June 2, 2008 - 7:39am
Mikulski steps up for Kennedy on HELP bills
By Wally Edge
Category: US SenateTags: Edward Kennedy, Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee, Chris Dodd, Barbara Mikulski
With Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) undergoing surgery today and spending the week in recovery, his Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee colleagues Barbara Mikulski and Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) will help shepherd bills on mental health parity and higher education.
"Senator Kennedy turned to them because he didn't want his absence to slow progress just as these bills are nearing completion,” a Kennedy aide told The Hill last week.
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