Robert Byrd

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Shelia Bair, Chairman of the FDIC, said Senator Robert Byrd's (D-WV) death Monday morning could affect passage of the financial reform bill. "It does create a new dynamic," said the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Bair. "It was razor thin to begin with, so it does introduce a new unknown...

Robert C. Byrd, United States senator from West Virginia, died at 3 a.m. this morning at the age of 92. His health had been declining for several years. The senator's death comes just as the Democratic leadership in the Senate are trying to finalize their overhaul of the financial regulatory system...