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	Why War? Keywords: Robert Byrd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Robert Byrd, the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said Bush "is being...
		Robert Carlyle Byrd (born November 20, 1917) is a West Virginia Democrat serving in the United States Senate.
		Byrd was born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina in 1917.
	www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/people/Robert_Byrd (893 words)

	Robert Byrd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Byrd was married to his high school sweetheart Erma Ora James Byrd for 68 years until her death on March 26, 2006.
		Byrd chaired the committee while serving as president pro tempore of the Senate, a position that placed him third in the line of presidential succession and that he held as the longest-serving Democrat in the Senate from 1989 to 1995, briefly in January 2001, and again from June 2001 to January 2003.
		Byrd was one of the Senate's most outspoken critics of the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the "Bush Doctrine" of unilateralism and preemptive warfare.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Byrd (5263 words)

	Robert Byrd - dKosopedia
		Byrd was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1947 to 1950.
		Byrd was one of the Senate's most outspoken critics of the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the Bush Doctrine's support of unilateralism and preemptive warfare.
		On May 23, 2005, Byrd was one of fourteen moderate senators to forge a compromise on the Democrats' use of the judicial filibuster, thus blocking the Republican leadership's attempt to implement the "nuclear option".
	www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Robert_Byrd (2231 words)

	Washingtonpost.com Special Report: Clinton Accused
		Byrd was so offended by Clinton's behavior in the Lewinsky affair that early on it seemed his vote was up for grabs.
		Byrd is legendary for a style of oratory and gilded loquaciousness that evokes the Senate of the '90s -- the 1890s.
		One former aide describes Byrd's pursuit of knowledge and need for order as part of his "desire for mastery." Within the clubby Senate of the '50s and '60s, it was possible to become prominent by mastering the rules and establishing close friendships and alliances.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/byrd021199.htm (2520 words)

	Robert Byrd - MSN Encarta
		Robert C. Byrd, born in 1917, Democratic member of the United States Senate from West Virginia (1959- ).
		Robert Carlyle Byrd was born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
		Byrd worked as a shipyard welder during the war.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761581482/Robert_Byrd.html (206 words)

	Robert C. Byrd for President 1976 Campaign Brochure
		As a boy and young man, Robert C. Byrd knew firsthand the hardships and poverty of life in the southern West Virginia coal fields during the depression years of the 1930's.
		Robert C. Byrd entered public life in 1946 with the idea that government is the servant of the people, not their master.
		In his last race for the United States Senate in 1970, Senator Byrd received 88.9% of the vote in the Democratic Primary and 77.6% of the total vote in the general election and carried all 55 of West Virginia's counties all of which stand as State records.
	www.4president.org /brochures/robertcbyrd1976brochure.htm (902 words)

	Robert C. Byrd - SourceWatch
		Robert Carlyle Byrd is a West Virginia Democrat serving in the United States Senate.
		Byrd was given to the custody of an aunt and an uncle, Vlurma and Titus Byrd, who renamed him Robert Byrd; they raised him in the coal-mining region of southern West Virginia.
		On May 23, 2005, Byrd was one of fourteen Senators to forge a compromise on the Democrats' use of the judicial filibuster, thus blocking the Republican leadership's attempt to implement the "nuclear option".
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Robert_C._Byrd (2224 words)

	Impeachment Puts Spotlight on 'Guardian' of the Senate
		Byrd has had a reverential approach to the Senate throughout his career, steeping himself in its traditions, mastering its rules and writing a detailed two-volume history of it.
		Byrd is also a man who is deeply serious about the art of political oratory as practiced in its pre-television manner.
		Robert Carlyle Byrd was born in North Carolina in 1917 as Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/politics/122798impeach-byrd.html (1279 words)

	Senator Robert C. Byrd: West Virginian of the Century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Robert Carlyle Byrd has been a member of the Congress since 1952, joining the Senate in 1958.
		Senator Byrd reminds us in his book about the Roman Senate, "We have a covenant with our forebears, who were willing to pledge their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor for us.
		It is, therefore, fitting that the West Virginia Legislature and Governor Bob Wise recently honored Senator Robert C. Byrd as the West Virginian of the Century.
	www.nis.wvu.edu /wvu/guest_commentary_byrd.htm (475 words)

	Senator Robert C. Byrd - Timeline
		Byrd worked on his law degree for the ten years, completing it as a member of the United States Senate in 1963.
		Byrd was elected Secretary of the Senate Democratic Conference in 1967 and reelected in 1969.
		Senator Byrd was elected as Chairman in 1989 and held the position until 1994.
	www.soulofthesenate.org /timeline.html (3020 words)

