April 09, 2008

"Byrd's Rule Faces Scrutiny"

Roll Call offers this report, which begins: "A growing number of Senate Democrats began to acknowledge Tuesday that the aging Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) is no longer fit to chair the Appropriations panel, but there is no consensus within the caucus over whether, when or how to remove him from the powerful perch."

Posted by Rick Hasen at April 9, 2008 05:43 AM