SENATOR ROBERT BYRD RECIEVING A GIFT FROM SENATOR ROBERT DOLE

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Robert Byrd, the longest-serving senator in U.S. history, voluntarily gave up his chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee Friday.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is moving to ease 90-year-old Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., out of a top Senate leadership position, sources say.

WASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) -- Billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars have been lost or wasted in Afghanistan and Iraq, the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee said.

WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to confirm Gen. David Petraeus as head of Central Command and Gen. Ray Odierno to Petraeus's former post in Iraq.

WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) -- Senate colleagues extended their support and well-wishes to Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., who has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor.

WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- This week the continuing saga of the Democratic primaries means that presidential politics is likely to dominate the news agenda again. But there are some issues and events on the homeland and national security issue list that might make the inside pages.

WASHINGTON, April 17 (UPI) -- The oldest United States senator, Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., 90, isn't letting his age or his use of a wheelchair keep him from his job as appropriations chairman.

THE DALLES, Ore., April 11 (UPI) -- The Senate extended tax credits for renewable energy yesterday, prolonging the economic incentives the renewable industry currently receives.

WASHINGTON, April 9 (UPI) -- Aides to Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., say the 90-year-old lawmaker has no intention of stepping down as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

WASHINGTON, March 5 (UPI) -- Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., returned to a Washington hospital Wednesday after suffering an adverse reaction to antibiotics he was taking, his staff said.