	Ancestry of Robert Byrd
		The following material on the immediate ancestry of Robert Byrd should not be considered either exhaustive or definitive, but rather as a first draft.
		At some point before 1930, his surname was changed to Byrd, and in the 1930 census he is described as the son of Titus and Valerma.
		Byrd is not eligible for membership in the NSDAR (by not being female), he is eligible for membership in the equivalent organization for men, the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
	www.wargs.com /political/byrd.html (466 words)

	Byrd Buildings - Wheeling Jesuit University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Born in 1917 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Robert Carlyle Byrd was left a virtual orphan by the death of his mother when he was only one year old.
		Senator Byrd first became a member of the Senate leadership in 1967, when he was selected to be Secretary of the Democratic Conference.
		Robert Byrd married the former Erma Ora James, his high school sweetheart and a coal miner's daughter, and they are the parents of two daughters, Mrs.
	www.wju.edu /about/history/bldgs/byrd.asp (640 words)

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		Roberts reminded that the UMWA continues to pay for the health care of all the displaced Horizon miners and that it will do so through March 2005.
		Roberts continued, "This group of workers has been harshly displaced, stripped of their promised health care benefits, denied employment at a place many of them have given their lives to, and now they are being–in my opinion–harassed by the state police.
		Roberts said the UMWA appreciates the fine work the West Virginia state police–and all public safety workers–do, but their job is to protect citizens and enforce the law, not investigate why parking lots are full for meetings.
	resistoppression.blogspot.com /2005_01_01_resistoppression_archive.html (8492 words)

	Robert Byrd \| Congress votes database \| washingtonpost.com
		Robert Byrd is up for reelection on November 7, 2006.
		See how Robert Byrd voted on key votes -- the most important bills, nominations and resolutions that have come before Congress, as determined by washingtonpost.com.
		View Robert Byrd's 2005 official financial disclosure statement, which describes the sources, types and amounts of income earned in 2005.
	projects.washingtonpost.com /congress/members/b001210 (451 words)

	NPR : Sen. Robert Byrd, 'Losing America'
		Byrd is ranking minority member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and has twice been president pro tempore of the Senate.
		Byrd is author of a new book called Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency.
		Byrd is a vocal opponent of the Iraq war and has criticized the most of the Bush Administration's post-Sept. 11 policies.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=3622026 (166 words)

	Famous West Virginians (B) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Robert Carlyle Byrd (1917-) was elected to an eighth consecutive term in the U. Senate in 2000, carrying 1,963 of the 1,970 precincts in West Virginia.
		Byrd was the valedictorian of the 28-student 1934 class of Mark Twain High School in Stotesbury, but because of the Depression he could not afford to go to college.
		Byrd moved to Baltimore in the early 1940's to work as a welder in the wartime shipyards, but returned to West Virginia after the war ended and opened his own grocery store in Sophia in 1948.
	members.aol.com /jeff560/famousb.html (6459 words)

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		Robert Carlyle Byrd was born Nov. 20, 1917.
		Byrd won a seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates (1946), and served in the state House and state Senate until 1953.
		Byrd was awarded his BA in political science from Marshall University in 1994.
	www.thedish.org /TheDISHv6no21.htm (2451 words)

	W.Va.'s Byrd now longest-serving senator
		And for those who don't know RCBI stands for "Robert C. Byrd Institute” and its complete title is "Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Manufacturing Technologies." And the new addition to Marshall University is going to help further our childrens' education and help bring more people to our state to further their education.
		Byrd is considered one of the more independent-minded Democrats in the Senate, despite his long tenure in the Democratic leadership.
		Whereas, Senator Robert C. Byrd is an ardent defender of the United States Constitution, and has made the study of the Constitution and the application of its principles a part of his daily life; and
	www.topix.net /forum/city/welcome-sc/T6H6IUVHD9HR7SD3Q (2536 words)

	AllRefer.com - Robert Carlyle Byrd (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
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		Robert Carlyle Byrd 1917–, U.S. Senator from West Virginia (1959–;), b.
		Byrd is noted for his oratory and his skill in parliamentary maneuvering.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/Byrd-Rob.html (209 words)

