Sep.25, 2009 in Uncategorizedthe perky katie couric is reporting that they may need to cart teddy in to cast the final vote for the porkulus debacle!Tags: Body, Continue, Duties, Kennedy, Mind, senate, Sound

I climbed half way up the old War statue and hooked my arm around the horse’s leg, with the green copper, slouch-hatted and sword-yielding war hero looming above me. From my perch high above the crowd, I could get a better look at Ted Kennedy, but from anywhere I could hear the speech he was making. It was the same as the last speech, and it was great, and there were no surprises, until he mentioned S.1. Then I was surprised, and worried. And I still am. Only now I’m also really pissed. S.

U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) is set to take over the chairmanship of the Senate’s powerful Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, the Washington Post reports . The position was held by former Sen. Ted Kennedy until his death last month. Harkin, who currently chairs the Agriculture Committee, is second in seniority behind U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Connecticut) on the HELP Committee, but Dodd has reportedly decided hold on to his chairmanship of the Banking Committee rather th

WASHINGTON (CNN) – The Senate will honor the late Ted Kennedy with a moment of silence shortly after 2 pm. A resolution in his honor is also expected to be adopted at the end of the day.

Senator Ted Kennedy, the Liberal Lion who dedicated his career to equality and health care, passed away the morning of August 26. Senator Ted Kennedy served his country, but unlike a great deal of politicians in office today, he served each and every single person of his country without bias. His list of accomplishments is long and varied. He fought to reverse the injustices that his fellow human beings encountered daily. He was a strong supporter of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and later au