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• Byrd replacement put on hold

  July 8, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin has postponed the appointment of a replacement for the late Sen. Robert Byrd until state officials clarify how soon a special election can … 1

• David S. Broder: Congress shirks fiscal duty

  July 8, 2010 in Opinion on Page A15 On June 30, the Congressional Budget Office issued its long-term outlook, predicting that deficits would come down for the next few years as the need for counterrecession spending eases and …

• On this day, a nod to Henry Clay

  July 4, 2010 in Opinion on Page B8 Just as this year, Independence Day in 1852 fell on a Sunday. But in New York City the traditional celebration was upstaged by another event. The casket bearing the remains …

• David S. Broder: Try to keep Byrd’s-eye view

  July 1, 2010 in Opinion on Page A11 The paradox of Robert Byrd’s life – and the reason his death was recognized by his Senate colleagues as so significant a milestone – is the balance he struck between …

• Byrd grew with times

  June 29, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Sen. Robert Byrd was very much a man of his turbulent era and a man of West Virginia, able to dramatically influence and shape policy for more than …

• Longest serving member of U.S. Senate dead at 92

  June 28, 2010 in Nation/World Robert C. Byrd, the longest serving member of the U.S. Senate, a fiery orator and hard-charging power broker who steered billions of federal dollars to his beloved West Virginia, died … 1

• West Virginia Democrat Byrd in hospital

  June 28, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Robert C. Byrd, who holds the record as the longest-serving member of Congress, is seriously ill in a Washington, D.C.-area hospital, his office said Sunday. The … 1

• Byrd’s 20,774 days set congressional record

  November 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – On his 20,774th day on the job, Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., on Wednesday became the U.S. Capitol’s longest-serving lawmaker. And the 91-year-old, who was honored with a … 1