B001210 1917-11-20 311 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] N00002200 10402 Democrat 202-224-3954 Baptist WV Robert Byrd 2.55813953488372 http://byrd.senate.gov 300016 Person democrat Sat Nov 07 11:06:48 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...and that was the late Sen. Strom Thurmond. The remainder, such as Albert Gore Sr., William Fulbright, Richard Russell, Robert Byrd and John Stennis, remained with the Democratic Party. Albert Gore Sr. was the father of the former vice president, and Wil 'sr':19,36 'sen':10 'wil':46 'byrd':25 'gore':18,35 'john':27 'late':9 'vice':43 'parti':33 'polit':3 'strom':11 'albert':17,34 'father':39 'former':42 'presid':44 'remain':29 'robert':24 'russel':23 'stenni':28 'writer':1 'distort':2 'histori':4 'remaind':14 'richard':22 'william':20 'advertis':48 'democrat':32 'thurmond':12 'fulbright':21 'montgomeri':47 6608348 true true daylife Montgomery Advertiser http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/ OK http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20091107/OPINION02/911060344/1006/rss06 300016 Person democrat Wed Nov 04 22:31:27 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...benefits for at least 14 weeks and expand a tax credit for homebuyers. The final vote was 98 to 0 with Democratic Sens. Robert Byrd of West Virginia and Claire McCaskill of Missouri not voting. “With each passing day without an extension, more and mor '0':26 '14':11 '98':24 'day':45 'mor':51 'sen':29 'tax':16 'byrd':31 'pass':44 'vote':2,22,41 'week':12 'west':33 'clair':36 'final':21 'least':10 'senat':1 'credit':17 'expand':14 'extend':4 'extens':48 'robert':30 'benefit':6,7 'homebuy':19 'without':46 'democrat':28 'mccaskil':37 'missouri':39 'unemploy':5 'virginia':34 'minnpost.com':52 6582040 true true daylife MinnPost.com http://www.minnpost.com/ OK http://www.minnpost.com/cynthiadizikes/2009/11/04/13169/senate_votes_to_extend_unemployment_benefits 300016 Person sen\. Thu Nov 05 22:24:20 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...the time a match was made, a criminal using a fake name might be back on the street. The FBI had to modernize, and Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), had a solution: If the fingerprinting division left the Hoover building in Washington and moved to West Virgin 'fbi':25 'sen':30 'u.s':1 'use':14 'back':20 'byrd':32 'fake':16 'left':41 'made':11 'move':48 'name':17 'time':7 'week':53 'west':50 'aviat':52 'build':2,44 'divis':40 'match':9 'might':18 'solut':36 'crimin':13 'd-w.va':33 'hoover':43 'modern':28 'robert':31 'street':23 'virgin':51 'biometr':4 'databas':5 'largest':3 'washington':46 'fingerprint':39 6593515 true true daylife Aviation Week http://www.aviationweek.com/ OK http://www.aviationweek.com/avnow/news/channel_defense_story.jsp?id=news/SCAN110509.xml&source=rss 300016 Person congress Thu Oct 29 22:19:43 -0500 2009 Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...Feinstein, D-Calif., who, as chairwoman of the Senate interior appropriations subcommittee, helped write the bill. Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., legendary for the billions of dollars he has steered to his state and for being a fierce guardian of congressi 'd':12 'cut':9 'san':52 'sen':27 'bill':26 'byrd':29 'help':23 'jose':53 'news':55 'pass':2 'calif':13 'fierc':47 'obama':5 'senat':19 'spend':3 'state':42 'steer':39 'write':24 'd-w.va':30 'dollar':36 'robert':28 'sought':7 'billion':34 'd-calif':11 'mercuri':54 'appropri':21 'congress':1 'guardian':48 'interior':20 'congressi':50 'feinstein':10 'legendari':31 'chairwoman':16 'subcommitte':22 6528829 true true daylife The San Jose Mercury News http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/ OK http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_13671752?source=rss 300016 Person democrat Thu Oct 29 11:17:23 -0500 2009 Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...Montana, another coal state, also voiced opposition on Tuesday to the 20 percent target. A third Democratic senator, Robert Byrd, also of West Virginia, has not yet staked out a position on the revised Senate bill. Byrd praised Boxer's additions in the '20':21 'job':8 'low':6 'net':55 'u.s':1 'yet':36 'also':14,30 'bill':3,45 