Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Senator Byrd talked about his memoir Robert C. Byrd: Child of the Appalachian Coalfields, published by West Virginia University. The book recounted ...

Hours before voting to clear the way for health care reform in the Senate, Republican Senator Tom Coburn said on the floor, "What the American people ought to pray is that somebody can't make the vote ...

West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd died Monday at 92. He was an outspoken proponent of legislative power and served in the Senate for 51 years, longer than anyone else in American history. (For more on ...

An agreement with Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia salvaged a key piece of President Biden’s agenda. But Democrats still have a few crucial steps to take before it becomes law. By Emily ...

Leave it to black folk to tell it like it is, while exercising some restraint, and we love it. CBC Chairwoman Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) released a statement on the passing of Sen. Robert Byrd of ...

If anything good has come from the loss of West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd, who died yesterday at the age of 92, it’s another milestone in the changing of America’s political face. As you no doubt ...

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Hundreds of West Virginians, two U.S. presidents and dozens of family members and friends gathered Friday to pay tribute to Robert C. Byrd, the longest-serving senator in U.S.

WASHINGTON Sen. Robert Byrd, the longest-serving senator in history, is stepping down from his cherished post as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Byrd, 90, has become increasingly ...

A bluegrass album featuring legendary lawmaker Robert Byrd, who died earlier this week at 92, will be reissued by a Virginia record label. Byrd, a one-time Klansman from West Virginia who became the ...

"Some of the provisions that she is striking can impact the total amount of pay-fors in the legislation," said Leslie Powell, a partner in the public finance sector at KutakRock. "You have a Congress ...