Robert byrd
WASHINGTON - A sweeping overhaul of financial regulations faced new obstacles in the Senate on Monday - the loss of one and potentially more crucial votes to guarantee its passage.
TRENTON, N.J. - Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who at age 86 became the Senate's oldest member Monday when Robert Byrd of West Virginia died, says he is now free of cancer after undergoing six rounds of chemotherapy.
TRENTON, N.J. - Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who became the Senate's oldest member at age 86 when fellow Democratic Sen.
WASHINGTON - Senator Robert C. Byrd, a son of West Virginia coal country who used his mastery of Senate rules and a taste for hardball tactics to become a passionate and often feared advocate for the state and the Senate he loved, died Monday at age 92.
