Patrick Kennedy - Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I. speaks during a rally celebrating the expected passage of the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act on Capitol Hill in Washington on September 17, 2008. At left is Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., at right is House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-M.D. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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Hoyer, others, celebrate expected passage of disabilities amendments act in Washington
Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I. speaks during a rally celebrating the expected passage of the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act on Capitol Hill in Washington on September 17, 2008. At left is Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., at right is House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-M.D.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court says it won't reconsider its decision that imposing the death penalty on a child rapist is unconstitutional.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- The Bush administration says it wants the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling that the death penalty for child rape is unconstitutional.
GRETNA, La., July 22 (UPI) -- The Jefferson Parish, La., district attorney has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its decision barring child rapists from being executed.
BOSTON, May 28 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., who recently learned he has brain cancer, is in good spirits, says his son, Rep. Patrick Kennedy.
WASHINGTON, April 8 (UPI) -- Both sides are predicting victory when the debate over death sentences for crime other than murder reaches the U.S. Supreme Court next week.
WASHINGTON, June 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy pleaded guilty in Washington Tuesday to driving under the influence of prescription drugs in a plea bargain that spares him jail.
PROVIDENCE, R.I., June 5 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, D-R.I., made his first public appearance Monday after leaving an alcohol and drug abuse treatment center.
WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- Witnesses reportedly have told Washington police that Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., was in a Capitol Hill bar before his early morning May 4 car crash. Kennedy has denied drinking before he slammed his Ford Mustang into a security barrier near the U.S. Ca
WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-RI., Friday said he is checking himself into the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota for treatment of a drug abuse problem. The Rhode Island Democrat, who crashed his car in a one-car accident at the Capitol early Thursday, said at a news con