Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-032-010
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 Reagan administration's proposal to prevent elderly and disabled citizens from appealing decisions by government workers who deny them Social Security and Medicare benefits. The episode aired on Thursday, December 15, 1988, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.