Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who has brain cancer, will not be on Capitol Hill this week when Congress returns from its summer break. He intends to work from his Massachusetts home this fall and return to the Senate in January.
A Kennedy aide said yesterday that the Democratic lawmaker's doctors are pleased with his progress, but want him to keep working from home through the fall.
(...) "As Senator Kennedy said two weeks ago in Denver, he intends to be on the floor of the United States Senate next January when we begin to write the next great chapter of American progress," spokeswoman Melissa Wagoner said.
In recent weeks, Kennedy has been laying the groundwork for a renewed push next year on his signature issue, universal healthcare. He also has been working closely with his son, Representative Patrick Kennedy, Democrat of Rhode Island, on a bill requiring equal health insurance coverage for mental and physical illnesses.
A Kennedy aide said yesterday that the Democratic lawmaker's doctors are pleased with his progress, but want him to keep working from home through the fall.
(...) "As Senator Kennedy said two weeks ago in Denver, he intends to be on the floor of the United States Senate next January when we begin to write the next great chapter of American progress," spokeswoman Melissa Wagoner said.
In recent weeks, Kennedy has been laying the groundwork for a renewed push next year on his signature issue, universal healthcare. He also has been working closely with his son, Representative Patrick Kennedy, Democrat of Rhode Island, on a bill requiring equal health insurance coverage for mental and physical illnesses.
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