TY  - BOOK
AU  - Horowitz,Craig A.
TI  - The legislative legacy of Edward M. Kennedy: eleven milestones in pursuit of social justice, 1965-2007 
SN  - 9781476614014
AV  - E840 .L445 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Jefferson, North Carolina
PB  - McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers
KW  - Kennedy, Edward M.
KW  - United States
KW  - Congress
KW  - Senate
KW  - Biography
KW  - Legislators
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Entrance into the Senate and the National Immigration Act of 1965 --; The tumultuous late 1960s and the National Cancer Act of 1971 --; The Title IX Education Amendments of 1972 --; The Watergate Scandal and the Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1974 --; From Carter to Reagan and the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 --; From the Bork Hearing to the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 --; The Family Leave Act of 1993 and its aftermath --; Health care reform and the Health Care Act of 1996 --; Minimum wage legislation of 1996 --; The Lewinsky scandal, Bush's controversial election and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 --; From Bush, to immigration reform attempts, to Obama and the death of the senator; 2; b
N2  - "Sweeping biographies abound, authorized and non-, regarding Ted Kennedy. They tend either to applaud him for his ideals or criticize him for his personal flaws. Using historical tools and legal analysis, the book closely examines ten major pieces of legislation Kennedy sponsored or strongly backed as well as the attempt at immigration reform he spearheaded with John McCain"--
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