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Kerry asks $20m for Kennedy institute
Boston :: MA :: USA | 2 months ago
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A large military spending bill moving through Congress contains a little-noticed outlay for Boston that has nothing to do with national defense: $20 million for an educational institute honoring late Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts. The earmark,...
Tags: Massachusetts Senate, Senate-Pick Kirk, Massachusetts Republican Party, Ted Kennedy, Paul G. Kirk Jr., Paul Kirk, Ted Kennedy, Deval Patrick, Kennedys, Ted Kennedy, Boston
Ambulances race to Byrd's home
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Ambulances and fire trucks were dispatched to the Northern Virginia home of Sen. Robert Byrd Tuesday morning. The reason for the emergency call was unclear, but a neighbor of the 91-year-old West Virginia Democrat said several ambulances were outside...
Tags: Massachusetts Senate, Robert Byrd, Robert Byrd Rushed, Sen. Byrd, Ted Kennedy, Jesse Jacobs, Ted Kennedy, Deval Patrick, West Virginia, byrd admitted, Washington
Mass. moves toward Senate pick
Boston :: MA :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility The Massachusetts state legislature on Tuesday moved one step closer to giving Gov. Deval Patrick the authority to fill a vacant United States Senate seat as speculation among political insiders focused on former Gov. Michael Dukakis and a Kennedy family...
Tags: Massachusetts Senate, US Senate, Ted Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Mr Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, special election, Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick, massachusetts senator, Michael Dukakis, Boston
House backs an interim senator
Boston :: MA :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility House lawmakers approved legislation last night that gives Governor Deval Patrick the power to appoint a temporary successor to the late Edward M. Kennedy in the US Senate, putting Massachusetts on track to have a new senator in place by next week. The...
Tags: Massachusetts House of Representatives, Massachusetts Senate, U.S. Senate, Ted Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, senator seat, Ted Kennedy, Deval Patrick, seat left, left vacant, Boston
Six for the seat
Boston :: MA :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility After a tumultuous week, these half dozen are still in the mix for Kennedy's seat...September 16, 2009 Over the next few months, as candidates for the US Senate travel the state, you're likely to hear them say again and again that nobody can ever truly...
Tags: Massachusetts Senate, Ted Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Re Kennedy, Democratic Senate, late edward, Deval Patrick, senator seat, Boston
Senate race takes more turns
Boston :: MA :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility The US Senate race came into sharper focus yesterday as a surprise candidate, Boston Celtics co-owner and wealthy private equity investor Stephen G. Pagliuca, emerged from the wings in a possible pursuit of the Democratic nomination, while US Representative...
Tags: Massachusetts Senate, U.S. Senate, Martha Coakley, Ted Kennedy, senator race, Boston Celtics, Stephen Pagliuca, Stephen G. Pagliuca, Stephen Lynch, Steve Pagliuca, Boston
Ex-Bush aide pushed for Kennedy race
New Haven :: CT :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Massachusetts Republicans are pushing Card to enter the race for the special election Jan. 19 though Democrats likely will be favored, Ron Kaufman , former state GOP committeeman, told the Politico. Card, who served as the first President Bush's secretary...
Tags: Ted Kennedy Jr., Ted Kennedy, Connecticut, Ted Kennedy, Bush, Ron Kaufman, Massachusetts Senate, Andy Card, connecticut afl, late father
Kennedy says no, and race is on
Boston :: MA :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Kennedy II said yesterday that he will not seek the US Senate seat of his uncle, Edward M. Kennedy, probably ending the family’s half-century of political dominance in Massachusetts and opening up the Democratic primary race. The former congressman,...
Tags: Massachusetts Senate, Ted Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Joseph Kennedy, Massachusetts Statehouse, Ted Kennedy, Joe Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy II, Caroline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Pols eye once-in-a-generation opening
Boston :: MA :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility The death of Democratic titan Sen. Ted Kennedy, which creates the first Senate opening in Massachusetts in 25 years, is likely to release the pent-up ambitions of a long line of Democrats who will find the upcoming special election hard to pass up. Several...
Tags: Massachusetts Senate, Ted Kennedy, Senate Democratic, Ted Kennedy, Harry Reid, senator seat, Tim Reid, health care, Harry Reid, care reform
Conferees target pension abuses
Boston :: MA :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility State employee pensions would fall more closely in line with private sector standards under compromise legislation outlined Wednesday by legislative leaders, in an effort to pick off what one Republican negotiator termed “low-hanging fruit” amid an ongoing...
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