Article: Sen. Kennedy's salvage mission

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is on a salvage mission.

As the leading liberal Democrat in Congress, with more than 32 years of legislating under his considerable belt, Kennedy is rushing from crisis to crisis, trying to save programs and policies he has created and nurtured over the years.

Last week was a particularly trying time to be a liberal on Capitol Hill. In the Senate, money for national service programs was wiped out; fees to obtain student loans were increased by $10 billion; premiums paid by the elderly for Medicare health insurance were slated to rise, and an executive order barring companies from permanently replacing strikers was on the chopping block.

But after ...

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