'byrd':29,46 'coal':12 'spur':4 'voic':15 'west':32 'addit':50 'alert':54 'anoth':11 'boxer':48 'debat':9 'posit':40 'prais':47 'revis':43 'senat':27,44 'stake':37 'state':13 'third':25 'carbon':7 'climat':2 'reuter':53 'robert':28 'target':23 'montana':10 'opposit':16 'percent':22 'tuesday':18 'democrat':26 'virginia':33 'low-carbon':5 6524391 true true daylife Reuters Alert Net http://www.alertnet.org/ OK http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N28495986.htm 300016 Person senator Mon Oct 26 22:02:13 -0500 2009 Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...over several months among the staffs of several senators from coal states, in a group chaired by Tom Carper, D-Del. Sens. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., Max Baucus, D-Mont., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Mark Warner, D-Va., participated 'd':28,42,47,53 'va':54 'ami':44 'del':29 'max':39 'sen':30 'tom':25 'bill':7 'byrd':32 'coal':1,18 'conn':38 'd-va':52 'mark':50 'minn':48 'mont':43 'post':58 'among':11 'chair':23 'd-del':27 'draft':4 'group':22 'month':10 'senat':16 'sever':9,15 'staff':13 'state':19 'baucus':40 'carper':26 'climat':6 'd-minn':46 'd-mont':41 'd-w.va':33 'gazett':59 'i-conn':36 'joseph':34 'robert':31 'warner':51 'protect':3 'industri':2 'particip':55 'klobuchar':45 'lieberman':35 'pittsburgh':56 'post-gazett':57 6498347 true true daylife Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.post-gazette.com/ OK http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09299/1008495-113.stm?cmpid=news.xml 300016 Person democrat Mon Oct 26 11:06:02 -0500 2009 Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...finished 20th, having accumulated 35 years, six months and 24 days. The longest serving senator, Democratic U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, has served 50 years, nine months and 19 days. Byrd, 92, remains in the Senate. The list was compiled by C 'c':50 '19':37 '24':16 '26':5 '35':11 '50':32 '92':40 'day':17,38 'oct':4 'sen':24 'six':13 'u.s':23 '2009':6 '20th':8 'byrd':26,39 'list':46 'nine':34 'serv':20,31 'west':28 'year':12,33 'month':14,35 'senat':21,44 'compil':48 'finish':7 'gerard':1 'remain':41 'robert':25 'shield':2 'accumul':10 'longest':19 'democrat':22 'virginia':29 '2theadvocate.com':51 6493452 true true daylife 2TheAdvocate.com http://www.2theadvocate.com/ OK http://www.2theadvocate.com/columnists/washingtonwatch/65956547.html 300016 Person democrat Mon Oct 26 22:02:12 -0500 2009 Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0500 2009 The longest serving senator, Democratic US Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, has served 50 years, nine months and 19 days. Byrd, 92, remains in the Senate. '19':26 '26':5 '50':21 '92':29 'us':12 'day':27 'oct':4 'sen':13 '2009':6 'byrd':15,28 'nine':23 'serv':9,20 'west':17 'year':22 'month':24 'senat':10,33 'gerard':1 'remain':30 'robert':14 'shield':2 'longest':8 'democrat':11 'virginia':18 '2theadvocate':34 6498344 true true google news 2TheAdvocate OK http://www.2theadvocate.com/columnists/65956547.html 300016 Person sen\. Mon Oct 26 22:02:12 -0500 2009 Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0500 2009 The agency is now about halfway through the Bluestone Dam Safety Assurance project, which is expected to be complete about 2020. Sen. Robert Byrd, DW. ... 'dw':30 'dam':2,15 'get':3 'sen':27 '2020':26 'byrd':29 'fund':4 'mail':32 'agenc':7 'assur':17 'daili':31 'approv':5 'expect':21 'robert':28 'safeti':16 'complet':24 'halfway':11 'project':18 'blueston':1,14 'charleston':33 6498343 true true google news Daily Mail - Charleston OK http://www.dailymail.com/topphotoclick2topStories/200910250401 300016 Person senator Sun Oct 25 22:20:22 -0500 2009 Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0500 2009 WEST Virginia Senator Robert Byrd refers to himself as “a student of history.” In fact, he is history. The longest serving senator in the history of the ... 