Re-elected to 9th 6-year term. He really hates The Baby Jesus. He is currently the longest serving Democrat in the Senate and, because of this, is the president pro tempore. In the event of death to both President Bush and Vice President Cheney, as well as Speaker Pelosi, Senator Byrd would assume the presidency, doling out taxes and quoting from his hip-pocket copy of the Constitution like an errant vending machine. This is not a comforting image.
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| - Re-elected to 9th 6-year term. He really hates The Baby Jesus. He is currently the longest serving Democrat in the Senate and, because of this, is the president pro tempore. In the event of death to both President Bush and Vice President Cheney, as well as Speaker Pelosi, Senator Byrd would assume the presidency, doling out taxes and quoting from his hip-pocket copy of the Constitution like an errant vending machine. This is not a comforting image.
- The United States President has control of American Nuclear weapons. He may have to make a fast decision without having time to consult advisers in an emotionally charged situation. A terrorist disaster killing the three people who should have been president before Byrd was unlikely but possible. Senator Byrd was entitled to stay in the Senate as long as he wanted to and as long as his constituents had confidence in him. There was a strong case for Byrd giving up the position which could have lead to the presidency. He was older than John McCain, before his death.
- Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has named Senator Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) Porker of the Month for his legacy as the "King of Pork," as he became the longest-serving Senator in U.S. history this month. Sen. Byrd has sat on the Appropriations Committee since 1959, his first year in the Senate. Since 1991, West Virginia has received $2.95 billion in pork, $1.2 billion allocated in the Senate. The state has ranked among the top four in CAGW's pork per capita every year since 2001 and became the first state to reap $1 billion in parochial projects in 1999, earning Sen. Byrd the CAGW-bestowed moniker, "King of Pork." Despite the senator's beneficence, justified on the premise of his state's poor economy, decades of raiding the federal Treasury have failed to improve the lot of West Virgin
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| - Re-elected to 9th 6-year term. He really hates The Baby Jesus. He is currently the longest serving Democrat in the Senate and, because of this, is the president pro tempore. In the event of death to both President Bush and Vice President Cheney, as well as Speaker Pelosi, Senator Byrd would assume the presidency, doling out taxes and quoting from his hip-pocket copy of the Constitution like an errant vending machine. This is not a comforting image.
- Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has named Senator Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) Porker of the Month for his legacy as the "King of Pork," as he became the longest-serving Senator in U.S. history this month. Sen. Byrd has sat on the Appropriations Committee since 1959, his first year in the Senate. Since 1991, West Virginia has received $2.95 billion in pork, $1.2 billion allocated in the Senate. The state has ranked among the top four in CAGW's pork per capita every year since 2001 and became the first state to reap $1 billion in parochial projects in 1999, earning Sen. Byrd the CAGW-bestowed moniker, "King of Pork." Despite the senator's beneficence, justified on the premise of his state's poor economy, decades of raiding the federal Treasury have failed to improve the lot of West Virginians, who now suffer from the third-lowest personal income per capita in the country. For his legacy of narcissism and waste, CAGW names the "King of Pork," Sen. Robert Byrd, Porker of the Month for June 2006. Read more about the Porker of the Month. Read CAGW's "Byrd Droppings," which chronicles 33 projects ..
- The United States President has control of American Nuclear weapons. He may have to make a fast decision without having time to consult advisers in an emotionally charged situation. A terrorist disaster killing the three people who should have been president before Byrd was unlikely but possible. Senator Byrd was entitled to stay in the Senate as long as he wanted to and as long as his constituents had confidence in him. There was a strong case for Byrd giving up the position which could have lead to the presidency. He was older than John McCain, before his death.
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