Byrd Hospitalized After Fall

[Breeze54]

Byrd Hospitalized After Fall

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/27/byrd-hospitalized-after-f_n_88700.html

February 26, 2008 09:14 PM EST

WASHINGTON —

Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia was hospitalized Tuesday after complaining of back pain
following a fall at his home, his spokesman said.

Byrd, 90, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the longest-serving
senator in history, was staying overnight at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for observation, said
spokesman Jesse Jacobs. It was not immediately clear whether he had suffered broken bones.

Jacobs said Byrd fell at his Virginia home Monday night. He came to his office Tuesday and was on
the Senate floor to vote for an Indian health bill. But after noticing he was wincing in pain, Byrd's
staff recommended that he see the Capitol physician, who "smartly for a 90-year-old man advised him
to go to Walter Reed for observation."

Byrd, who as Senate president pro tempore is third in line to the presidency, walks haltingly with
two canes. Due to his frail condition, some Senate Democrats reportedly explored ways to replace him
as Appropriations chairman, but he continues to hold the post.

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On the Net:

Sen. Robert Byrd: http://www.byrd.senate.gov/

[Parche]

1. Byrd

As much as i like him, he really is getting way too old to be affective in the Senate

[Breeze54]

2. Well, American Indians might not agree with you on that!

;)

He is an 'old bird', that's for sure! :P

He reminds me of my father, in that, he fell and then continued

to work while wincing from the pain. I suspect he broke a hip.

I hope he'll be OK. I didn't know he was 90 yrs. old.

[malaise]

3. I started a thread about this yesterday and

it sank like a stone.

[Breeze54]

4. I'm not surprised..... it was Tuesday night at the

fights debates! :P

I guess people were distracted. :hi:

[malaise]

5. LOL

:hi: