Robert Byrd: “I'm troubled by the budget request to reduce Coast Guard military strength by 1,112 positions.”

If I die, I want you to know I love you.

makes the majority leader and the majority party the subject of the minority, subject to the control and the will of the minority.

This is a clear record. A blatant disregard for the welfare and the safety of Massey miners. Shame.

I believe that efforts to change or reinterpreted the rules in order to facilitate expeditious action by a simple majority are grossly misguided. The Senate is the only place in government where the rights of a numerical minority are so…