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Barbara Kennelly served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1982 to 1999. She was the first woman named to the House Intelligence Committee and served as the Democratic Caucus vice cha…

Panelists talked about the history of campaign finance. They spoke about court decisions and legislation that have regulated who can finance campaigns and how much they can give, and discuss…

U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD) was recognized as the longest-serving woman in the history of the U.S. Congress. Senator Mikulski became the longest-serving woman in U.S. Senate hist…

Panelists discussed the past, future, and current state of the Social Security system. They focused on various proposals to improve future solvency such as benefit cuts, raising the retireme…

Barbara Kennelly talked about the current state of social security benefits and the future of the program. She responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.

Representative Gerry Connolly held a town hall meeting on health care reform at Greenspring Retirement Community in Springfield, Virginia.

Experts talked about retirement income, Social Security, Medicare, and the aging population in America. They discussed a new study released today by the National Academy of Social Insurance …

First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton testified about the president’s health care proposal. Ms. Clinton led the president’s health care task force responsible for the design of the proposal. Fol…

Campaign for America’s Future held a rally to extend the Medicare Part D enrollment deadline. Seniors, nurses, and pharmacists, as well as labor leaders and Democratic leaders talked about t…

Americans United to Protect Social Security held a rally on Capitol Hill to oppose Bush administration efforts to privatize Social Security.

Witnesses testified on the effects that President Ronald Reagan’s proposed tax reform will have on the Life insurance industry.

Participants talked about proposed plans to reform the Social Security system, including proposals to partially privatize the system for younger workers. Among the issues they addressed were…

The Kaiser Family Foundation hosted a news conference and talked about the results of their study of "Out-of-Pocket Medicare Prescription Drug Costs".

Democratic leaders criticized the Republican agenda in several respects, including their cuts to social programs and delay in passing appropriations bills. They also answered reporters' ques…

Representative Pelosi and others talked about the Medicare drug cards on the first day the cards were marketed. They compared the savings available with the new cards to other methods of sav…

Barbara Kennelly of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Joseph Antos of the American Enterprise Institute, spoke about the future of Social Security and Federal Reserve Ch…

Democratic leaders Sen. Tom Daschle (D-South Dakota) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and others talked to reporters about Medicare reform legislation. They talked about flaws in the leg…

Former Connecticut Congresswoman, democrat Barbara Kennelly is the current President of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. She was a guest along with John Rothe…

Democratic senators and representatives of senior citizen groups criticized the Medicare prescription drug legislative being debated in Congress. They said that the high deductibles and othe…

Barbara Kennelly talked about Medicare legislation. Her organization delivered a petition to Congress with the names of approximately half a million of its members urging the passage of a pr…