Kennedy Briefly Returns to Senate (click here)
By Deborah Tate Washington10 July 2008
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Senator Ted Kennedy, battling brain cancer, surprised Senate colleagues Wednesday when he returned to the chamber to cast a decisive vote on government health care legislation for the elderly and disabled, known as Medicare. His vote was key to passing the measure, which had long been stalled amid partisan gridlock. VOA's Deborah Tate reports from Capitol Hill....