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Article: SEN. KENNEDY, MASSACHUSETTS DELEGATION, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO HONOR FORMER SEN. BROOKE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- February 12, 2007
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The office of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., issued the following press release:
Today, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will join Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and members of the Massachusetts delegation to introduce a bill in Congress to award former Massachusetts Sen. Edward Brooke the Congressional Gold Medal. A press availability will be held following the introduction of the legislation.
Senator Edward Brooke represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1967 to 1979 , as the first popularly elected African-American U.S. Senator. Brooke is honored for his longstanding commitment to voting rights in Washington, D.C. and his service to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The ...