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  • Kennedy and Byrd stricken at Obama lunch

    01/20/2009 11:57:06 AM PST · by Squidpup · 373 replies · 14,639+ views
    Politico ^ | Jan 20, 2009 | Glen Thrush
    Ted Kennedy was taken out of the Statuary Hall luncheon after suffering an apparent seizure -- a few minutes after Sen. Robert Byrd was removed in his wheelchair under the supervision of medical personnel. Byrd was conscious and had been having trouble eating, according to a witness. Kennedy, who underwent brain cancer surgery last year, was taken to the Rayburn room. A police radio picked up a call for paramedics to help someone stricken with a seizure, according to Politico's Patrick Kennedy.
  • Robert Byrd Third in Line for Presidency

    01/05/2007 2:26:59 AM PST · by Aussie Dasher · 65 replies · 1,937+ views
    NewsMax ^ | 5 January 2007
    The elevation of Robert Byrd as President Pro Tempore of the Senate on Thursday makes an 89-year-old former Klansman third in the line of presidential succession. Only Vice President Dick Cheney and new House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stand between the West Virginia Democrat and the White House if President Bush does not finish his term. Byrd was first elected to the Senate in 1958 and is the longest-serving member of the Senate in history. He won his ninth term in 2006 and is now the oldest member of the U.S. Congress. He also served six years in the House. If...