Robert Byrd: “This is a clear record. A blatant disregard for the welfare and the safety of Massey miners. Shame.”

Never, in my view, had America been led by such a dangerous head of state.

Senator Robert Byrd, the expert extraordinary on the Senate, spent weeks on end trying to figure out a way that you could assure the passage of bills that pertained to the budget and not destroy the filibuster rule.

I respectfully exercise my Fifth Amendment right and decline to answer.

If Congress cannot pass a budget, then we should not be paid.