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Monday April 17, 2006 · 7:12 PM PDT

2006/04/17 · 19:12

AOL's Daily Pulse is conducting an online poll about who the best Senators are. The new issue of Time lists the five best and ten worst Senators. Who are your favorites? Note: you can vote under the photos in the story on the main page. Read More

WaPo Ed Board Ignores Reality Again

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Wednesday April 12, 2006 · 9:38 AM PDT

2006/04/12 · 09:38

Yesterday, the Washington Post ran an editorial on the immigration rallies around the country, and what the rallies tell us about the immigration debate. The editorial board is once again coming up with opinions without bothering to read the facts - in this case, facts that appear just pages before the editorial itself. While the editorial board claimed that there is no consensus on the best way to deal with the immigration problem among voters, a poll commissioned by the Washington Post and ABC News showed that 63% of Americans support a program that allows immigrants who have been in the United States for a set amount of time to pursue citizenship - a plan very similar to the one shelved by the Senate last week. Read More

Vice President Cheney Needs To Face the Truth in Iraq

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Monday March 20, 2006 · 11:20 AM PST

2006/03/20 · 11:20

Yesterday the Vice President attacked Senator Kennedy on CBS's Face the Nation. As the transcript shows below, he faulted Senator Kennedy's opposition to the Iraq war, saying that "Ted Kennedy has been wrong from the very beginning."

The Vice President is entitled to his opinions, but it's time for him to face the truth. As Senator Kennedy said yesterday: "Vice President Cheney has been consistently wrong about the war in Iraq. He's called the shots on a dangerously incompetent strategy. He was wrong about the link between Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein. He was wrong about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. He was wrong about America being greeted as liberators. He was wrong about the insurgency being in its last throes. Now he rejects the idea of civil war. The American people understand the clear lessons of 9-11. Al Qaeda is the greatest threat to our national security. The war in Iraq has increased support for Al Qaeda and made America more hated in the world. America is less safe because the Bush Administration lost its focus and waged a war in Iraq we never should have fought."
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Open-Source Action & Ted Kennedy -- Find the Anonymous GOP Senator NOW

Crystal Patterson

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Tuesday December 20, 2005 · 1:50 PM PST

2005/12/20 · 13:50

Sorry for the short notice - Senator Kennedy is heading to the floor to speak out agains the anonymous GOP Senator who is blocking his amendment to force the White House to hand over the Presidential Daily Briefs relevant to the Iraq over to the Senate Intelligence Committee. You can get the live feed of the Senate floor here.

This amendment to the Intelligence Authorization bill would give President Bush the opportunity to prove to Congress that they really did see all of the same intelligence that the White House had.

Here's how you can help out:

An anonymous Republican Senator has put a hold on the bill because of Senator Kennedy's amendment -- despite the fact that Chairman Roberts has agreed to support it.

It's time for the truth to come out. The President should hand over the information to Congress, and the Republican who is trying to cover for him should come forward. Read More

Kennedy: No on Roberts

Crystal Patterson

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Wednesday September 21, 2005 · 8:34 AM PDT

2005/09/21 · 08:34

Senator Kennedy just went to the Senate floor to discuss the nomination of John Roberts and why he intends to vote no. I've included some excerpts of his remarks below, you can read it in its entirety here . Please Recommend!!

"Supporting or opposing nominees to the Supreme Court should not be a partisan question. In my 43 years in the United States Senate, I have supported more nominees for the Supreme Court by Republican presidents than by Democratic presidents.

But, there is clear and convincing evidence that John Roberts is the wrong choice for Chief Justice. I oppose the nomination, and I urge my colleagues to do the same."

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Kennedy Takes on the NRA's Congress

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Thursday July 28, 2005 · 1:04 PM PDT

2005/07/28 · 13:04

Senator Kennedy is offering an amendment to the absurd NRA bill before the Senate that will hold gun manufacturers liable if they sell to anyone listed on the FBI's "Most Wanted Fugitives" or "Most Wanted Terrorists" Lists. The bill in its current form does not. It's a valentine to the gun industry, and undermines the safety of our nation while doing nothing to enhance or protect the Second Amendment, which is usually the defense for these types of bills. The Senator made some good points about this bill on the floor today; I've crystallized them below. You can (and should) read the full text here.

