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NEWS ABOUT: Ted Kennedy

Ted Kennedy stories: 205 news summaries

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(Newser) - From his near-death in a 1964 plane crash to his children’s health battles to the brain tumor threatening his life, Ted Kennedy’s medical struggles have taught him that “quality care shouldn't depend on your financial resources, or the type of job you have, or the medical condition... More »

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Obama Brings Pope Letter From Ailing Kennedy

President asks Benedict to pray for ill senator

Jul 10, 09 5:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama delivered a letter from Ted Kennedy to Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican today, CNN reports. Obama met with the pontiff for about a half hour before leaving Rome for Ghana. The contents of Kennedy’s letter were personal, an Obama aide said, and “not known to... More »

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cancer • Barack Obama • Pope Benedict XVI • Ted Kennedy • Rome • Vatican • Massachusetts • Catholic • Holy See • senator • Denis McDonough • brain cancer • brain tumor • President Obama • letter

Senate Dems Shave $400B Off Health Care Bill

Plan charges employers who don't insure, has gov't option

Jul 2, 09 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Senate Democrats outlined a revised health care bill last night that lops $400 billion off the price tag of an earlier trillion-dollar proposal. The plan trims costs, the AP reports, by including a government-run insurance option to compete with private insurers and charging employers $750 annually for each employee not... More »

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health care • health insurance • Ted Kennedy • Senate Health Committee • Chris Dodd • health care reform

After 24 Years, Kerry Comes Into His Own

No longer aloof, he's interested in local issues, collaboration

Jun 29, 09 1:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Kerry is a changed man, his colleagues tell the Boston Globe. Gone is the seemingly aloof Kerry known for his solo speeches and patrician habits. These days Kerry is a consensus builder, holding weekly strategy sessions of the kind his state's senior senator is known for. Kerry’s... More »

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John Kerry • Senate • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • Capitol Hill • foreign policy

(Newser) - Would-be health care reformers had a bad day yesterday, hitting a series of obstacles that makes hitting President Obama’s August deadline increasingly unlikely, Politico reports. The Senate Finance Committee said it wouldn’t have a package before the July 4 recess, and the Congressional Budget Office slapped a $1.... More »

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health care • Senate • Ted Kennedy • Senate Health Committee • Congressional Budget Office • Lamar Alexander • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Max Baucus • Pat Roberts • Health, Education, Labor & Pensions

Chemo Will Keep Kennedy Out of Health Care Debate

Senator calls for legislation to go forward as he starts fresh round of chemotherapy

Jun 10, 09 3:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy is undergoing a new round of chemotherapy and is expected to miss this month's debate on the health care overhaul he crafted, the Hill reports. The senator has been weakened by his brain cancer treatment, but he has insisted the process move forward during his absence from Capitol... More »

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(AP) - Employers would be required to offer health care to employees or pay a penalty, and all Americans would be guaranteed health insurance, under a draft bill being circulated today by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's health committee. The bill would provide subsidies to help poor people afford care, and give patients... More »

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Dems Proceed on Health Care Without Ailing Kennedy

Dodd takes senator's place in meetings

Jun 5, 09 6:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy's absence is being keenly felt as Senate Democrats and the White House prepare to move ahead on health care legislation without him, the Los Angeles Times reports. The senator, whom lawmakers from both sides had hoped could craft a bipartisan compromise, is being treated for a brain tumor... More »

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health care • Senate Democrats • Ted Kennedy • Senate Health Committee • Chris Dodd • health care reform • brain cancer

(Newser) - President Obama has begun wading into the murky details of health care reform. In a letter to Democratic leaders, the president said he could accept a law that requires all Americans to buy insurance—provided it has a "hardship waiver" for those who can't afford it, reports the New ... More »

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health care • health care costs • Ted Kennedy • health care reform • Max Baucus • President Obama

(Newser) - Ted Kennedy is back, and ready to make the more liberal argument for health care, Politico reports. The ailing senator had been working on the issue behind the scenes as he battled brain cancer, but yesterday his committee began circulating a 12-page “policy overview” on a potential bill. The... More »

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Senate • Ted Kennedy • SCHIP • health care reform • children's health care • Max Baucus

