Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Robert Byrd [D, WV]2009-11-27T00:00:00Zopencongress.orgtag:opencongress.org,2007:/person/news/300016The Nascent Movement To End The Filibustertag:opencongress.org,2009-11-27:/commentary/68083782009-11-27T00:00:00ZFiredoglake (blog)
David Waldman notes that Senate Democrats could waive the so-called “Byrd rule” (Robert Byrd, by virtue of prominence and longevity, figures into this thing ... <br /><br /><a href="http://news.firedoglake.com/2009/11/27/the-nascent-movement-to-end-the-filibuster/">Go to article</a> Holroyd leads city into the holidaystag:opencongress.org,2009-11-27:/commentary/68083792009-11-27T00:00:00ZBluefield Daily Telegraph
... to elect Robert Byrd president. It's an artifact left from the 1976 campaign. In fact, Byrd and Sen. Jay Rockefeller have always been dear to Holroyd. ... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.bdtonline.com/princeton/local_story_331133228.html">Go to article</a> How Conservatives Have Destroyed the Founders' Intenttag:opencongress.org,2009-11-27:/commentary/68083772009-11-27T00:00:00ZBlogcritics.org (blog)
Conservatives lament the fact that Robert Byrd, a Democrat, is constantly re-elected by the residents of a fairly conservative state, West Virginia. ... <br /><br /><a href="http://blogcritics.org/politics/article/how-conservatives-have-destroyed-the-founders/">Go to article</a> Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift: Codify all those super majoritiestag:opencongress.org,2009-11-27:/commentary/68083802009-11-27T00:00:00ZPocono Record
The same can be said today of Senator Robert Byrd, DW.Va., the current Senate pro tem who is now 92 and was recently heralded by his colleagues for becoming ... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091127/NEWS04/911270370/-1/NEWSMAP">Go to article</a> And here we are with Joe Biden... Crashers have a swell time at Obama's partytag:opencongress.org,2009-11-27:/commentary/68083812009-11-27T00:00:00ZGlobe and Mail
The only top member of the presidential line of succession who wasn't on the guest list was Robert Byrd, who is third in line by virtue of being the ... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/and-here-we-are-with-joe-biden-crashers-have-a-swell-time-at-obamas-party/article1379566/">Go to article</a> Hayden record falls, contributions to Tempe stand talltag:opencongress.org,2009-11-26:/commentary/68017432009-11-26T00:00:00ZAZ Central.com
18, a long-standing record Arizonans have been rightly proud of was regrettably eclipsed when 92-year-old US Sen. Robert Byrd, DW. ... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2009/11/26/20091126tr-history1127.html">Go to article</a> Obama Faces Pushback From His Own Party on More Troops for Afghanistantag:opencongress.org,2009-11-26:/commentary/68017462009-11-26T00:00:00ZPolitics Daily (blog)
Senator Robert Byrd said: “The accumulation of power by White House staff can threaten the Constitutional system of checks and balances. ... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/11/26/obama-faces-pushback-from-his-own-party-on-more-troops-for-afgha/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-26:/commentary/68017452009-11-26T00:00:00ZGlobe and Mail
The only top member of the presidential line of succession who wasn't on the guest list was Robert Byrd, who is third in line by virtue of being the ... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/state-dinner-intruders-embarrass-unflappable-secret-service/article1379358/">Go to article</a> Get facts straight on health-care debatetag:opencongress.org,2009-11-25:/commentary/67931072009-11-25T00:00:00ZBloomington Pantagraph
Richard Russell and Robert Byrd led the charge in opposing civil rights and Kansas Democrats stated that women's suffrage would “destroy the home and family ... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.pantagraph.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_1ca34fd8-d954-11de-a1d1-001cc4c03286.html">Go to article</a> To-do list aside, Congress tackles Confucius, National Pi Daytag:opencongress.org,2009-11-25:/commentary/67931062009-11-25T00:00:00ZCNN
The Senate, for example, just adopted a resolution commemorating Sen. Robert Byrd, who recently became the longest-serving senator. ... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/25/congress.commemoratives/">Go to article</a> Congress should set term limits for public goodtag:opencongress.org,2009-11-25:/commentary/67931022009-11-25T00:00:00ZVineland Daily Journal
If Congress had included its members in the two-term limit as part of the 22nd Amendment, we wouldn't be reading about Sen. Robert Byrd (DW.Va. ... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.thedailyjournal.com/article/20091125/OPINION03/911250372">Go to article</a> GOP wrote 5 of 10 longest billstag:opencongress.org,2009-11-25:/commentary/67931052009-11-25T00:00:00ZPolitico
314573 words, "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," 2009, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) 4. 296111 words, "Consolidated Appropriations Act," 2005, Rep. ... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/1109/GOP_wrote_5_of_10_longest_bills.html">Go to article</a> Weekly Climate Change Policy Update - November 16, 2009tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-24:/commentary/67811222009-11-24T00:00:00ZMondaq News Alerts (registration)
More mixed messages on timing: Sen. Baucus told reporters that the Finance Committee's deliberations will extend into next year. However, Senators Kerry ... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/article.asp?articleid=89462">Go to article</a> State solicits applicants for Byrd scholarshipstag:opencongress.org,2009-11-24:/commentary/67811152009-11-24T00:00:00ZKentucky.com
The scholarship is named for longtime Democratic US Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia who authored the legislation that established the program in 1985. ... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/1032659.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-24:/commentary/67811232009-11-24T00:00:00ZOpposing Views
Robert Byrd (DW.Va.), Robert Bennett (R-Utah), Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), and Wayne Allard (R-Colo.) directed the USDA to study “controlled atmosphere stunning ... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/opinion-thinking-about-the-millions-of-turkeys-this-thanksgiving-r-1259088785">Go to article</a> ACORN Oklahoma Document Dump: ACORN's Doorknocking Basicstag:opencongress.org,2009-11-24:/commentary/67811212009-11-24T00:00:00ZBig Government (blog)
Hopefully, the day will fast approach, that ACORN will be relegated to the dustbin of history, along with Senator Robert Byrd and his Klansman Kostume………. ... <br /><br /><a href="http://biggovernment.com/2009/11/24/acorn-oklahoma-document-dump-acorns-doorknocking-basics/">Go to article</a> We are cure for world's despairtag:opencongress.org,2009-11-24:/commentary/67811202009-11-24T00:00:00ZStockton Record
It's so heart-warming to know that as president, Obama has been working closely with West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate ... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091124/A_OPINION02/911240310/-1/A_OPINION">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-24:/commentary/67811172009-11-24T00:00:00ZSalon
So in the 1980s, then-Minority Leader Robert Byrd led the Senate in a crackdown. What resulted was the Byrd Rule, which prohibits the Senate "from ... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/11/24/reconciliation">Go to article</a> Time's Up, Big Daddytag:opencongress.org,2009-11-24:/commentary/67639822009-11-24T00:00:00ZInvestor's Business Daily
...founders intended for the legislative branch to be run by citizen lawmakers and not professional officeholders, we offer Sen. Robert Byrd as a prime example of why term limits should be considered. Byrd has been around for a while. The Democrat has been<br /><br /><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EditorialRss/~3/tPARO69QLTw/Article.aspx">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-23:/commentary/67931032009-11-23T00:00:00ZWest Virginia MetroNews
Both of West Virginia 's US Senators voted Saturday to proceed with debate on the health care reform bill, but it's not certain that Senators Robert Byrd ... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5AO3EW20091125">Go to article</a>