Great research Maggie.
Can’t get any twitters to down load for me today.
The KKKlinton relationship runs deep ...
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19930331&slug=1693497
BYRD SOARS ON GUSTS OF RHETORIC
March 31, 1993
WASHINGTON - Robert Byrd, the crafty and theatrical chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has been at the center of the fight over President Clinton’s proposal to spend $16.3 billion to stimulate the economy this year.
As floor manager for the Clinton legislation, Byrd has confronted hostile Republicans and reluctant Democrats with moves that confirmed his reputation as a master of parliamentary finagling and oratory.
INFURIATING TACTICS
His rhetoric has entertained, but his tactics have infuriated minority Republicans who are threatening to delay Clinton’s bill with a filibuster.
Almost single-handedly, Byrd has used his detailed knowledge of the Senate rules to shepherd Clinton’s economic-stimulus package through the mine-filled territory of the Senate. Using Senate rules to do a maneuver called “filling up the amendment tree,” Byrd has all but precluded major modifications to Clinton’s $16 billion package.
“It’s been a vintage performance by the senator from West Virginia,” said Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, the Republican whip, who is a renowned rhetorician. “I disagree with his tactics but respect his grandiloquence.”
Byrd was courted carefully by Clinton. Only last week, the two had a private meeting at the White House in which Byrd unveiled his strategy for moving Clinton’s package through the Senate. Those who were familiar with the meeting say it was Byrd’s idea to put himself on the line for the new president.