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US longest serving senator Byrd dies
(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-06-28 18:00
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 US Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) speaks in Washington, in this April 25, 2005 file photo. [Agencies] |
US Senator Byrd dies; longest-serving US lawmaker
WASHINGTON -- Democratic US Senator Robert Byrd, the longest-serving member of Congress in history, has died at age 92, a spokesman for the West Virginia lawmaker said on Sunday.
Byrd's death is not expected to change the Democrats' current majority in the Senate. West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin, a Democrat, is expected to appoint a Democrat to serve the remainder of Byrd's current six-year term, which expires in 2012.
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 US Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) doffs his hat for reporters as he arrives at the Capitol in Washington, in this February 26, 2009 file photo. [Agencies] |