Word: byrds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Howard H. Baker (R-Tenn.), who will probably succeed Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) as Senate majority leader, said yesterday he would oppose considering anything beyond "must" budget bills...
...start as a head coach, he took along some of his bull-necked Navy veterans. The record of Bryant's debut: six wins, two losses and one tie. He stayed at Maryland just one season, quitting when the college president, Harry C. ("Curly") Byrd, a former Maryland coach himself, reinstated a suspended player over the Bear's objections...
...Carter White House never could come to believe in Congress or its odd rituals. The leaders of both houses now stand at arm's distance or worse. Speaker of the House Thomas P. O'Neill, who will chair the Democratic Convention, is hesitant about Carter. Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, who was overlooked for a major role in New York, let his displeasure loose in a bitter criticism of the President's handling of the Billy Carter affair...
...punch of the polls and Brother Billy rattled Democratic officeholders from Capitol Hill to statehouses across the nation. Their fear: a ticket headed by Carter in November could drag them down to defeat. Control of the House, as well as the Senate, suddenly seemed in danger. Democratic Senator Robert Byrd, the majority leader, who has never been close to Carter, quietly sounded out party colleagues on Capitol Hill. There was enough worry about the President's slippage for some Senators to consider sending a delegation to the White House to urge Carter to step aside in favor...
...week went on, Carter was hurt by Senator Byrd's call for an open convention, but the President's fortunes in general seemed to rise. The White House won a notable convert: Douglas Fraser, president of the United Auto Workers and an early Kennedy backer, who apparently decided that any move to block Carter's nomination was fading. He refused to fight for an open convention and announced that he was ready to second the renomination of Mondale unless the convention turned to Kennedy. The powerful United Steelworkers Union was also preparing to endorse Carter this week...