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Delay in naming Byrd’s replacement in Senate stalls unemployement extension

By Annie Lowrey | 07.12.10 | 9:58 am

The 2.1 million Americans hoping for a federal extension of unemployment insurance benefits are still waiting on West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin.

PoliTweeps: Kick a man when he’s down

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.29.10 | 2:43 pm

While some in Minnesota mourned the death at age 92 of America’s longest-serving senator, Robert Byrd, GOP state House candidate Greg Knutson used the opportunity for namecalling. That and more in today’s roundup of Minnesota’s political tweets.

Keeping Dems from 60 votes in Senate: cancer, staph infection, Coleman

By Chris Steller | 06.09.09 | 6:45 am

Norm Coleman isn’t the only obstacle to Democrats wielding 60 votes in the U.S. Senate. Edward Kennedy’s battle with brain cancer and Robert Byrd’s staph infection have effectively whittled an otherwise filibuster-proof majority down to 57 — for now.