'byrd':1,15 'fact':25 'serv':31 'warn':4 'west':11 'wise':3 'grave':8 'refer':16 'senat':13,32 'observ':39 'robert':14 'foreign':10 'histori':23,28,35 'longest':30 'student':21 'pakistan':38 'virginia':12 'afghanistan':5 6489044 true true google news Pakistan Observer OK http://pakobserver.net/200910/26/news/world05.asp 300016 Person senate Fri Nov 06 11:14:38 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Robert Byrd will totter up and make a passionate speech evoking the sacred rules of the Senate and caucus and the move will die. But, by all means, let's have Moveon.org get out there and run ads attacking their own members and running ... 'ad':41 'die':27 'get':36 'let':32 'run':40,47 'byrd':5 'evok':14 'make':10 'mean':31 'move':25 'page':3,50 'rule':17 'sacr':16 'betsi':1,48 'senat':20 'attack':42 'caucus':22 'member':45 'robert':4 'speech':13 'totter':7 'passion':12 'moveon.org':35 6597791 false true google blog Betsy's Page http://betsyspage.blogspot.com/ OK http://betsyspage.blogspot.com/2009/11/moveons-war-on-democratic-moderates.html 300016 Person congress Fri Nov 06 22:20:44 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 I thought about Sen. Robert Byrd and wonder what his comment would be on Boehner's speech. I hope this is a wake up call to every member in Congress. Several of them must be thinking they better brush up on the Constitution just in case ... 'sen':10 'byrd':12 'cafe':6 'call':31 'case':52 'hope':25 'liar':55 'must':40 'pull':2 'wake':29 'boner':4 'brush':45 'crook':53 'everi':33 'sever':37 'think':42 'video':5 'would':18 'better':44 'member':34 'robert':11 'speech':23 'wonder':14 'boehner':1,21 'comment':17 'thought':8 'congress':36 'constitut':49 6604067 false true google blog Crooks and Liars http://crooksandliars.com/ OK http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/scarce/boehner-pulls-boner 300016 Person senator Fri Nov 06 22:20:44 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 It's also heartening to realize that as president Mr. Obama will soon be working hand-in-hand with a former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard like Senator Robert Byrd to craft the incoherent and destructive programs that will plunge the ... 'ku':27 'mr':14 'one':2 'also':7 'byrd':35 'hand':21,23 'klan':29 'klux':28 'like':32 'soon':17 'work':19 'year':3 'craft':37 'grand':30 'later':4 'obama':15 'plung':45 'senat':33 'former':26 'presid':13 'realiz':10 'robert':34 'wizard':31 'hearten':8 'incoher':39 'program':42 'destruct':41 'hand-in-hand':20 'holycoast.com':1,47 6604066 false true google blog HolyCoast.com http://holycoast.blogspot.com/ OK http://holycoast.blogspot.com/2009/11/one-year-later.html 300016 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 22:20:44 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Activists predict a wave that could roll from California to Kentucky to New Hampshire and that could leave even some GOP incumbents — Utah Sen. Bob Bennett is one — facing unexpectedly fierce challenges from their right flank.” .... Robert Byrd will 'bob':35 'gop':31 'new':23 'one':38 'sen':34 'war':9 'byrd':48 'even':29 'face':6,39 'leav':28 'roll':17 'utah':33 'wave':14 'civil':8 'could':16,27 'fierc':41 'flank':46 'right':45 'incumb':32 'robert':47 'bennett':36 'opinion':2,51 'predict':12 'weekend':1 'activist':11 'challeng':42 'democrat':4 'hampshir':24 'kentucki':21 'unexpect':40 'california':19 6604065 false true google blog The Opinionator http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/ OK http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/weekend-opinionator-are-democrats-too-facing-a-civil-war/ 300016 Person congress Fri Nov 06 22:20:45 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ... a growing menace tied to wealthy overseas interests and had a reputation for effectively using violence (in the last 75 years, maybe Robert Byrd did defang them) then their pretensions would receive a more respectful hearing. ... '75':25 'tie':9 'use':20 'byrd':29 'club':2,43 'grow':7 'heal':4 'hear':41 'last':24 'mayb':27 'year':26 'menac':8 'reput':17 'would':36 'defang':31 'effect':19 'receiv':37 'robert':28 'belmont':1,42 'oversea':12 'pretens':35 'respect':40 'thyself':5 'violenc':21 'wealthi':11 'interest':13 'physician':3 6604072 false true google blog Belmont Club http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/ OK http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/11/06/physician-heal-thyself/ 300016 Person sen\. Sat Nov 07 11:06:42 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002. ................ "My position is very clear: The time has come for decisive action to eliminate the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. I'm a co-sponsor of the bipartisan ... '3':17 'd':14 'm':45 'co':48 'wv':15 'oct':16 'sen':11 '2002':18 'armi':8 'byrd':13 'come':27 'mass':42 'pose':35 'reed':7 'time':25 'clear':23 'daili':54 'decis':29 'medic':9 'obama':1 'polit':53 'posit':20 'visit':2 'wound':3 'action':30 'center':10 'elimin':32 'robert':12 'saddam':37 'threat':34 'walter':6 'weapon':40 'hussein':38 'soldier':4 'sponsor':49 'destruct':43 'bipartisan':52 'co-sponsor':47 6608345 false true google blog Politics Daily http://www.politicsdaily.com/ OK http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/11/06/obama-visits-wounded-soldiers-at-walter-reed-army-medical-center/ 300016 Person sen\. Sat Nov 07 11:06:42 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. Mark Pryor, Arkansas DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-2353, DC Fax Number: 202-228-0908. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, Arkansas DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-4843, DC Fax Number: 202-228-1371. Sen. Robert Byrd, West Virginia ... 'dc':18,25,35,42 'us':2,54 '202':22,28,39,45 'fax':26,43 'sen':14,31,48 '-224':23,40 '-228':29,46 'byrd':50 'fenc':6 'give':1,53 'mark':15 'vote':13 'west':51 '-0908':30 '-1371':47 '-2353':24 '-4843':41 'offic':19,36 'phone':20,37 'pryor':16 'better':8 'blanch':32 'number':21,27,38,44 'robert':49 'arkansa':17,34 'liberti':3,55 'lincoln':33 'virginia':52 6608346 false true google blog Give Us Liberty http://giveusliberty1776.blogspot.com/ OK http://giveusliberty1776.blogspot.com/2009/11/on-fence-they-better-not-be-if-they.html 300016 Person democrat Sat Nov 07 11:06:43 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ... liberals took over the education system,and you will find that it was democrats(rats) that were the true bigots,but some how managed to put that label on republicans,just ask senator robert byrd,who was a real grand wizard klansman! ... 'ask':40 'put':34 'rat':23 'byrd':43 'educ':13 'find':18 'help':7 'news':52 'race':1 'real':47 'took':10 'true':27 'bigot':28 'grand':48 'label':36 'liber':9 'manag':32 'relat':2 'senat':41 'robert':42 'system':14 'wizard':49 'america':4 'democrat':22 'klansman':50 'literaci':6,8,51 'technolog':5 'republican':38 6608347 false true google blog Literacy News http://www.literacynews.com/ OK http://www.literacynews.com/2009/11/race-relations-in-america/ 300016 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 22:20:44 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., back to camera, presides over the committee's vote on a climate bill. Senate Democrats sidestepped a Republican boycott, empty seats at right. ... So senior Democratic s 'd':22 'sen':18 'back':24 'bill':6,36 'blog':1 'coal':51 'long':10 'move':7 'seat':44 'vote':32 'work':15 'boxer':20 'calif':23 'chair':17 'empti':43 'right':46 'senat':11,37 'camera':26 'climat':5,35 'gazett':4 'presid':27 'public':14 'senior':48 'tattoo':52 'barbara':19 'boycott':42 'd-calif':21 'environ':12 'committe':16,30 'democrat':38,49 'sidestep':39 'charleston':3 'republican':41 6604070 false true google blog Coal Tattoo http://blogs.wvgazette.com/coaltattoo/ OK http://blogs.wvgazette.com/coaltattoo/2009/11/05/climate-bill-moving-but-a-long-way-to-go/ 300016 Person senator Fri Nov 06 22:20:44 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Just watch City Council meetings or attend MTA or County Board of Supervisor meetings - people don't fall asleep for long periods of time unless they are Octogenarians like US Senator Robert Byrd. Posted On: Thursday, Nov. ... 'la':48 'us':40 'los':9 'mta':7,18 'nap':4 'nov':47 'byrd':43 'citi':13 'fall':28 'like':39 'long':31 'meet':8,15,24 'post':44 'time':34 'angel':10 'board':21 'daili':49 'peopl':25 'senat':41 'watch':12 'asleep':29 'attend':17 'counti':20 'period':32 'robert':42 'unless':35 'antonio':2 'council':14 'thursday':46 'supervisor':23 'octogenarian':38 'villaraigosa':3 6604069 false true google blog LA Daily http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/ OK http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/politics/villaraigosa-john-walsh-mta/