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8 Jun 2007, 9:01 am
Robert Byrd (D-WV) made the top 3 [HT: Marian]: C-Span junkies know that the longest-serving and oldest current senator has a habit of peppering his meandering speeches with biblical references, noting once that the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan amounted to "$400 for every minute since Jesus Christ was born. [read post]
JOHN HINDERAKER offers us some Alcee Hastings history. “We are being ruled by people who should be …
22 Mar 2010, 6:41 pm
” UPDATE: Reader Kevin Greene emails: “As long as you’re waltzing down memory lane, how about some Robert Byrd history, courtesy of Tony Snow? [read post]
25 Jul 2010, 11:03 am
Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1952. [read post]
20 Jan 2005, 1:50 pm
Aides said Democrats Barbara Boxer [official website] of California and Robert Byrd [official website] of West Virginia will give long speeches in [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 9:00 am
Before going face-first onto the sausage platter, this last scheduled day of the October 2009 Term, two deaths to note: Martin Ginsburg, husband of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; and Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV), one of the primary reasons that the Senate should have a mandatory retirement age (due to his abuse of the system, regardless of my occasional agreement with his ideology). [read post]
17 Apr 2007, 12:23 pm
Robert Byrd (D-WV) [official website] announced [press release, PDF] Tuesday that the Senate Appropriations Committee [official website] he chairs has agreed to adopt new standards governing so-called earmarks [CRS backgrounder, PDF] inserted by legislators into bills to fund special spending projects. [read post]
6 Jun 2007, 7:25 am
Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., and Rep. [read post]
7 Feb 2014, 2:05 pm
” Robert C. [read post]
16 Feb 2006, 8:11 am
Jim Jeffords (I-VT) [official website] and Robert Byrd (D-WV) [official website] cast the only votes joining Feingold in his efforts. [read post]
20 Oct 2010, 11:05 am
Robert Byrd have supported the lawsuit? [read post]
17 Sep 2008, 7:38 pm
Brought to you by none other than our very own Robert Byrd (D - Big Bang) in 2004. [read post]
2 Oct 2007, 5:07 pm
DEMS FOR FUNDING THE WAR: "The spending bill passed overwhelmingly, 92-3, with only Robert Byrd, Tom Coburn, and Russ Feingold in opposition. [read post]
16 Jul 2010, 3:44 pm
Does that mean that all those buildings named after Robert Byrd in West Virginia will have to change? [read post]
14 Dec 2006, 6:45 am
Robert Byrd has built a reputation in Congress and in West Virginia using special interest funding to bring federal jobs and money home, but the king of pork said he's willing to give up his projects for 2007 to find a way out of the " fiscal chaos" left by the outgoing Republican-led Congress.Amazing. [read post]
23 Feb 2007, 7:53 am
Writing for the unanimous court of appeals panel, Judge Robert M. [read post]
7 Jun 2010, 10:25 am
Byrd Drive in Beckley from 2004 through 2006. [read post]
8 Nov 2008, 7:23 am
The venerable Robert Byrd, 91 and in less than perfect health, announced today that he's stepping down as chair of the Appropriations Committee. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 6:49 am
Robert... [read post]
9 Jul 2010, 9:34 am
The tax-related legislation to which the approval amendment was attached has stalled in the Senate, and the recent death of Senator Robert Byrd made passage of the bill by the latest deadline essentially impossible. [read post]
4 Feb 2010, 7:30 pm
I've only got time tonight for a quick post that brings to the attention of those two of you who might not have seen last Saturday night's "Saturday Night Live" skit with actor John Hamm spoofing Senators Scott Brown, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, and Robert Byrd, and one of Bank Lawyer's Blog's favorite buffoons, House Banking Committee Chairman Barney Frank. [read post]
