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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-007-005
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming exchange Labor Day messages and debate raising the minimum wage to benefit the working poor. The episode aired on Monday, September 4, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-007-004
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the Bush administration's plans and legislation in Congress to address the savings and loan (S&L) crisis. The episode aired on Friday, September 1, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-007-003
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate a recent Senate vote to provide disability benefits and health care to veterans of the Vietnam War who suffer from health problems linked to exposure to the defoliant and herbicide chemical Agent Orange. The episode aired on Thursday, August 31, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-007-002
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate legislation recently signed into law to remove controls on natural gas prices. The episode aired on Wednesday, August 30, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-007-001
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate a Congressional initiative to provide leave for workers in family situations, including when a baby is born or when a child, parent, or the worker is ill. The episode aired on Tuesday, August 29, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-006
Contains 16 sound recordings (two-minute debate segments) of the radio program "Face Off" with Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming. These episodes aired from August 7, 1989, to August 28, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-006-016
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate their grades from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) on their Senate voting records on legislative issues relating to small businesses. The episode aired on Monday, August 28, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-006-015
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the congressional initiative to mandate employer-provided health insurance benefits for all workers. The episode aired on Friday, August 25, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-006-014
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate Democrats switching over to the Republican (GOP) Party. The episode aired on Thursday, August 24, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-006-013
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate a new Democratic initiative to provide incentives for Americans of all ages to engage in community service. They comment on President John F. Kennedy's call for community service during his time in office and President George H. W. Bush's "thousand points of light" initiative. The episode aired on Wednesday, August 23, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-006-012
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate new "clean air" environmental legislation based on proposals by President George H. W. Bush to reduce pollutants, urban smog, and acid rain. The episode aired on Tuesday, August 22, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-006-011
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate tax evasion by the wealthy and the need for stronger Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax collection and enforcement measures. The episode aired on Monday, August 21, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-006-010
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the U.S. Army's decision to give the Congressional Medal of Honor back to William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. The medal had been revoked in 1917 due to amended qualifications for the award. The episode aired on Friday, August 18, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-006-009
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate funding payments stipulated in legislation passed the previous year to compensate surviving Japanese-Americans who were interned during World War II. The episode aired on Thursday, August 17, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-006-008
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the announcement by Secretary of the Treasury Nicholas F. "Nick" Brady of an agreement to reduce Mexico's debt to the United States. The episode aired on Wednesday, August 16, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-006-007
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate a U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that invalidated a law prohibiting job discrimination against elderly workers. The episode aired on Tuesday, August 15, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-006-006
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the danger of Congress spending appropriations at rates that will exceed federal budget targets, which would trigger mandatory budget cuts according to the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Law, a law designed to constrain the federal budget and reduce the budget deficit. The episode aired on Monday, August 14, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-006-005
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate a proposal by the Bush administration to develop a billion dollar nuclear plant in Idaho to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. The episode aired on Friday, August 11, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-006-004
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the proposal to base MX missiles on mobile rail cars in western U.S. states to protect them from the Soviet Union and to address the U.S.-Soviet imbalance in mobile nuclear weapons. The episode aired on Thursday, August 10, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-006-003
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate a proposal for the United States to provide military aid to one side of the civil war in Cambodia. The episode aired on Wednesday, August 9, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-006-002
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the issue of terrorism and discuss the murder of Colonel William R. Higgins in Lebanon. Colonel Higgins was in Lebanon as part of a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission. They also comment on Israel's abduction of a pro-Iranian sheik. The episode aired on Tuesday, August 8, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-006-001
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the U.S. Senate's decision to reject President Bush's nomination of William C. "Bill" Lucas to the position of Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division. The episode aired on Monday, August 7, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-005
Contains 15 sound recordings (two-minute debate segments) of the radio program "Face Off" with Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming. These episodes aired from July 17, 1989, to August 4, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-005-015
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the U.S. Senate's vote on legislation to prevent future scandals like the Iran-Contra affair by imposing criminal penalties for any official who solicits illegal aid or wrongly diverts other funds to promote activities prohibited by Congress. The episode aired on on the Mutual Broadcasting System; air date is undetermined, but probably early August 1989.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-005-014
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate a recent vote in Congress to stop the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) from awarding grants to art institutions that support artists whose work has been denounced as "obscene." The episode aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System; the air date is undetermined, but probably early August 1989.