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Kennedy First on Hill With Own Site

By Will McCahill, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 26, 2009 10:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – Amid the praise for the late Ted Kennedy, one blogger reminds that the Massachusetts senator was the first member of Congress with his own website. “Back in 1993, this was no small feat,” writes Paul Blumenthal for the Sunlight Foundation. “At the... Read full story »

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