Word: byrds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Still, Carter's veto of the bill meant a split with his party allies on Capitol Hill: Speaker Tip O'Neill, House Majority Leader James Wright, Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd and Majority Whip Alan Cranston. When Carter spurned them, they were resentful...
DIED. Franklin Alton Wade, 75, geologist on Admiral Richard Byrd's two historic Antarctic expeditions in the 1930s; in Lubbock, Texas. Wade narrowly escaped falling into a crevasse and endured serious frostbite while charting the geological history of Antarctica. Describing the latter calamity, Byrd wrote, "Wade was certainly a shocking sight ... his face grossly swollen, the right eye tightly puffed under puffy lids. He looked exactly as if he had stuck his head in a hornet's nest ... No one had seen a worse case of frosting...
...President got able assistance from his Senate allies, especially Majority Leader Robert Byrd and Senators Henry Jackson and Alan Cranston. They labored skillfully to keep wobbling votes in line. The final tally was a bewildering blend of liberals and conservatives from both parties. The opposition, similarly, contained such strange political bedfellows as Ted Kennedy and Barry Goldwater, George McGovern and Robert Dole. Byrd eventually won approval of the bill by not exaggerating its importance. The compromise was better than nothing, he told the Senate, and it was now or never. The U.S. had to demonstrate to the world that...
...Neill and Senate Democratic leader Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) said no attempt will be made to rewrite the public works bill before Congress adjourns October 14. But he added that a follow-up resolution would guarantee financing for existing projects, while new ones included in the bill will wait until next year...
Afterward, members of Congress crowded around to congratulate him. "This gave the President a great boost," said Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd. "He demonstrated great tenacity and courage." Added Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker: "This will nullify the bumbler image." Exulted Democratic Senator George McGovern: "This is the most dramatic moment in all the years I've been in Washington. I think history turned a corner tonight and the Middle East will never be the same...