Harry Hamburg
Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va. is wheeled to a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 20, 2010. Newly-minted Sen. Joe Manchin, the Democrat elected to replace the late Robert C. Byrd, chose to attend a family event over a pair of key votes Saturday that are signature pieces of his party's agenda. His absence didn't change the outcome of the votes to repeal the military's ban on openly-serving gay personnel or the failure of a major immigration bill. But it raised eyebrows among senators who have seen ailing colleagues wheeled in just to raise a thumb for aye or point it down for nay. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)
