Robert Byrd

Helping Vets, Pets, and Primates

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics


Michael Markarian

Congress took two steps in recent days on animal issues, as part of its larger bills related to the Department of Defense and military spending.

Bureaucracy and Power Plays: The Problems with Obama's Policy Czars

John W. Whitehead | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


John W. Whitehead

"A democracy requires accountability, and accountability requires transparency." -President Barack Obama in a 2009 memorandum to executive departments...

Robert Byrd Should Resign From the Senate -- Today

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics


Carol Felsenthal

What happens if health care comes up for a vote and Byrd is simply too sick to be wheeled in?

Robert Byrd Taken To Hospital After Fall At Home

AP | MANU RAJU | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Robert Byrd, the longest serving senator in history, was admitted to a Washington-area hospital Tuesday after a fall at his home in...

Called to Serve

Ferentz LaFargue | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics


Ferentz LaFargue

Let us be clear that Van Jones' resignation is not a defeat for the Obama administration, but it's a defeat for anyone who believes in public service.

Why The Kennedy Eulogies Struck the Right Tone

William Bradley | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics


William Bradley

We live in a moment of hyperpartisan politics and hyperactive media. These things militate against what the Kennedy eulogies celebrated.

Senate GOPers: We'll Block Health Care Under Reconciliation

The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


Sen. Judd Gregg has hundreds of procedural objections ready for a healthcare plan Democrats leaders want to speed through the Senate....

So Long, It's Been Good to Know You, Senator

Jamie Stiehm | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics


Jamie Stiehm

Troubles in paradise, to be sure, yet Kennedy overcame tragedies and addressed flaws that would have broken or bent most of us.

Ted Kennedy, My Friend and Colleague

Sen. Robert Byrd | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


Sen. Robert Byrd

As a tribute to his commitment to his ideals, let us stop the shouting and name-calling and have a civilized debate on health care reform which I hope, when legislation has been signed into law, will bear his name for his commitment to insuring the health of every American.

Sen. Byrd Wants Health Bill Renamed For Kennedy

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) called on Wednesday for health care reform legislation to be named after the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) "My heart an...

Al Franken Gets the Last Laugh

Abe Silk | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics


Abe Silk

Well the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" took what seemed like 10,000 years, but the Minnesota Supreme Court finally ruled yesterday in a unanimous decision to certify Al Franken's election victory.

The New Senate Global Warming Deniers

Bill Scher | Posted 08.01.2009 | Green


Bill Scher

Some senators are acting as if Reps. Waxman and Markey hadn't painstakingly pieced a compromise with those sympathetic to coal companies, power companies and agribusiness.

Sam Stein

Democrats Caution: Franken Won't Drastically Change Political Realities

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics


Moments after former Sen. Norm Coleman conceded the drawn-out Minnesota Senate election to Al Franken, Gov. Tim Pawlenty said that that he would sign ...

Robert Byrd Released After Month-Long Hospital Stay

AP | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Sen. Robert Byrd's office says he's been released from the hospital and is at his Washington-area home recuperating from a more-tha...

Bobby Kennedy, Jr.: "Family Friends" Are "Endorsing Criminal Behavior" (Video)

Alex Pasternack | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green


Alex Pasternack

Coal companies would not exist if not for the "corruption" of politicians, Bobby Kennedy, Jr. told me, singling out "family friends of ours forever," like West Virginia Democrats Jay Rockefeller and Robert Byrd.

Dems Plan For Byrd "Contingencies"

West Virginia Gazette | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics


Sen. Robert C. Byrd's state of health has prompted some quiet, behind-the-scenes discussions in the event the senator is unable to return to office. ...

Robert Byrd Hospitalized With Temperature Spike

AP | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Sen. Robert C. Byrd, 91 and the longest-serving senator in history, was hospitalized last Friday with a temperature spike evidently...

WV House Committee Gag Order: No Stinkin' Green Jobs or Responsible Mining Debate!

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.11.2009 | Green


Jeff Biggers

West Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Rick Thompson and a handful of House Rules Committee members have just blocked a resolution for the development of a nationally acclaimed industrial wind farm.

Van Jones: Talk to Eric Mathis About Green Jobs, Not Coal Welfare, in Appalachia

Jeff Biggers | Posted 04.25.2009 | Green


Jeff Biggers

Eric Mathis, a scrappy young economist in the Appalachian coalfields, is putting together one of the most dynamic green jobs consortiums in the country.

Elephants With Short Memories

Ed Kilgore | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics


Ed Kilgore

As Republicans continue to shriek about it, they need to be reminded that reconciliation in its current form was largely the creation of the sainted Ronald Reagan.

Virginia's Choice

Mike Stark | Posted 04.11.2009 | Green


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.

Ryan Grim

Red States Gobble Up Omnibus Earmarks

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics


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...

Dem Senator Byrd: Obama In A Power Grab

The Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics


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

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

The Charleston Gazette | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green


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...

Wikipedia Mistakenly Reports Kennedy, Byrd Dead

Washington Post | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics


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...