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By David Knowles - AOL NewsUniversity of Massachusetts administration officials are weathering a storm of criticism for allowing a convicted domestic terrorist to speak at the Amherst campus Thursday. In fact, Raymond Luc Levasseur, who spent 18 years behind bars for his involvement in a series of bombings and robberies that started in1976 and spanned eight years, was originally invited to speak at a library colloquium series about his experience of being tried and acquitted of sedition, according to the university's Web site. Levasseur founded United Freedom Front, a group that advocated violence to achieve ...
Harry Reid Wants Appointment Law Changed to Fill Kennedy Seat
By David Knowles - Politics DailySenate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has officially declared his support for changing current Massachusetts law in order to quickly fill Sen. Ted Kennedy's vacated seat. As I wrote a few days back, an ailing Kennedy penned a letter urging Massachusetts lawmakers and Gov. Duval Patrick to amend the process that had last been changed in 2004. Reid's spokesman, Jim Manley, described the majority leader's rationale: While it is ultimately up to the people of Massachusetts and their representatives at the State House to decide this matter, Senator Reid agrees with Senator Kennedy and Gov. ...
Ted Kennedy Seeks Law to Speed Up Seating His Replacement
By David Knowles - Politics DailySen. Ted Kennedy has sent a letter to Massachusetts Gov. Duval Patrick as well as the leaders of the state's House and Senate requesting that it amend the law on filling vacancies in the U.S. Congress. Ailing from cancer, Kennedy knows that President Obama's health care reform could hinge on as little as a single vote in the Senate, and if his own health were to prevent him from participating in the final legislative roll call, he wants a reform advocate already in place. ...
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