Kennedy bills appear to undercut Brown
The late Senator Edward M. Kennedy sponsored bills in the 1990s and 2000s that would have required all employers who offer prescription drug coverage to include contraception coverage, an action that seems to undercut Senator Scott Brown’s contention that Kennedy shared his views on allowing exemptions based on moral objections.
(By Noah Bierman)
Scott Brown’s presumption
by Adrian Walker
Patrick Kennedy made a fairly reasonable request of US Senator Scott Brown this weekend: He asked him to stop invoking his late father’s name for cynical, self-serving purposes. Brown quickly declined.
Kerry praises a standard Brown lives by
Democratic Senator John Kerry, in lamenting the loss of GOP moderates, calls for the type of bipartisanship that is practiced by Senator Scott Brown.
(May 12, 2012)
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Senator Brown, Patrick Kennedy spar over radio ad
by Mark Arsenault
US Senator Scott Brown’s suggestion that he shares with the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy a position on religious exemptions for health care providers is “misleading and untrue,’’ said Kennedy’s son, Patrick, who wants Brown to stop citing the elder Kennedy in radio advertisements.
Brown vies for ‘Reagan Democrats’
by Frank Phillps
By jumping into the national controversy over coverage for contraception, US Senator Scott Brown is playing a political hand that has a long history in modern Massachusetts politics - attempting to drive a wedge between socially conservative voters and liberal Democratic candidates.
Brown, Warren on opposite sides of oil pipeline debate
by Noah Bierman
The oil pipeline issue that is consuming Washington this afternoon illustrates an interesting political contrast in the US Senate race in Massachusetts between Republican Scott Brown and Democrat Elizabeth Warren.
Senator Brown dines with ‘Wonder Woman’
by Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein
Last month, Senator Scott Brown threw out the ceremonial first joke at the DC’s Funniest Celebrity Contest - it’s a fund-raiser for Susan G. Komen for the Cure - and during the silent auction afterward, Brown bid on a dinner with “Wonder Woman’’ Lynda Carter.
Senator Scott Brown hosts holiday party
Because Scott Brown has made a lot more friends since becoming a senator, he no longer holds his Christmas party in his living room. Over 1,400 supporters of the freshman Republican filled the Park Plaza for his holiday hoedown/fund-raiser Friday. Musical guests included Brown’s daughter Ayla and former QB Doug Flutie and the Flutie Brothers Band.
(By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein)
Outside groups fuel Brown-Warren ad war
For days, Eastern Massachusetts television viewers have seen a fake Senator Scott Brown dumping trash from his smog-spewing truck. Yesterday, images of Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren, juxtaposed with protesters waving a socialist banner, began showing up on televisions statewide.
(By Noah Bierman)
Brown opposes NRA weapons bill
WASHINGTON - Senator Scott Brown, bucking conservative orthodoxy and bolstering his claim of being an independent-thinking Republican, has declared his opposition to legislation pushed by a powerful benefactor: the National Rifle Association.
(By Bobby Caina Calvan)
Senate advances Brown’s bill to aid contractors
by Bobby Caina Calvan
The Senate overwhelmingly moved toward repealing a 3 percent withholding requirement on government contractors yesterday, after rejecting a similar measure along party lines just last month.
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