Edward Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedywas a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. He was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and was the fourth-longest-serving senator in United States history, having served there for almost 47 years. The most prominent living member of the Kennedy family for many years, he was the last surviving son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Kennedy; the youngest brother of President John F. Kennedy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 February 1932
CountryUnited States of America
Future additional tax breaks for the wealthy do not deserve a higher priority than strengthening education or covering prescription drugs under Medicare or protecting Social Security or meeting other urgent national priorities,
Joe embodied the highest ideals and values of the nation, and public service is a more noble profession because of his life and his example.
Judge Pickering's record reflects a hostility to civil rights and a vision of the Republican Party that reminds Americans of a painful time in our nation's history, ... Those who lack a strong commitment to our nation's fundamental ideals and principles do not belong in our federal judiciary.
Today is an ominous day for the country, signifying a new low since Watergate in terms of openness and honesty in our government,
What will happen is the money will go to whomever the governor wants to take care of without tough accountability, and these needy children will be left high and dry.
Have you done anything for our school children, have you done anything for our parents, have you done anything about prescription drugs, have you done anything to make our health care system safer? ... The answer to all of those is 'no, we have not.'
Hate crimes are a national disgrace, and they attack everything this country stands for,
For years, under the Medicare system, it was a universal system in the sense that people would pay in all across this nation. Now that concept is being challenged and, I believe, undermined.
Four years after 9/11, as the administration's bungled response to Hurricane Katrina makes clear, we're obviously not adequately prepared to deal with another devastating attack.
I expect he will announce his candidacy and I expect to support him and I expect he'll win.
I don't think it's wise for members to try and outline a strategy other than to make sure these hearings are comprehensive and they're done with dignity and respect for the nominee. The future will take care of itself.
Hopefully, this statement means we're finally nearing the end of this very long process to take guns and criminality out of politics in Northern Ireland once and for all.
Hopefully, this dramatic and historic step toward peace will be embraced by the (Protestant) unionist community and become a new dawn for the peace process, so that the all-important restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly can take place as soon as possible.
We have to ask ourselves, is there any limit to executive authority that this nominee will recognize?