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Troop Armor Amendment Passes 100-0

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Thursday July 21, 2005 · 11:16 AM PDT

2005/07/21 · 11:16

Today the Senate voted 100-0 to pass an amendment to the Defense Autorization Bill to provide for armor for our troops. The amendment was co-sponsored by Senator Kennedy, and includes more than $400 million for better armored vehicles for our soldiers in Iraq. As Senator Kennedy points out in his remarks below, the Senate passed a similar amendment earlier this year, for far less money, and with a much closer vote. I know there's a lot going on, but this is a victory for our troops that deserves to be highlighted.

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Senator Kennedy on Journalists and Rove

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Wednesday July 20, 2005 · 9:10 AM PDT

2005/07/20 · 09:10

This morning the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the "reporter shield" law. I know everyone here is still very focused on the Rove story, and I thought people might be interested in how the Senate is playing a role in the story. The issue of journalistic privilege is complicated - it creates some real questions about who should be protected, and how. Do journalists really need the same privilege as lawyers? The clergy? Senator Kennedy made a statement at the hearing, and addressed the Rove issue directly in his comments on journalistic privilege. His comments aren't extensive, but are interesting in the larger context of this story.

The Justice Department is opposing the bill - 31 states already have a shield law, and this one has support. Read More

Kennedy Calls on Santorum to Apologize

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Wednesday July 13, 2005 · 9:33 AM PDT

2005/07/13 · 09:33

Senator Kennedy went to the floor this morning and responded to Senator Rick Santorum's verbal attack on the people of Boston. Santorum earlier stated that he was not surprised that the child abuse associated with the Catholic Church was focused in Boston, with its rampant liberalism. He repeated this statement in an interview at the Capitol on Tuesday.

Apologies in advance for posting a statement from the Senate floor, but I know that everyone on Kos has been following Santorum's thoughtless comments, and thought this was such a good response to his uncalled for comments that it was worth sharing.

**Update: Sen. Kennedy will appear on "Inside Politics" today at 4:35. ** Read More

Kennedy Signs Kerry's Letter on DSM

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Monday June 27, 2005 · 7:57 AM PDT

2005/06/27 · 07:57

Senator Kennedy has signed Senator Kerry's letter to the Select Committee on Intelligence. I've included the text of the letter below; co-signers: Sens. Tim Johnson, Jon Corzine, Jack Reed, Frank Lautenberg, Barbara Boxer, Edward Kennedy, Thomas Harkin, Jeff Bingaman, Richard Durbin. If your Senator didn't sign, let them know you want them asking questions.

*This story was broken by Light Up the Darkness over the weekend - they have great coverage on this, as does (of course) DowningStreetMemo.com, and Raw Story.* Read More

Senator Kennedy Calls on Rumsfeld to Resign

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Thursday June 23, 2005 · 11:07 AM PDT

2005/06/23 · 11:07

Rumsfeld Rejects Notion that Iraq War Is a Quagmire - Reuters
From the Reuters report on the Senate Armed Services Hearing this morning:

"This war has been consistently and grossly mismanaged," Sen. Edward Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat, told Rumsfeld. "And we are now in a seemingly intractable quagmire."
"Our troops are dying. And there really is no end in sight. And the American people, I believe, deserve leadership worthy of the sacrifices that our fighting forces have made, and they deserve the real facts. And I regret to say that I don't believe that you have provided either," Kennedy added.
Kennedy asked Rumsfeld: "Isn't it time for you to resign?"
Rumsfeld noted he twice offered his resignation to President Bush last year during the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, and that Bush declined to accept it. "That's his call," Rumsfeld added.

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Senators Demand Accountability from Rumseld on BRAC closures

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Thursday May 26, 2005 · 11:57 AM PDT

2005/05/26 · 11:57

Senator Kennedy has joined with a number of his colleagues in the Senate to require some accountability of Secretary Rumsfeld (transcript of Rumsfeld's testimony) and the BRAC Commission in their decisions on base closures. I've included the "official" list of criteria that are evaluated at each base, which could be described as "abstract" at best. I've also included a link to show where "Regional Hearings" will be held in early June to make decisions about the closures.

The Senators are looking for detailed reasons why certain bases were selected for closure, so that as final decisions get made, the communities that are going to be affected by the closurs have the chance to fight them. This letter is signed by a bi-partisan group of Senators - a number of whom are clearly not favorites around here. The important thing to remember is that these closures are really about the people who will lose jobs, and the holes that will be left in the communities where these bases are located after they're gone.

BRAC Selection Criteria (pdf)

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