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r, the clouds of war -- this war hysteria has blown in like a hurricane," Byrd warned. A month later, Sen. Paul Wellstone, the progressive icon from Minnesota, rose to the podium to object to a resolution that would authorize President George W. Bush to wage his war, absent the support of the United Natio
nt in Baghdad and set the U.S. on course for nearly a decade of insurgency and internecine conflict and improvised explosive devises, a wizened Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) stood on the floor of the Senate and urged his fellow lawmakers to pace themselves on the way to war. "The war fervor, the drums of war,
bers of Congress. they have only 59 senators — one short of the number needed to end a Republican filibuster. Even if Al Franken were seated as Minnesota's sec- ond senator, Kennedy and Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., are suffering health prob- lems that could preclude them from casting votes to end the
one short of the number needed to end a Republican filibuster. Even if Al Franken were seated as Minnesota's sec- ond senator, Kennedy and Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., are suffering health prob- lems that could preclude them from casting votes to end the procedural delay. To offset the numeric challen
ey busted four people on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a riot, and detained dozens of others. They took boxes of pamphlets on free-speech laws in Minnesota, and booklets on how to protest legally. WILLOW: That doesn’ t seem right. | was listening to the radio, and a pundint was talking -- TRACK: You me
. He was never prosecuted and remains free for reasons of national security.” At the age of 13, she met the man “who would become my owner” —Senator Robert Byrd. In 7rance Formation, she describes their first meeting: “| undressed and climbed into his bed as ordered. | was momentarily relieved to find that h
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