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Victoria Kennedy: Pass The Health Care Bill

11:19 pm EST December 18th, 2009 | News | 20 Comments

Obama, Kennedy This will be a significant factor in this, I think. Senator Kennedy’s widow calls for passage of the senate health care bill:

Health care would finally be a right, and not a privilege, for the citizens of this country. While my husband believed in a robust public option as an effective way to lower costs and increase competition, he also believed in not losing sight of the forest for the trees. As long as he wasn’t compromising his principles or values, he looked for a way forward.

As President Obama noted to Congress this fall, for Ted, health-care reform was not a matter of ideology or politics. It was not about left or right, Democrat or Republican. It was a passion born from the experience of his own life, the experience of our family and the experiences of the millions of Americans across this country who considered him their senator, too.

The bill before Congress will finally deliver on the urgent needs of all Americans. It would make their lives better and do so much good for this country. That, in the end, must be the test of reform. That was always the test for Ted Kennedy. He’s not here to urge us not to let this chance slip through our fingers. So I humbly ask his colleagues to finish the work of his life, the work of generations, to allow the vote to go forward and to pass health-care reform now. As Ted always said, when it’s finally done, the people will wonder what took so long.”

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Martha Coakley Wins Democratic Nomination For Senate In Mass.

9:04 pm EST December 8th, 2009 | News | Comments Off

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Attorney General Martha Coakley has defeated three other candidates to win the Democratic nomination in the race to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy.

Topic: Martha Coakley, Ted Kennedy, U.S. Senate