Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-020-006
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 congressional override of President Ronald Reagan's veto of a civil rights bill (The Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987) that prevents federal funding from supporting discrimination in any form. The episode aired on Tuesday, March 29, 1988, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.