Sen. Byrd Dies
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 28th, 2010 4:53 am by HL
Sen. Byrd Dies
Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.V.), the longest-serving member of Congress in history, has died at Inova Hospital in Fairfax, Va., after becoming ill last week. He was 92. Byrd won an unprecedented ninth term in the Senate in 2006 and was an enormously powerful legislator once chosen Senate Majority Leader. An outspoken opponent of the war in Iraq, Byrd also is known for being a a member of the Ku Klux Klan in his youth and joining a filibuster against the Civil Rights Act, two actions for which he apologized.