Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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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 rejection of an amendment to the Constitution to protect the United States flag from desecration. Senator Kennedy refers to the rejected amendment as the "Atwater-Bush amendment" in reference to Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) Lee Atwater and President George H. W. Bush. The episode aired on Tuesday, October 24, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.