robert byrd

As Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) celebrates his milestone today — he has served in the House and Senate longer than anyone else, ever — let’s take a moment to remember his work with the fiddle.

The push is on to dilute the climate change bills moving through Congress, and it’s not coming only from conservatives. Mother Jones’ Kate Sheppard reports today that 14 Senate Democrats are urging their leadership to amend the proposal to grant more free polluting permits to the coal-burning utilities that emit the most greenhouse gases. In [...]

The Environmental Protection Agency last week threatened to revoke the permit for the largest mountaintop removal mine in all of Appalachia, citing the harmful effects the project would have on local water quality.

There’s no indication that it’s anything more than a mild fall, but Politico reports that ambulances and fire trucks were dispatched this morning to the home of Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.).
At 91 years, Byrd is the oldest member of the Senate, and he has been in poor health for much of the year. Advocates of [...]

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), out for more than two months after suffering a series of infections, was back on Capitol Hill Tuesday to cast a vote in favor of continuing production of the F-22 fighter jet.
The 91-year-old, along with 39 others, lost the vote. But in a statement issued by his office, he said it [...]

So says The Hill, which is reporting that the 91-year West Virginia Democrat was released from the hospital Tuesday after more than six weeks of treatment for various infections.
“I am pleased to be home in anticipation of celebrating our nation’s birthday with my loving family,” the senator said in a statement, according to the Hill. [...]

From the statement just issued by the office of Sen. Robert Byrd, the 91-year-old West Virginia Democrat who was hospitalized more than five weeks ago with a minor infection that grew more serious:
Senator Byrd continues to improve but remains in the hospital while he undergoes physical therapy and treatment for a staph infection.  He is [...]

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the longest-serving member in the history of the upper chamber, has begun physical therapy “in anticipation of being released from the hospital in the near future,” his office said in a statement released today.
The 91-year-old Byrd was hospitalized last month with “a minor infection,” then developed a more severe staph infection [...]

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) remains hospitalized with an infection and won’t be back in the Capitol this week, his office said in a statement Monday.

Here’s the statement just out of the office of Sen. Robert Byrd (D), the 91-year-old West Virginian who was hospitalized a few weeks back for a “minor infection:”
According to his doctors, Senator Byrd developed a staph infection during his initial hospitalization for treatment for a minor infection.  This, in turn, has delayed his departure from [...]