Transcript: Byrd Now Stands as History's Senior Senator

Article: Shame of the Senate; Who stopped a bill to keep track of federal ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  September 5, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... outed. They're Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, and Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va. Shame on them both. The members of the secrecy ... turned federal appropriations into a cottage industry back in West Virginia. There's an expressway, an institute and a federal building ...

Article: West Virginia senator Robert Byrd, ...
National Review;  March 28, 2005 ;     700+ words ...* West Virginia senator Robert Byrd, upset about Republican plans to end the filibustering of judges, called the move Hitlerian. To force up-or-down votes on ...

Article: 90-year-old Sen. Robert Byrd of West ...
AP Online;  March 5, 2008 ;     431 words ... pobj:NY135-0926071615 Sen. Robert C. Byrd, the longest-serving senator in U.S. history, is back in a hospital for tests after a reaction to antibiotics. Spokesman Jesse Jacobs says doctors want to run tests to determine which medicine is best to treat Byrd for his reaction to drugs taken for a

Article: SUNDAY FORUM: IN DEFENSE OF WEST VIRGINIA, DANIEL ...
The Virginian Pilot;  January 12, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... too was offended by the Virginia and West Virginia half-time skit. I was born and raised ... man. Here is a little history about West Virginia: When the coal industry was booming ... Eastern families are now moving to West Virginia. Many of them are doctors and are ...

Article: Sen. Robert Byrd wins approval from Senate ...
PR Newswire;  September 13, 1989 ;     700+ words ...SEN. ROBERT BYRD WINS APPROVAL FROM SENATE ... Scholarships, including 130 in West Virginia, over the past three ... Industrial Medical Center at West Virginia University. "I am ... underserved areas, such as West Virginia," Byrd explained ...

Transcript: Profile: Senator Robert Byrd's efforts as chair ...
NPR Morning Edition;  July 20, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... are appealing to Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia. When Democrats retook ... INSKEEP reporting: Senator Robert Byrd has returned to his corner ... beating sound) INSKEEP: Robert Byrd grew up in West Virginia's hills. In his youth ...

Transcript: Interview with Senator Robert Byrd
Hannity & Colmes (Fox News Network);  March 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... debate, the always outspoken senior senator from West Virginia, Robert Byrd. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) COLMES: Thank you so much ... here today. U.S. SENATOR ROBERT BYRD (D), WEST VIRGINIA: Thank you. Thank you for coming. COLMES: I ...