	New Evidence-Sen. Robert Byrd [D-WVA] May Have Been Klan Member 'Well Past' 1943
		Byrd was actually born in NC and when he was orphaned he went to live with relatives in WV.
		And Byrd is the mentor for Edwards, the NC senator running for President.
		It was during this period that Byrd - supposedly by then an EX-Klansman - was advising Grand Imperial Wizard Samuel Green on whom to appoint to important posts in the hierarchy of the hate group.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/827389/posts (1917 words)

	Byrd, William - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
		Byrd inherited a great estate from his father and ultimately owned over 179,000 acres (72,000 hectares).
		His service in 1728 as one of the commissioners to survey the North Carolina-Virginia boundary and his many trips into the backwoods provided the material for much of his writings; A History of the Dividing Line, A Journey to the Land of Eden, and A Progress to the Mines were all based on his diaries.
		Byrd's polished style and crisp wit, in addition to his valuable record of Southern life, have won him a reputation as one of the foremost colonial authors.
	www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/search/search.php?word=ByrdWSon (335 words)

	AllRefer.com - Ted Kennedy (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Ted Kennedy (Edward Moore Kennedy), 1932–, U.S. senator from Massachusetts (1962–), brother of John F. Kennedyand Robert F. Kennedy and youngest son of Joseph P. Kennedy, b.
		After the assassination of his brother Robert in 1968, he became the acknowledged leader of Senate liberals and served (1969–71) as assistant majority leader.
		His political future was marred by his involvement in the Chappaquiddick incident (July, 1969), in which Mary Jo Kopechne, a passenger, drowned when the car he was driving fell into a creek.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/K/KennedyE.html (328 words)

	The Belgian Wave backstage : the Hon. Senator Robert C. Byrd
		Robert Carlyle Byrd was born on November 20th, 1917, in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
		The very name of Sen. Byrd is not only related to the US Senate and Government: It is also related to education and advanced technologies.
		One year later, on February 1989, Sen. Byrd got the necessary funds to build the NTTC on the campus of the Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, West Virginia.
	www.ufocom.org /UfocomS/usbyrd.htm (3825 words)

	Only one senator at the top of the totem pole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Senator Robert Carlyle Byrd, on Monday, June 12, 2006, became the longest-serving member of the United States Senate.
		Senator Byrd has taken his place in the Senate, representing West Virginia and caring deeply about the people of every state, for 17,327 days and counting.
		Senator Byrd and his beloved and beautiful wife, Erma, are two of the most winsome people I have ever met.
	www.assistnews.net /Stories/s06060081.htm (949 words)

	The Senate, 1789-1989 : a machine readable transcription.
		Senator Byrd's two performances proved so compelling that a number of senators and others asked him to continue them, particularly with the thought that the bicentennial of the Senate was coming in 1989, less than a decade away.
		Robert Byrd's history of the Senate, more than seven years in the making, is without parallel.
		Robert Morris was known as the Financier of the Revolution.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ll/llts/001/llts001.sgm (18957 words)

	CongressLink: [Congress: Teaching It - Resources] Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		During the filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Senator Byrd was the only non-southern Democrat to vote against cloture.
		Kennedy, Robert F. Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1968), President John F. Kennedy's younger brother, was attorney general of the United States from 1961 to 1964, when he resigned to become a candidate to the U.S. Senate.
		As attorney general, Robert Kennedy played a major role in the unfolding drama of the civil rights movement.
	www.congresslink.org /print_teaching_glossary.htm (14039 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Byrd, Richard Evelyn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		EVELYN BYRD'S INFO Detailed accurate background data from $9.95.
		Byrd, Richard Evelyn BYRD, RICHARD EVELYN [Byrd, Richard Evelyn] 1888-1957, American aviator and polar explorer, b.
		Winchester, Va. He took up aviation in 1917, and after World War I he gained great fame in the air.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/02086.html (97 words)

	Senator Byrd under investigation: Unverified - Page 2 - Sean Hannity Discussion
		Senator Byrd was attending a civil rights opposition at the time, representing West Virginia 9th State Senate.
		His affiliation with the Klan caused him to change his name to Robert Byrd, from his given name, Cornelius Calvin Sale, Jr http://www.nndb.com/people/967/000027886/
		And just by coincidence, I happen to have a memo that was written by the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan regarding Sen. Byrd’s involvement in this bombing.
	www.hannity.com /forum/showthread.php?p=1228854 (586 words)

	Robert Carlyle Byrd
		He has written several books, including a history of the Senate (1989, based on his addresses) and
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		Robert Carlyle BYRD - BYRD, Robert Carlyle (1917—) Senate Years of Service: 1959- Party: Democrat BYRD, Robert...
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