed in a new Suffolk University poll could not even name the date of the primary for the special election to fill the late Sen.

Democrat Alan Khazei is trying to import a moderator for a debate between the candidates vying to succeed the late Sen.

Main Category: Abortion Also Included In: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Article Date: 12 Nov 2009 - 3:00 PST Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley -- one of four candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for the state's U.S. Senate seat -- said she opposes the House health care reform bill because of restrictions on federal ...

The call came in from Rome, just as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her top lieutenants were scrambling to round up scarce votes to pass their sweeping health overhaul.

The Obama administration strongly endorsed Senator Jeff Merkley's gay protections bill at its first hearing on Capitol Hill.

Democrats in the U.S. Senate race came out swinging Tuesday in what may be the biggest controversy in the race to date: abortion.

By a mutual decision, Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence and Representative Patrick Kennedy-- the son of the late Senator Edward Kennedy-- have postponed their meeting to discuss the Catholic congressman's support of abortion.

The Obama administration should approve the massive Cape Wind electricity project off the coast of Massachusetts before international climate negotiations begin in December, a key lawmaker says.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Boston prosecutor Carmen Milagros Ortiz as the first Hispanic and first woman U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts.

Main Category: Abortion Also Included In: Public Health Article Date: 09 Nov 2009 - 1:00 PST A debate over whether the late Sen.

The leaders of the Roman Catholic Church traditionally couch even the harshest disagreements in decorous, ecclesiastical language.

Carmen M. Ortiz, who grew up in a humble setting in New York City's tough Spanish Harlem neighborhood, has been confirmed as the new US attorney for Massachusetts, the first woman and the first Hispanic to hold the job of the state's top federal prosecutor.

Just a few outtakes from a wide-ranging interview John Harwood of CNBC and The Times conducted with Senator John Kerry, the Democrat from Massachusetts.

Carmen Ortiz has been confirmed as the U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, becoming the first Hispanic and the first woman to hold the top federal prosecutor's job in the state.

Chanting "Kill the bill," thousands of conservatives incensed over the Democrats ' health care overhaul protested at the Capitol on Thursday, arguing that the legislation amounts to a government takeover of the nation's medical system.

When people think of health care and Congress, often the first name that springs to mind is the late Sen.

Supposedly, the rest of the country should look at Massachusetts to witness the nirvana of universal health care.

Demonstrators chant on Capitol Hill during a health care reform rally. WASHINGTON a ' Chanting "Kill the bill," thousands of conservatives rallied at the Capitol on Thursday against the Democrats' health care overhaul plan, labeling it a government takeover of the nation's medical system.

President Barack Obama has nominated a state police detective lieutenant from Agawam to be the next U.S. Marshal in Massachusetts.

A day after Republicans captured the governorsa mansions in both New Jersey and Virginia , Michael Steele , the chairman of the Republican National Committee, credited an energized base and conservative, problem-solving candidates for a success that came just months after, in his words, a oeRepublicans were written off.a Speaking at a Wednesday ...

Blow to gay rights campaigners as north-eastern US state, seen as liberal towards same-gender unions, says no at ballot box Gay marriage supporters Susan McCray and Yvette Pratt watch election results in Portland, Maine.

Cheers and applause filled the U. S. Capitol Rotunda on Oct. 28. It was an emotional moment as nearly 500 people witnessed 'the Obama of the 20th century' receive the highest honor Congress can bestow - the Congressional Gold Medal.

What do Sen. John Kerry , Sen. Ted Kennedy and Sen. Orrin Hatch have in common? A soft spot for Christian Scientists.

Share + Nov 2, 2009 6:11 pm US/Eastern GLEN JOHNSON, AP Political Writer CAMBRIDGE, Mass.

From a blustery perch over a Cape Cod beach, Chuckie Green gestures toward a stretch of horizon where he says construction of the nation's first offshore wind farm would destroy his Indian tribe's religion.

A 10-year-old boy who apparently was trick-or-treating in a New Hampshire neighborhood was killed after a tree snapped near its base and struck him.