Senator Dick Durbin

Tea Party Favorite SLAMS Dems Over NFL Bounty Outrage

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 03.25.2012

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U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh slammed Sen. Dick Durbin late last week for the Democrat's plan to look into bounties in the National Football League. The ass...

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Senator Calls For Hearing On NFL Bounties

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 03.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Senate wants to grill the NFL about bounties. And the NBA, NHL, NCAA and Major League Baseball are invited, too. Sen. Dick Durbin i...

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The Big Banks Lose Control of the Optics

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 12.06.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

If the feds under Reagan could prosecute a couple of corrupt high rollers on Wall Street, why can't they do it under Obama?

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The Chicago River Is Broken

Henry Henderson | Posted 08.01.2011

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Henry Henderson

Senators and other elected officials have joined the public outcry for cleaning up the waterway and restoring it to meet acceptable standards for public health and safety. But this is not just an icky sewer problem.

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Amanda Terkel

House Republicans Block Child Marriage Prevention Act

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, the House took up the International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2010. The bill would ensure that c...

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Durbin Defaults

Curtis Black | Posted 05.25.2011

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Curtis Black

If a politician's promises can be seen as a contract with the voters who support him, Durbin has defaulted with his position on the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction plan.

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Dick Durbin Makes Hollywood Debut In Soderbergh's 'Contagion'

Posted 05.25.2011

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Senator Dick Durbin is making his Hollywood debut, playing the chairman of a Senate hearing in Steven Soderbergh's new film "Contagion." The Associat...

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Lucia Graves

Reid Calls For Compromise: 'We Are Not Ostriches With Our Heads In The Sand'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), whose victory last night marked the single greatest win for Democrats this election cycle, said Wednesday ...

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Make Concerns of Gun Violence Victims a Priority

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Helmke

Elected officials must consider the awesome responsibility of the jobs they've been entrusted to do. Talk to victims, survivors, and law enforcement about the all too pervasive and underreported tragedy of gun violence. And then do something to halt it.

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Dick Durbin: CTA To Receive $1.5M For Electric Vehicle Stalls

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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The stalls constructed through this funding will deliver electrical power to up to 80 vehicles and provide services such as heating and air-conditioni...

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Durbin Takes Hard Line On Rising Insurance Costs

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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Small businesses and ordinary citizens are suffering under the crushing increases in health insurance premiums, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said to...

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We Can't Blow This

Steve Hildebrand | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Hildebrand

Let's keep our commitments by cleaning up the mess, passing sweeping ethics and political reforms and getting things done. We still have time to develop the better narrative before the November elections. But will we?

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Sen. Dick Durbin Mocks D.C.: They Treat Snow Like A Nuclear Attack'

Posted 05.25.2011

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Even though Washington DC has seen more than a fair share of snow this winter, Sen. Dick Durbin thinks the reaction to the snowstorm in the nation's c...

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Support a Public Option

Sen. Dick Durbin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Dick Durbin

Congress is currently working on new reform legislation that will make quality health care available and affordable for all Americans. But we know the forces of the status quo will battle us every step of the way.

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Dems Give Specter Judiciary Subcommittee Chair

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN and KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Republican-turned-Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter gained a Judiciary subcommittee chairmanship but also a potential primary challenge...

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Bankrolled But Bankrupt: The Senate Fails Homeowners Again

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harry Moroz

The Senate had an opportunity to address the foreclosure crisis yesterday by adopting the Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Amendment. They balked.

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Bipartisanship (is) for Dummies

Josh Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Josh Nelson

The idea that we can turn this economy around by caving to the feckless demands of those who screwed it up in the first place is utterly bankrupt.

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