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Ted Kennedy champion for the people

By: David Phillips

 

 

Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy died at age 77 from brain cancer this past Tuesday and he will truly be missed.

 

In his 46 years in the Senate Kennedy sponsored or co-sponsored thousands of pieces of legislation, from Civil rights to health care, he fought for all Americans, the peoples champion. But it was Universal Health care that Senator Kennedy referred to as “the fight of his life.”

 

Ted Kennedy was a champion for the people; he was first elected to the Senate in 1962 by the state of Massachusetts and reelected seven times. In 1980 Kennedy ran for President losing the Democratic Party nomination to President Jimmy Carter. That was the only time Senator Kennedy sought the presidency.

 

Senator Kennedy was often referred to as the “Lion of the Senate” by his peers on both sides of the aisle. He mastered the art of persuasion and compromise to move legislation to a majority vote in the Senate.

 

A few of his programs and legislation that Senator Kennedy ushered through include, the S-CHIP program that provides health care to millions of children, COBRA which allows those who lose their jobs to keep their health insurance by directly paying the premiums, The American Disabilities Act, Medicare prescriptions drug benefits, OSHA, The Voting Rights act and Equal Pay for Women. His list of accomplishments is far-reaching.

 

Senator Kennedy once said of himself during a flap over the Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork, “I define Liberalism in the Country”. Senator Kennedy’s fight for the working class, the children and the seniors of our nation, truly justifies that statement. .

 

David is also the Las Vegas Democrat Examiner and you can read more of his columns here

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