Senator Byrd resigned his chairmanship of the Appropriations committee. Will be replace by Inouye.

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Byrd will voluntarily give up chairmanship
By DAVID ROGERS & JOHN BRESNAHAN | 11/7/08 2:03 PM EST Updated: 11/7/08 2:03 PM EST Text Size:



Senate legend Robert Byrd said he would voluntarily give up the chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee with the new Congress.


Senate legend Robert Byrd, approaching 91 this month and hailing a “new day in Washington,” said he would voluntarily give up the chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee with the new Congress.

“To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven,” said Byrd, who had fended off earlier challenges this past spring and summer. “Those Biblical words from Ecclesiastes 3:1 express my feelings about this particular time in my life.

“I have been privileged to be a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee for 50 years and to have chaired the committee for ten years, during a time of enormous change in our great country, both culturally and politically,” Byrd continued in a statement released by his office. “I have learned that nothing is quite so permanent as change. It is simply a part of living and should not be feared.”

Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), who is 84, will take over for Byrd on the powerful panel, which oversees hundreds of billions of dollars annually in federal spending. Byrd will officially hand off the gavel on Jan. 6, 2009.


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[AnnieBW]

1. I have a bad feeling about this

I think that Sen. Byrd might not be with us for too much longer...

[cardFan123]

2. Old

damn there are some old Senators. Byrd 91. Onouye 84. Lautenberg is 85 or 86.

[rateyes]

3. Hand it off to a crook. Damn.

[ORDagnabbit]

4. Inouye isnt he the guy with his head so far up Stevens ass he could basically be Stevens?

[cali]

5. Yep. Fucking Senate Seniority system

[KamaAina]

6. That would be the Inouye who held a *fundraiser* for Ted Stevens (R-Convicted Felon)?!

As long as we're talking about Traitor Joe acting against the best interests of his (former) party, what about this?

http://www.khnl.com/Global/story.asp?S=8250450

Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye has held a fundraising luncheon for 1 of his Senate colleagues.

Nothing unusual about that, but Inouye's a Democrat and he held the event Wednesday night for Republican Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska.

Inouye and Stevens have a peas-in-a-pod friendship that spans decades, and even the most hard-bitten partisans seem to understand.

Apparently I'm whatever lies beyond a "hard-bitten partisan". :eyes:

Oh yes, Senator "In-Your-Way" is also on record opposing Reid's bid not to seat Inmate No. 3857284D!

[JJ]

7. Maybe it's related

Inouye get Appropriations, and is too "busy" to back up his old buddy Ted.

[Renew Deal]

8. See, the senate is getting YOUNGER!

:crazy:

[TygrBright]

9. Great. Inouye. "Mr. Fox, we've been losing some chickens lately. Watch the coop, willya?" n/t