B001210 1917-11-20 10055 311 Hart Senate Office Building http://byrd.senate.gov/contacts/ 202-228-0002 Robert 'd':4 'wv':5 'sen':1 'byrd':3,7,9 'robert':2,6,8 M 300016 Byrd Robert_Byrd C. Sen. Robert Byrd [D, WV] 4164 N00002200 10813 Democrat 202-224-3954 Baptist WV Robert Byrd 2.5 http://byrd.senate.gov 300016 Person senate Fri Nov 27 22:06:53 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 -0600 2009 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 ... 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'end':5 'blog':35 'byrd':20,23 'call':19 'note':10 'rule':21 'waiv':15 'could':14 'david':8 'figur':30 'senat':12 'thing':33 'virtu':25 'longev':29 'promin':27 'robert':22 'so-cal':17 'nascent':2 'waldman':9 'democrat':13 'filibust':7 'movement':3 'firedoglak':34 6808378 true true google news Firedoglake (blog) OK http://news.firedoglake.com/2009/11/27/the-nascent-movement-to-end-the-filibuster/ 300016 Person sen\. Fri Nov 27 22:06:53 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ... 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. ... 'jay':26 'sen':25 '1976':19 'byrd':10,23 'citi':3 'dear':31 'fact':22 'lead':2 'left':16 'alway':29 'daili':35 'elect':8 'presid':11 'robert':9 'holiday':6 'holroyd':1,33 'artifact':15 'campaign':20 'rockefel':27 'bluefield':34 'telegraph':36 6808379 true true google news Bluefield Daily Telegraph OK http://www.bdtonline.com/princeton/local_story_331133228.html 300016 Person democrat Fri Nov 27 22:06:54 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 -0600 2009 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 ... 'joe':6 'top':19 'byrd':36 'line':24,41 'list':33 'mail':49 'time':12 'wasn':28 'biden':7 'globe':47 'guest':32 'obama':14 'parti':16 'swell':11 'third':39 'virtu':43 'member':20 'robert':35 'crasher':8 'success':26 'presidenti':23 6808381 true true google news Globe and Mail OK http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/and-here-we-are-with-joe-biden-crashers-have-a-swell-time-at-obamas-party/article1379566/ 300016 Person democrat Fri Nov 27 22:06:53 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Conservatives lament the fact that Robert Byrd, a Democrat, is constantly re-elected by the residents of a fairly conservative state, West Virginia. ... 're':20 'blog':33 'byrd':14 'fact':11 'fair':27 'west':30 'elect':21 'resid':24 'state':29 'intent':7 'lament':9 'robert':13 'conserv':2,8,28 'destroy':4 'founder':6 'constant':18 'democrat':16 're-elect':19 'virginia':31 'blogcritics.org':32 6808377 true true google news Blogcritics.org (blog) OK http://blogcritics.org/politics/article/how-conservatives-have-destroyed-the-founders/ 300016 Person senator Thu Nov 26 22:01:24 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 26 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Senator Robert Byrd said: “The accumulation of power by White House staff can threaten the Constitutional system of checks and balances. ... 'blog':36 'byrd':15 'face':2 'hous':23 'said':16 'check':31 'daili':35 'obama':1 'parti':7 'polit':34 'power':20 'senat':13 'staff':24 'troop':10 'white':22 'balanc':33 'robert':14 'system':29 'accumul':18 'pushback':3 'threaten':26 'constitut':28 'afghanistan':12 6801746 true true google news Politics Daily (blog) OK http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/11/26/obama-faces-pushback-from-his-own-party-on-more-troops-for-afgha/ 300016 Person democrat Thu Nov 26 22:01:24 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 26 00:00:00 -0600 2009 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 ... 'top':3 'byrd':20 'line':8,25 'list':17 'mail':33 'wasn':12 'globe':31 'guest':16 'third':23 'virtu':27 'member':4 'robert':19 'success':10 'presidenti':7 6801745 true true google news Globe and Mail OK http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/state-dinner-intruders-embarrass-unflappable-secret-service/article1379358/ 300016 Person sen\. Thu Nov 26 22:01:23 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 26 00:00:00 -0600 2009 18, a long-standing record Arizonans have been rightly proud of was regrettably eclipsed when 92-year-old US Sen. Robert Byrd, DW. ... '18':9 '92':25 'az':34 'dw':33 'us':29 'old':28 'sen':30 'byrd':32 'fall':3 'long':12 'tall':8 'temp':6 'year':27 'proud':19 'right':18 'stand':7,13 'eclips':23 'hayden':1 'record':2,14 'robert':31 'regrett':22 'arizonan':15 'year-old':26 'contribut':4 'long-stand':11 'central.com':35 6801743 true true google news AZ Central.com OK http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2009/11/26/20091126tr-history1127.html 300016 Person congress Wed Nov 25 22:15:09 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The Senate, for example, just adopted a resolution commemorating Sen. Robert Byrd, who recently became the longest-serving senator. ... 'pi':10 'cnn':32 'day':11 'sen':21 'asid':5 'byrd':23 'list':4 'serv':30 'adopt':17 'becam':26 'senat':13,31 'tackl':7 'to-do':1 'exampl':15 'nation':9 'recent':25 'robert':22 'longest':29 'resolut':19 'commemor':20 'congress':6 'confucius':8 'longest-serv':28 6793106 true true google news CNN OK http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/25/congress.commemoratives/ 300016 Person democrat Wed Nov 25 22:15:09 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 -0600 2009 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 ... 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"I look forward to serving you for the next 56 years '5':3 '7':9 'c':26 '10':5 '56':46 'ago':11 'day':10 'gop':1 'new':18 'sen':24 'bill':7 'blip':49 'byrd':27 'look':38 'mark':16 'next':45 'serv':32,41 'west':22 'year':47 'becom':28 'senat':14 'wrote':2 'lawmak':33 'robert':25 'beltway':48 'forward':39 'histori':36 'longest':6,31 'mileston':19 'virginia':23 'wednesday':20 'washington':12 'congression':35 'longest-serv':30 'huffingtonpost.com':8 6793109 false true daylife Beltway Blips http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/ OK http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/gop-wrote-5-of-10-longest-bills/ 300016 Person sen\. Wed Nov 25 22:15:07 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 -0600 2009 “The accumulation of power by White House staff can threaten the Constitutional system of checks and balances,” Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W. Va., wrote in a letter to Obama. Rep. Jack Kington, R-Ga., promised legislation to address what he's ... 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