Byrd, Robert
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Kagan fielded GOP challenges on abortion, gays in the military and other divisive issues.
Democrats have been making fixes in hopes of securing the votes of straying Republicans.
Would former Klansman Robert Byrd be as fondly remembered if he had been a Republican?
During the George W. Bush years, he was too angry to die.
Robert C. Byrd was the longest serving member of the U.S. Senate.
The Wisconsin senator said he'd push the Senate to pass the legislation.
Legislation would allow Obama to force lawmakers to vote on cutting earmarks and wasteful programs.
The U.S. Senate is still a country for old men.
Politics were kept out of the speech, but the president's anger at the mine owner was discernable.
Republicans cry of partisanship over process reeks of hypocrisy.














