Word: byrds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...corridors and cloakrooms around him, less comfortably attired colleagues padded about in stocking feet or dozed fitfully on cots provided by the Army and Air Force. "Barbaric," croaked rumpled, unshaven Minority Leader Howard Baker as he surveyed the blanket-littered hallways. "An outrage," seconded Majority Leader Robert Byrd. Over the ayes, nays and occasional snores of his bleary-eyed colleagues, Senator Robert Dole told of encountering a woman who had come to observe the all-night session. It was the best show in town, she explained: "The zoo was closed...
...this week. Their stated objective: to block any move to lift the federal ceiling on the price of natural gas sold interstate. The ordeal was fresh evidence that an independent and unpredictable Senate is defying its own leadership and the White House. The week also marked the emergence of Byrd as one of Carter's closest and most important political allies, both in and out of Congress...
...lines but 2) raise the ceiling from $1.47 to $1.75 per thousand cubic feet (m.c.f). That scheme made it through the House, but the gas industry's friends in the Senate wanted to abolish controls altogether, which would leave the price to be set by free-market forces. Byrd plumped for Carter's bill. He sensed, however, that he would lose in the Senate, which would vote to lift price ceilings. Nonetheless, he figured that any decontrol measure would later be undone by the House when the time came for a compromise on a final version...
...Senators are liberals, a breed not given to obstructionist tactics, and neither is among the Senate's more visible stars. Yet they managed to outwit Majority Leader Byrd, who is considered to be one of the chamber's most skillful parliamentarians. To head off their filibuster, he scheduled a cloture vote for Monday, Sept. 26. (Under Senate rules, this would limit debate on the subject to one hour for each Senator and bar any new amendments.) But Abourezk spotted a loophole in Byrd's strategy: old amendments could still be called up for action. So Partner Metzenbaum...
...majority leader was candid. He said Democratic Senators were still concerned about increasing "injury to the President," especially in view of Carter's campaign statements about high ethical standards in Government. Said Byrd of Lance: "This is the best time for him to go. The longer he waits, the more difficult it will become for you and for him. You have been fair. It's a matter that must be resolved before the week's out." After the meeting, Byrd telephoned Lance to tell him what he had told the President...