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Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, the Democrats' parliamentary ace and self-appointed guardian of the Senate's deliberative role, launched an all-out effort to slow down what he called the Republican "steamroller." Byrd's filibuster-like maneuvers reduced to a snail's pace the Senate's debate of a bill that would restrict the ability of Congress to impose unfunded regulatory mandates on the states. His exploitation of an arcane rule regarding committee meeting times also forced the Judiciary Committee to halt-if for only one day-its consideration of a balanced-budget amendment. Majority leader Bob Dole...
...nonetheless crowed after Thursday's bipartisan vote: "This is a historic moment for our country." TIME congressional correspondent Karen Tumulty says the Senate GOP leadership will have to campaign hard to overcome an expected challenge from the body's most formidable Democratic obstructionist, West Virginia's Sen. Robert Byrd. "In the Senate, they have exactly 67 votes," Tumulty says. "So it's not a few votes either way -- it's one vote either...
...raise money for the fight against AIDS. The high concept: to match some of the most | exciting performers in hip-hop (the bands Digable Planets and Us3, bassist- rapper Me'Shell NdegeOcello and others) with some of the finest performers in jazz (including saxophonist Joshua Redman, trumpeter Donald Byrd and keyboardist Herbie Hancock) and create a benefit CD of jazz-rap songs. The result: a landmark album that brilliantly harnesses the fire of rap and the cool of jazz, transcending genres and generations...
GRINDING TO A HALT? Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.), the chamber's senior Democrat, broke with the Clinton Administration today and urged the postponement of anew global trade accorduntil next year in order to take into account the impact of this month's elections. "I believe it would be a mistake to ignore this political sea change by ramming the GATT through Congress next week without much debate and with no opportunity to amend," Byrd said today. "These are matters that concern every American and should not be decided hurriedly, under the cloud of a lame-duck session." Under...
...Robert Byrd...