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Byrd was, at his death, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations. Byrd was first appointed to the committee by then-Majority Leader [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] when he first entered the Senate in 1959. Since 1989, he was the committee's top Democrat and had chaired the committee when the Democrats had control of the Senate. Byrd was also a member of the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Rules and Administration and the Committee on the Budget.

Byrd was, at his death, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations. Byrd was first appointed to the committee by then-Majority Leader [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] when he first entered the Senate in 1959. Since 1989, he was the committee's top Democrat and had chaired the committee when the Democrats had control of the Senate. Byrd was also a member of the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Rules and Administration and the Committee on the Budget.

==External links==

==External links==

*[http://byrd.senate.gov/ Official Site]

*[http://byrd.senate.gov/ Official Site]

*[http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Robert_Byrd.htm Byrd on Issues]

*[http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Robert_Byrd.htm Byrd on Issues]

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