Fall Sends Byrd to Hospital

Spokesman says Democratic senator will likely not be admitted
By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 22, 2009 11:27 AM CDT
Fall Sends Byrd to Hospital
Robert Byrd in 2008.   (AP Photo)

Sen. Robert Byrd is at the hospital after a fall at his Northern Virginia home, the Washington Post reports. The 91-year-old West Virginia Democrat has been scarce at the Capitol recently after a previous hospitalization that ended in June. The longest-serving US senator ever “apparently stood up too fast this morning,” a spokesman says. “He was taken to the hospital where he is currently being checked out. At this point in time there is no indication that he will be admitted.” (More Robert Byrd stories.)

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