""Byrd by the Numbers:
48: Total years in the Senate (since 1958)
47: Years served on appropriations committees (since 1959)
$2.95 billion: total West Va. pork from 1991 to 2006
$1.935 billion: total West Va. pork from 2000 to 2006
$1.2 billion: total projects added in the Senate from fiscal 1995 to fiscal 2006. (Projects that can most likely be attributed to Sen. Byrd)
Ranking Member: Current title on appropriations committee
Breakdown by year:
"..." Posted by msredsonyas to "Economics and or Trade-Finance" Politicians congress on Wed May 07 2008 ...
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