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Robert Byrd
Democrat • 12 Terms • Sworn In 1953
- 8 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 94 of 440) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 49 of 440)
- 22 Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 96 of 440) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 95 of 440)
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- Abstains: 48%
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Sen. Robert Byrd's obit plays different tune
...will usually have only three or four words to sum up your life in the headline. If I were on the copy desk when U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd died at age 92 last week, here’s what I would have submitted: “Robert Byrd, KKK Dirtbag.” Imagine if you or I onc
Sen. Robert Byrd Laid to Rest
...Sen. Robert Byrd, the longest-serving member of Congress, was laid to rest in Arlington, Va., Tuesday. Byrd, who was the president pro tempore of the Senate, was buried in a private cemetery beside his wife, Erma Byrd, who died in 2006. A small memorial
RE: Robert Byrd
The obituary of Sen. Robert Byrd, DW.Va., said he served more time in Congress than anyone else. That, too, is an obscenity. The Founders did not intend ...
Director-Focused Highlights of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer ...
However, the death of Senator Robert Byrd and continued last minute wrangling with one of the few (and indispensible) Republican yea votes have caused ...
RE: Robert Byrd
Robert Byrd's possible successor, DW.Va.: When Byrd died June 28, Democrats lost a sure supporter for confirming Kagan. The vote will be a big, ...
Polling and Political Wrap, 7/6/10
... in West Virginia is now threatening legal action to force the state to move the special election to replace the late Democratic Senator Robert Byrd. ...
Bank Bonuses, Retail Sales, Jobless Claims: Advisor Briefing for the Week of ...
... before knowing the final shape of financial services reform, as Congress broke first for Senator Robert Byrd's memorial and then for the Fourth of July. ...
Stamp prices going up again, to 46 cents
Death of Sen. Robert Byrd leaves the party short one vote, and 7 million people are still unemployed By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Unable to ...
Idaho Hall To Induct Rushmore Sculptor
Maybe not as well known as longtime US Sen. Robert Byrd's KKK history (but well known nonetheless). Which renders this quote from Idaho Hall of Fame ...
Financial Reform Bill Awaits Senate Action
... and the voting arithmetic of the financial reform bill has been complicated by the death of West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd. ...
Appointments may cause more turnover
AP photo composite by POLITICO The death of Sen. Robert Byrd (DW.Va.), the longest-serving member of the Senate, highlights an unusual dynamic that ...
Semenya can compete...Heat advisories issued...Traficant is out
(AP) — Family, friends and employees are saying farewell to Sen. Robert Byrd at his funeral in suburban Washington. His casket was carried into a church in ...
Sen. Inouye says he has no plans to retire soon
Following the death last month of West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd, Inouye was honored with the distinction of president pro-tem. ...
RE: Robert Byrd
Joe Manchin (D) and the state Legislature to move the date of the special election for the late Sen. Robert Byrd's (DW.Va.) seat from November 2012 to this ...
RE: Robert Byrd
Vice President Joe Biden releases statement on passing of Senator Robert Byrd (video) Tuesday, June 29th, 2010... President Obama releases statement ...
RE: Robert Byrd
July 6, 2010 · Senator Robert Byrd's 1978 album “Mountain Fiddler” is back in print and now available on CD. ...
RE: Robert Byrd
Under the circumstances, the passing of Senator Robert Byrd is both sad and unfortunate because it leaves Senate Democrats just one vote shy of the desired ...
Washington Bids Farewell to Senator Robert Byrd
McCONNELL In the year Robert Byrd was first elected to the US Senate, 1958, he won with 59% of the vote, a margin that most people around here would ...
RE: Robert Byrd
If I were on the copy desk when US Sen. Robert Byrd died at age 92 last week, here's what I would have submitted: “Robert Byrd, KKK Dirtbag. ...
Niece Says Byrd Told Her He Was Dyslexic
Enlarge Associated Press A funeral service for Sen. Robert Byrd, Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at the Memorial Baptist Church in Arlington, Va. ...
RE: Robert Byrd
(AP Photo/Linda Davidson, Pool) A military honor guard escorts the casket of Sen. Robert Byrd, Tuesday, July 6, 2010, after a funeral service at the ...
Lionizing a Byrd, with comical results
Robert Byrd, the longest-serving member of the Senate in American history, died last week. It was truly a remarkable career. But what's more remarkable is ...
Rants & Raves
A RANTER attempted to use Sen. Robert Byrd's career as an argument for term limits with a weak complaint that we made the senator rich. While Sen. ...
RE: Robert Byrd
And supporting Sen. Robert Byrd, DW. Va., died. Democrats and their allies need 60 votes to halt yet another GOP filibuster threat. They have 57 at most. ...
RE: Robert Byrd
The Senate will likely try again to pass the unemployment benefit extension in mid-July, once a replacement for the late Sen. Robert Byrd is named in West ...
Albany early to put flags at half-staff
Ted Kulongoski ordered all flags at public institutions be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Tuesday, July 6, in memory of US Sen. Robert Byrd ...
Washington Watch for July 5, 2010
As senators took to the floor of the chamber last week to laud the late US Sen. Robert Byrd, DW.Va., US Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., ...
This Week's Agenda: Politicians Go Home; RNC Leader's Gaffe; Replacing Sen. Byrd
... the Obama administration's lawsuit against the Arizona immigration law; and the succession plan to replace the late Senator Robert Byrd. ...
Stanley Kutler: It's Still All About Race
Former Ku Klux Klan member Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) asked J. Edgar Hoover about Marshall's links to Communists. Strom Thurmond, who since 1948 never endorsed ...
Sen. Brown: 'I'm liking what I see' on financial reform legislation
Democrats were forced to delay a final vote on the sweeping regulatory overhaul after Sen. Robert Byrd (DW.Va.) died and Brown would not commit to backing ...
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