Word: byrds
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They said that passage would be possible as long as the Senate votes to halt debate by conservative Republicans, a process begaun yesterday by Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) who petitioned to end discussion. That measure, known as a cloture vote, cannot come up for a vote before Thursday...
Nowhere is this more evident than in Chicago. Despite what Superintendent of Schools Manford Byrd calls a "flurry of ((reform)) activity," studies show that the dropout rate remains 46% overall and 56% for minorities. Earlier this year, Bennett declared Chicago schools to be the nation's worst. Critics claim that the reforms have been little more than lip service from a bureaucracy with no intention of changing. Those innovations that have made it into the classroom may have done more harm than good. The back-to-basics emphasis, for instance, makes no sense in a system that has already...
...week's end both sides were still hoping to get a measure enacted. Said Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia: "This bill isn't dead yet. I hope the President will rethink his position and come down on the side of the American people." But the White House was counting on Congress to resubmit a bill without the plant-closing measure, and there was no sign of a quick resolution to the conflict. Said Senator John Danforth, a Missouri Republican: "I believe that this bill is dead...
...this time around is as elaborately courteous as the whim-conscious Byrd, famous for sending cars for colleagues who need to get someplace in a hurry. A longtime Byrd supporter said, "If you took a pencil out, he'd sharpen it for you." Inouye is said to have the best shot at Byrd's endorsement if he can show enough solid early support, a rare commodity in a secret ballot, where Senators have been known to make up their minds early, but often...
Whatever the result, this race could hardly be as dramatic as the 1971 contest, which set up Byrd's accession to majority leader six years later. The weekend before the vote, Kennedy relaxed over dinner, telling friends he had the job wrapped up. Meanwhile, Byrd was feverishly collecting chits, and believed he had a one-vote margin as long as he could count on the proxy of Senator Richard Russell of Georgia, who was near death in a Washington hospital. On the day of the vote, aides gave Byrd the signal that Russell was still alive and his proxy good...