...dollars for several science agencies. On November 17, Majority Leader Reid and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Robert Byrd (D-WV) introduced S. 3689 that would, Byrd told his Senate colleagues, create 635,000 jobs. The $100.3 billion bill...
...Levin of Michigan retains the post. At the Appropriations Committee, which is responsible for writing spending bills, Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia is stepping down as chairman. Byrd, who turned 91 on November 20, had been under pressure for some...
...of the powerful Appropriations Committee to take the Secretary of State post. That chair is open after West Virginia's aging Robert Byrd stepped aside. But a congressional aide familiar with the details tells me the story is slightly less dramatic: She...
...Levine. Federal legislation filed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Appropriations Committee chairman Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., includes $37.8 billion for an 8 percent temporary increase in the federal contribution to statesâ Medicaid programs....
...Byrd stepped down from the Appropriations Committee, on which he has served FIFTY YEARS, citing his advanced age. He’s being replaced by relative whippersnapper Daniel Inouye, a sprightly 84. In this Sept. 11, 2008 file photo, Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va,...
...in the big chair. It's another thing entirely to have him in the line of succession. If the thought of having 90-year old Robert Byrd in that position doesn't appall you, how about centenarian Strom Thurmond when the GOP controlled the Senate? And he was...
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Robert Carlyle Byrd (born November 20, 1917) is the senior United States Senator from West Virginia and a member of the Democratic Party. Byrd has held the office since January 3, 1959. He has served as a Senator for &0000000000000049.00000049 years, &0000000000000164.000000164 days, making him the longest-serving member in the Senate's history. He is also the oldest current member of the United States Congress.
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