Word: kennedyism
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While Kennedy was unable to cast a vote in this summer's health care battle, his career saw other related victories, including the expansion of health insurance coverage for children with the passage of the State Children's Health Insurance Program in 1997.
After John F. Kennedy’s election left his Massachusetts senate seat empty, the Kennedy family arranged for a family friend to fill the post for the next two years until the youngest Kennedy was eligible to run for the seat.
Though Kennedy's voice came to be respected in foreign policy matters in the course of his tenure--from calling for peace in Northern Ireland to voting against the authorization of the war in Iraq--he was most passionate about setting domestic social policy. Despite being born into a family...
“When it came to [welfare reform], a fire would come in his eyes and you could see him rise in his chair and fill with passion,” said Kennedy School Dean David T. Ellwood ’75, who worked with Kennedy on welfare reform...
Kennedy began focusing his attention on learning about issues such as health care and civil rights during the months he spent recovering from a broken back and rib he suffered during a plane crash in 1964.