The longest-serving senator in U.S. history dies at 92 Robert C. Byrd, a Democrat and senior U.S. Senator from West Virginia, served in the Senate longer than any other Senator in American history. He ...

On June 28, the animal welfare community lost a stalwart friend when Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, America’s longest serving senator, died at the age of 92. Byrd was a fierce advocate for ...

West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd died Monday at 92. He was an outspoken proponent of legislative power and served in the Senate for 51 years, longer than anyone else in American history. (For more on ...

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 ...

Throughout the Iraq war, one of President Bush's loudest Democratic critics has been the longest-serving member of the Senate: Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia. "Cross your fingers, pull out your lucky ...

Republicans are using a special mechanism that was created to reduce deficits to push through immigration enforcement funds that should be provided in a regular spending bill. By Carl Hulse An ...

Statement from President Barack Obama upon learning of W.V. Senator Robert Byrd's death: I was saddened to hear this morning that the people of West Virginia have lost a true champion, the United ...

(Reuters) - U.S. Senator Robert Byrd, who evolved from a segregationist to a civil rights advocate in becoming the longest serving member ever of the Congress, died on Monday. Following are some facts ...

Rev. Stephen Edington is the minister emeritus of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashua, New Hampshire. He is a former minister of the First Universalist Church of Rockland, Maine. I grew up in ...