Notepad

Of course, this is a partial list, but here are some of the laws and issues Kennedy led on during his career. He won on some and lost on others. A full timeline of his career is available on his Senate Website.

• Voting Rights Act and extensions
• Ban on poll taxes
• The Teacher Corps (now defunct, but partially replaced by Teach for America)
• Liberalizing laws for non-European immigrants
• Fair Housing Act
• Title IX
• The Equal Rights Amendment
• Lowering of Voting Age from 21 to 18
• The Americans with Disabilities Act
• Health care portability (Kennedy-Kassebaum law)
• Medicare Part D (prescription drug benefits)
• No Child Left Behind Act
• Minimum wage increases