Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former U.S. senator from Kansas, dies at 94
Everything below was taken directly out of the reporting and the official record — quotations word for word, legislation straight from Congress.gov. The Record wrote none of it and takes no position on any of it.
From the Article
The opening of the original reporting, reproduced word for word and bounded on purpose — the outlet that wrote it should get the full read.
Reported by CBS News. The paragraphs below are the opening of that article, reproduced word for word — not a summary, and not the whole piece.
Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a Kansas governor's daughter who became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a spouse into office, has died, her son Bill Kassebaum told CBS News on Saturday. She was 94.
Bill Kassebaum told CBS News that his mother was "an independent voice that was willing to do what was right for Kansas and the country," which he said sometimes meant going against her party.
"She was also willing to talk to her constituents, even when they didn't agree, and openly discuss her votes and stances," he said, adding that while people may not have agreed with her, they appreciated her willingness to talk.
Continue reading at CBS News →What Both Sides Are Saying
Quoted word for word from this story, grouped by who said them. Nothing here was written or summarized by The Record.
Republican & Conservative Voices
No statements on file from this side yet.
Democratic & Progressive Voices
No statements on file from this side yet.
How Other Outlets Covered It
Other outlets' stories about the same event, matched by the distinctive wording they share. Compare the headlines — what one outlet leads with is itself information.
Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former U.S. senator from Kansas, dies at 94
Kassebaum Baker was the first woman elected to the Senate without following a spouse into office. The post Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former U.S. senator from Kansas, dies at 94 appeared first on MS NOW .
Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former US senator from Kansas, dies at 94
Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker of Kansas has died
Nancy Kassebaum, First Woman to Chair a Major Senate Panel, Dies at 94
A moderate Republican from Kansas, she served three terms before tiring of political strife. “I couldn’t get elected today,” she said in 2013.
Nancy Kassebaum Baker, trailblazing GOP senator who broke barriers for women in Congress, dead at 94
Nancy Kassebaum Baker co-authored a landmark 1996 health insurance law with Ted Kennedy and won Kansas re-election by huge margins twice.