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Rhode Island GOP Eyes Patrick Kennedy Seat
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyRhode Island Republicans are hoping to pull a "Scott Brown" in "Little Rhody." Brown, a Republican, shocked Democrats when he won a special election earlier this year for the seat held by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy in heavily-Democratic Massachusetts. Now, Republicans are focusing on Rhode Island -- also a Democratic stronghold where Kennedy's son, Patrick, has decided to step down after nearly 16 years in the U.S. House. Their candidate is state Rep. John Loughlin, who has been endorsed by GOP heavyweights John McCain, Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney, The Hill newspaper reported. (Romney's ...
Patrick Kennedy Calls Absentee Press 'Despicable'
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThe floor of the House of Representatives and the gallery overlooking it are often nearly deserted as lawmakers and reporters come and go in the course of long legislative days. But Rep. Patrick Kennedy took the absence of a large media contingent on Wednesday as a threat to democracy. "Cynicism is one, two press people in the gallery," he shouted in an arm-waving one-minute rant. The American public is turned off, he said, because "they are not seeing their Congress do the work they were sent to do, and it is because the press -- the press of the United States -- is not covering the most ...
Rep. Patrick Kennedy Calls Media 'Despicable'
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (March 10) -- U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy is blasting the news media as "despicable," accusing them of ignoring the war in Afghanistan even as troops continue to die there. The Rhode Island Democrat shouted, pointed and waved his arms excitedly during a speech on the House floor Wednesday on U.S. policy in Afghanistan. He chastised the media for focusing "24/7" on former Rep. Eric Massa of New York, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, at a time when lawmakers were debating the future of the war. He counted two members of the news media in the gallery, ...
Patrick Kennedy, Son of Ted Kennedy, to Retire From Congress
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyU.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) has announced that he will not run for reelection. Kennedy is the youngest son of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, who died in 2009. In a video, Kennedy explains, "My father instilled in me a deep commitment to public service. Now having spent two decades in politics, my life has taken a new direction and I will not be a candidate for re-election this year." The younger Kennedy first ran for office when he was 21 and won a seat in the Rhode Island legislature. He has represented Rhode Island in Congress since 1995. He serves on the powerful House Appropriations ...
Patrick Kennedy Denied Holy Communion by Catholic Church
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyRhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy has been banned from receiving the sacrament of Holy Communion by the Catholic Church in his home state because of his public support for a woman's right to have an abortion. ...
Patrick Kennedy Back to Work After Rehab
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyAfter announcing last month that he'd be taking time off from his job in Congress to be "as vigilant as possible in my recovery," Rep. Patrick Kennedy is heading back to work on Capitol Hill.The Washington Post reports the son of the ailing Sen. Ted Kennedy has been in a 28-day rehab program in Maryland. "I totally surrendered to my powerlessness over the illness," the Rhode Island Democrat said. "The fact [is], I can't do it by myself and need a higher power to help me." Kennedy also did a stint in the rehab program at the Mayo Clinic in 2006 for drug and alcohol addition and bipolar ...
Patrick Kennedy Away from Congress for 'Recovery'
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyRep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), a veteran congressman and son of Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), announced today that he will be away from Congress while he seeks additional help in his recovery from addiction. ...
DEA Marijuana Raid Kills Buzz From Obama Administration's New Policy
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyDespite assurances from Eric Holder, and a ray of light from Patrick Kennedy, pot proponents in California are feeling betrayed by last week's DEA raid of a San Francisco cannabis club:Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided a San Francisco cannabis club last week without the cooperation of local authorities, making no arrests but hauling out computers and club products. During the campaign, Obama pledged to end federal raids and Attorney General Eric Holder declared that promise to be law, but with the caveat that if clubs violated state law, the feds might intervene. Advocates note ...
Kennedy to Write New Drug Policy Law
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyI had a chance to interview Patrick Kennedy (D- RI) at a fundraiser over the weekend, and one of the things I asked him about was the logic behind Eric Holder's recent shift on marijuana policy. As I've noted before, there is overwhelming public support for legalizing medical marijuana, and decriminalizing its non-medical use.As you'll see in this clip, Kennedy says he will be writing a law reauthorizing the Office of National Drug Control Policy, with an eye toward decriminalization: ...
Liberal Groups Run Ads Urging Democrats to Support Obama's Budget
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyLiberal groups MoveOn.org and Americans United for Change are currently running ads urging support for Barack Obama's budget. The ads, hhowever, don't target Republicans, but rather the Democrats in the Gang of 15. Here's the Americans for Change spot:The MoveOn.org radio ads actually call out Gang of 15 members by name, urging people to call them, and giving their office phone numbers.While I have noted my strong objection to Un-Kool and the Gang before, I had the chance to ask Rhode Island Democratic Congressman Patrick Kennedy about them at a fundraiser this weekend. His response was a ...
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