the Airline Deregulation Act... was nothing less than a miracle of public policy.
Edward M. Kennedy
The Public Record
Edward M. Kennedy, commonly known as Ted Kennedy, was a prominent U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, serving from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the youngest brother of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Throughout his long tenure, Kennedy was known for his advocacy on issues such as healthcare, education, and civil rights. He played a key role in the passage of several landmark pieces of legislation, including the Affordable Care Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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February 19, 2025
The only congressman you’ll get to talk to is Teddy Fucking Kennedy.
— Edward M. Kennedy
the Airline Deregulation Act... was nothing less than a miracle of public policy.
Federal Express is notorious for its anti-union ideology, but there is no justification for Congress becoming an accomplice in its union-busting tactics.
Federal Express is notorious for its anti-union ideology, but there is no justification for Congress becoming an accomplice in its union-busting tactics.
SMFM urges Congress to ensure that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and Agency…
In Robert Bork's America, there is no room at the end for blacks, have no place in the Constitution for women. And in our America, there should be no seat on the Supreme Court for Robert Bork.
What we face is, above all, a moral issue that at stake are not just the details of policy, but fundamental principles of social justice and the character of our country.
the state of a family's health will never again depend on the amount of a family's wealth was the great unfinished business of our society.
the Serve America Act of 2009 authored by Senator Orrin Hatch and the late Senator Edward Kennedy.
This board has undermined collective bargaining at every turn, putting the power of the law behind lawbreakers, not law victims.
We believe that immigrants, like women and African Americans before them, have rights in this country, and the time is ripe for a new civil rights moment.
We did have eight Republicans and I take my hat off to them because they had to face very stiff pressure by the far right not to join with the -- with the Democrats to vote this treaty.
This shouldn't be, Anderson, this should not be a partisan issue. The rights of people with disabilities. I mean, come on. And yet, it has been politicized, unfortunately.
We're going to come back. As you know, you know, it took for Africans-Americans, for gay Americans, for women, the struggle for equal rights and justice took many, many years and so, too, it is in the disability rights movement.
the opportunities to capitalize upon the Edward M. Kennedy legislation that establishes national service as an opportunity for persons with disabilities
The Senate, the House of Representatives, and the President of the United States support Federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.
Take a stand: take a stand in favor of medical research; take a stand-so one day everybody can.
The work goes on. The cause endures. The hope still lives. And the dream shall never die.
This November, the torch will be passed again to a new generation of Americans. So with Barack Obama and for you and for me, our country will be committed to his cause. And the dream lives on.
For me, a few hours ago, this campaign came to an end. For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die.





