roll call logo placeholder image

Around the Hill

Being Ted Kennedy

Biography Charts Lion of the Senate

The name Ted Kennedy conjures up many different images to different people. Some think instantly of a car crash on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts that killed a young Mary Jo Kopechne, while others think of a white-haired man hunched over a podium on the Senate floor screaming about health care. Both these views and many others are explored in the new book “Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy.”

Slideshow |

Back Play/Pause Forward Slideshow Image
Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.
See More Multimedia
30 Hill Aides to Know

30 Hill Aides to Know

The clear expectation is Congress will get very little done this election year. But what does get accomplished, at least in the high-profile areas, will largely be the handiwork of an elite group of staffers — who combine policy expertise, political acumen and the trust of their lawmaker bosses to drive much of the legislative agenda.

RollCallPoliticsiPhoneApp_API

SIGN IN




OR

SUBSCRIBE

Receive daily coverage of the people, politics and personality of Capitol Hill.