Senator Robert Byrd

Today, Robert C. Byrd (D), who is the senior senator from the state of West Virginia, became the longest serving member in the history of the United States Congress!

He has served in both the United States House of Representatives and Senate for 56 years, 320 days (20,774 days). He surpassed the service of former Arizona Democratic Senator Carl Trumbull Hayden as the longest serving member of Congress.

Term Limits in Congress

Some Republicans in Congress think that its members should be constitutionally limited to terms. One proposal is to amend the Constitution to limit members of the Senate to two terms and members of the House to three terms.

Is this going to happen? It is unlikely! However, the Republican members of the United States Congress may feel completely free to limit themselves unofficially! That would be perfectly fine with me.

Walt Whitman & Levi's

I wonder what American writer Walt Whitman would think of Levi's Jeans using excerpts of his poetry to peddle their wares?

I'm a little confused by it, personally.