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A complicated legislative legacy

Source: Seattle Times

Washington : DC : USA | 3 months ago

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Kennedy was heralded as one of the greatest legislators of all time. But while his record includes historic legislation that places him among the Senate's most successful leaders, it also includes some unfinished business and some laws whose impact remains to fully measured.

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