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Virginia's Choice

Mike Stark | Posted 04.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Terry McAuliffe, Primary, Virginia, Robert Byrd, Carl Lindner, Ted Kennedy, Virginia Governor, Clean Coal, Pollution, Coal, Green News
Mike Stark

You simply cannot cozy up to the utterly corrupt coal industry and expect to walk away unsoiled. Terry's conscience should be every bit as darkened as a coal-worker's hands.

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Ryan Grim

Red States Gobble Up Omnibus Earmarks

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mitch McConnell, Senate Republicans, Dianne Feinstein, Omnibus Spending Bill, Robert Byrd, Thad Cochran, Roger Wicker, Omnibus, Mary Landrieu, Omnibus Earmarks, Kit Bond, Senate GOP, Earmarks, Harry Reid, Richard Shelby, Senate Democrats, David Vitter, Politics News

If it's budget time, it's good to be a red state. And it's very good to be Mississippi. According to an analysis by the nonpartisan Taxpayers for Co...

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Dem Senator Byrd: Obama In A Power Grab

The Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Obama White House, Sen Robert Byrd, White House Czar, Car Czar, Healthcare Czar, Robert Byrd, Senator Byrd, Barack Obama, Politics News

Senator Robert Byrd, the senior senator from West Virginia and the longest-serving member of the Senate, issued a press release Wednesday warning agai...

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Senate Version Of Stimulus Would Include Additional $2B For Coal

The Charleston Gazette | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Senate, Economic Stimulus Package, Clean Coal, Senate Stimulus Package, West Virginia, Robert Byrd, Coal, Green Politics, Green News

Coal supporters have managed to tuck more than $4.6 billion in money for the industry into a Senate version of the economic stimulus package. The S...

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Wikipedia Mistakenly Reports Kennedy, Byrd Dead

Washington Post | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wikipedia, Edward Kennedy, Sen Robert Byrd, Senator Edward Kennedy, Robert Byrd Hospitalized, Inauguration, Obama Inauguration, Robert Byrd, Edward Kennedy Hospitalized, Politics News

As if suffering a seizure during President Obama's post-inaugural luncheon wasn't bad enough, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) endured an additional orde...

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Legislative Term Limits

Duncan Quirk | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Legislative Term Limits, Senator Byrd, Senator Kennedy, Term Limits, Robert Byrd, Ted Kennedy, Byrd, Kennedy, Politics News
Duncan Quirk

As the world ushered in the age of the Obama Administration, the two longest serving Senators, Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd, were taken away from the I...

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Robert Byrd, Marking 50 Years in Senate, Has Advice for Obama

Steve Kettmann | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama White House, Senate, Robert Byrd, American History, President Obama, Politics News
Steve Kettmann

It wasn't quite like the night at Camden Yards when Cal Ripken became baseball's Iron Man but Byrd nonetheless reached a similarly untouchable milestone yesterday.

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Body of War: An Interview with Phil Donahue

Brad Listi | Posted 12.12.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ellen Spiro, Brad Listi, Tomas Young, Phil Donahue, Iraq War, Robert Byrd, Body of War, Iraq War Resolution, Movies, Entertainment News
Brad Listi

Unflinching in its patriotism, Body of War insists on showing us the human costs of Iraq -- a side of the war that most of us never see.

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Byrd Stepping Down As Appropriations Chair

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Byrd, Byrd, Appropriations Committee, Byrd Appropriations Committee Chair, Byrd Steps Down, Byrd Stepping Down, Byrd Chairmanship, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Sen. Robert Byrd, the longest-serving senator in history, is stepping down from his cherished post as chairman of the Senate Approp...

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Reid Eyes Byrd Ouster: Report

Politico | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Byrd, Harry Reid, Senator Byrd, Byrd Ouster, Reid Ousting Byrd, Reid Byrd, Harry Reid Byrd, Politics News

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is quietly preparing to ease 90-year-old Sen. Robert C. Byrd from his perch as chairman of the Senate Appropriations...

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Spokesman says Sen. Robert C. Byrd hospitalized

AP | J. Taylor Rushing | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sen Robert Byrd, Robert Byrd Hospitalized, Robert Byrd, Robert Byrd High Fever, Robert Byrd Sick, Robert Byrd Fever, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Sen. Robert C. Byrd was hospitalized Monday night at his doctor's urging after suffering from lethargy and sluggishness at the Capi...

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Early Returns: Add A Potential Staff Crossover To Today's Votes

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Vice President Edwards, David Axelrod, Or KY Voting, Senator Clinton, Senator Obama, Warren Buffet, Robert Byrd, Superdelegates, Patti Solis Doyle, Obama, Solis Doyle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Home News
Daniel Nichanian

The woman who coined the term "Hillaryland" is now reportedly ready to join Obama's general election efforts. And Gallup has put Hillary support at less than 40 percent for the first time.

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Obama Adds To Superdelegate Tally

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Delegates, Obama Superdelegates, Barack Obama Delegates, Barack Obama Superdelegates, Obama Byrd, Robert Byrd Barack Obama, Robert Byrd, Politics News

Obama has pulled in the endorsement of Washington State Democratic Party Chairman Dwight Pelz this morning. Pelz told his supporters, "that Sen. Obam...

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Senate Dems May Pull Duties From Aging Robert Byrd

The Hill | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Byrd Age, Robert Byrd, Byrd Age, Politics News

Senate Democrats said Tuesday they have considered the idea of shifting the workload of ailing Appropriations Committee Chairman Robert Byrd. Byrd's ...

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Earmarks: Faster And Easier Than Ever Thanks To Innovation

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Spending Bill, Tom Reynolds, DC Earmarks, Ted Stevens, Capitol Hill, King of Pork, Earmarks, Robert Byrd, Federal Budget, Henry Waxman, Business News
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson

Its earmark season on Capitol Hill, and this year, thanks to technology, it will be even easier for members of Congress to get their earmark requests sorted out and submitted.

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