Submit a Story!

Kennedy returns to Capitol Hill

 

Published 11/17/2008 by Domenico Montanaro at First Read

From NBC's Ken Strickland and Domenico MontanaroSen. Ted Kennedy returned to Capitol Hill today and briefly took questions. Kennedy, who is pushing his health-care reform plan, said he felt fine. The Massachusetts senator said he is confident President-elect Obama will take up health care as one of his priorities, though he recognized that the economy will be a pressing issue for the 44th president.The Massachusetts senator is expected back tomorrow for leadership votes and may meet later in the...( read more ) (link)

Tags:

Related Content
Baucus-Kennedy healthcare powwow set
thehill.com 11/17/2008 — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) will sit down with Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and other key senators Tuesday to begin divvying up jurisdiction over the coming legislative push on healthcare reform. “The healthcare system is ...
Sen. Carper: Lieberman needs to face ‘consequences’ for his actions during the campaign.
thinkprogress.org 11/17/2008 — Today in an interview with the Hill, Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) said that Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) should be punished for his attacks on Barack Obama during the campaign season. “There need to be consequences, and they cannot be ...
Kennedy Returns to the Hill
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 11/17/2008 — Senator Edward M. Kennedy made a dramatic but decidedly informal return to the Capitol on Monday.
Lieberman to stay put?
firstread.msnbc.msn.com 11/17/2008 — From NBC's Ken StricklandTomorrow, Senate Democrats gather to decide if Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-D) should keep his position as chairman of Homeland Security Committee, and it looks like he just may. Several Democrats and Democratic-leaning groups were ...
Progressives Press Ahead With Single Payer Health
onthehillblog.blogspot.com 11/18/2008 — A group of progressive Democrats wants to advance single-payer based healthcare reform, particularly HR 676, which is a bill the organization has been advocating this year.
Kennedy Returns To The Hill With A Health Care Mission — Hotline On Call Part Deux
Kennedy returns to the Senate — Politico Live's Blogs
Ted Kennedy Returns To The Senate (VIDEO) — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Kennedy Returns to the Capitol — News
Sen. Kennedy returns to Capitol Hill — The Swamp
Kennedy back at work in Senate — msnbc.com: Politics 11/17/2008
Sen. Edward Kennedy, who is fighting a malignant brain tumor, is back at work in the Senate for the first time since July.
Feinstein: Inaugural passes not ‘tickets to a football game’ — CNN Political Ticker 11/17/2008
Sen. Dianne Feinstein is looking to crack down on fake Inaugural tickets. WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein is on a mission during the current lame duck session of Congress that isn’t focused solely on the words ‘bailout’ or ...
Sen. Kennedy returns to work after June surgery — Reuters: Politics 11/17/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, battling a life-threatening brain tumor, returned to the Senate on Monday for the first time since July and pledged to work next year to expand health care for all Americans.
Democrats to keep Lieberman in their ranks: aides (Reuters) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/17/2008
Reuters - Bowing to the wishes of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, Senate Democrats seem ready to do what it takes to keep Sen. Joe Lieberman in their ranks despite his support for Republican John McCain in the 2008 White House race, party sources ...
Democrats to keep Lieberman in their ranks: aides — Reuters: Politics 11/17/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bowing to the wishes of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, Senate Democrats seem ready to do what it takes to keep Sen. Joe Lieberman in their ranks despite his support for Republican John McCain in the 2008 White House race, ...