OPINION

 Kennedy: 
 An Outline for  
 Health-Care Reform 

Sen. offers 5 key elements of coming legislation

May 28, 09 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US health-care system that “shortchanges millions of Americans” is “about to change,” writes Ted Kennedy in the Boston Globe. The senator lays out five key elements of legislation he’s working on with “colleagues on both sides of the aisle”:
  1. Americans will have “
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(Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy should be back at work after the body’s Memorial Day recess, Majority Leader Harry Reid said today after hearing from Kennedy’s wife that the 77-year-old’s brain cancer is in remission. Kennedy has spent much time at home in Massachusetts since the diagnosis last May,... More »

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Words Failed Kennedy on Chappaquiddick

Senator invited Kopechne's parents over, couldn't talk

May 19, 09 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Though he longed to tell Mary Jo Kopechne’s parents about the 1969 accident that killed their daughter, Ted Kennedy couldn’t find the words on two occasions when he invited them into his home, a new book on the senator says. “When the time came, after plenty of... More »

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Ted Kennedy • biography • Chappaquiddick • Mary Jo Kopechne • Gwen Kopechne • Edward Klein

GLOSSIES

 Kennedy Drinking Again: Book 

Family fighting over Lion's legacy

May 5, 09 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy’s grim health prognosis has driven him to drink, according to Ted Kennedy: The Dream That Never Died, a new book from longtime Kennedy scribe Edward Klein. In an excerpt in Vanity Fair, Klein says Kennedy’s wife moved him to Florida after the seizure because his Hyannis... More »

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alcohol • Ted Kennedy • Joe Kennedy • alcohol abuse • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • political dynasty • Victoria Reggie Kennedy

OPINION

 6 Steps 
 to Reform 
 Health Care 
 Now: Kennedy 

Senator lists needed steps for system overhaul

May 4, 09 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - This is the year to end an “American tragedy” and overhaul health care, Sen. Ted Kennedy writes in Politico. The Census Bureau said last year that 46 million Americans had no health insurance--and the economic crisis has added another 4 million to the ranks of the uninsured. It’s... More »

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(Newser) - Time has unveiled its latest tallying of the world’s 100 most influential people, and yes, of course, Barack Obama is on it. But the other 99 choices aren’t as obvious. Bernie Madoff makes the list, as do Rush Limbaugh, George Clooney, and 4Chan’s Moot. And as... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Ann Coulter • Michelle Obama • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Gordon Brown • Rush Limbaugh • JK Rowling • Ted Kennedy • Oprah Winfrey • Time magazine • George Clooney • Ashton Kutcher • Time's Person of the Year • Sarah Palin • Twitter • Bernard Madoff • 4Chan • Chesley Sullenberger • influential • Moot

(Newser) - President Obama today signed a bill to triple the size of the AmeriCorps national service program to 250,000 positions over eight years, CBS News reports. Obama signed the legislation with Sen. Ted Kennedy—"one of the finest leaders we've ever had"—nearby. The law, named after Kennedy,... More »

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Ted Kennedy • volunteerism • public service • President Obama • AmeriCorps

 Senators Rank 
 Bipartisan Colleagues 

Kennedy, Collins named most bipartisan

Apr 21, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you want to reach across the aisle in the Senate, chances are you're stretching toward Ted Kennedy or Susan Collins, according to a Hill survey of the upper chamber. “I’d love to co-sponsor every piece of legislation with Ted Kennedy,” says Sen. Richard Burr. The most... More »

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Congress • Charles Schumer • Senate • Senate Democrats • Ted Kennedy • Senate Republicans • Patrick Leahy • partisanship • Susan Collins • bipartisanship • Jim Bunning

(Newser) - Art and Martha Stern, the husband-and-wife breeder team that bred Ted Kennedy’s dogs, give theme names to all their litters. The batch they welcomed into the world six months ago had a portentous one: the Hope and Change Litter. One of those 10 puppies is Bo, the newly famous... More »

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Barack Obama • Ted Kennedy • puppy • dog • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Obama family • Portuguese water dog

 First Dog Gets 
 a First Name: Bo 

Bo Obama to be newest White House resident

Apr 12, 09 8:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The newest Obama will be named Bo, the Washington Post reports in the latest in a series of leaks about the Portuguese water dog the first family plans to introduce to an entranced nation Tuesday. The White House tried to keep a lid on puppy information, but a blog released... More »

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Michelle Obama • White House • Ted Kennedy • puppy • dog • Obama administration • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama • Portuguese water dog • Bo Obama

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