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Reid, Durbin Open To Majority Vote To Beat Health Care Filibuster

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reconciliation, Health Care Filibuster, Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, Health Care Majority Vote, Health Care Vote, Filibuster, Health Care, Reconciliation, Politics News

As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid works to cobble together the 60 votes he needs to overcome an expected Republican attempt to block a floor vote o...

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How Green is Chicago? Eight Arrested at Deadly Fisk Coal-Fired Plant

Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: 350.Org, Climate Change, Chicago, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, Strip Mining, Sierra Club, Coal-Fired Plants, Barack Obama, Dick Durbin, 350ppm, Chicago News

The Chicago activists called attention to the deadly life cycle of coal mining and coal burning -- including the burning of coal strip-mined from mountaintop removal operations in Appalachia.

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Durbin: Progressives Forced Our Hand On Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Public Option, Liberals, Progressives, Dick Durbin, Politics News

Democratic leaders were forced to include a national public health insurance option as part of health care reform by progressive Democratic senators w...

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Opening Night in Chicago: Senator Durbin Denounces Unfairness; Calls for Reform

Rob Johnson | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank Protests, ABA Conference, Showdown in Chicago, Financial Reform, Dick Durbin, Chicago, Financial Market, Chicago Business, Business News

The question most asked here is "how long can this go on? Bailouts for the ones who created the mess, bankers acting like they earned it, and Congress pretending to reform the system.

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Activists Put Congo's Conflict Minerals on the Map

David Sullivan | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

We've all heard of Conflict Diamonds by now. But a troubling, less visible crisis haunts objects we use everyday. Here is everything you need to know about the next big issue: Conflict Minerals.

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Join in Demanding Accountability in the Senate: "Vote for Cloture or Lose Seniority"

Paul Abrams | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harry Reid, Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, Patty Murray, Seniority, Dick Durbin, Cloture, Politics News

Democrats in the Senate are considering holding colleagues accountable for halting Republican filibusters by stripping seniority and chairmanships from those who do not vote for cloture. Let us demand it.

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Combating the Disease of Progressive Cynicism

Robert Creamer | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, President Obama, Public Option, Rahm Emanuel, Regulatory Reform, Dick Durbin, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Clean Energy, Progressive Movement, Labor Law Reform, Financial Sector Reform, Health Insurance Reform, Jim Messina, Health Care, Politics News

One thing I know for sure. If progressives constantly pronounce the public option dead -- it will be. The cynics will create a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Senate Votes To Allow Guns On Amtrak

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Second Amendment, Roger Wicker, Senate Vote, Patty Murray, Amtrak, Dick Durbin, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Wednesday to permit passengers on the Amtrak passenger railroad to transport handguns in their checked baggage. T...

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Senate Amtrak Gun Law: U.S. Senate Approves Firearms On Trains

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate, Amtrak, Firearms, Dick Durbin, Trains, Gun Control, Roger Wicker, Guns, Baggage, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Wednesday to permit passengers on the Amtrak passenger railroad to transport handguns in their checked baggage. T...

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Durbin Ready To Return To Cramdown Battle With Wall Street

Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Foreclosures, Debt, Mortgages, Real Estate, Foreclosure Filings, Dick Durbin, Politics News

With foreclosure filings topping 300,000 for the sixth straight month, Senate Democrats are considering a return to a contentious battle they lost in ...

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Cramdown Is Back: Banks Against Homeowners, Round 2

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barney Frank, Dick Durbin, Bankruptcy Reform, Banks, Harry Reid, Henry Paulson, Homeowners, Cramdown, Politics News

Cramdown is back. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) tells the Huffington Post he plans to revive the effort to give...

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Do Progressives Have What It Takes To Win?

Tom Sullivan | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Conservatives believe -- with justification -- that if they get angry enough and loud enough, liberals will back down from fights like this one.

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CPS Clout Probe: Durbin Wrote Letter For Staffer's Daughter

Chicago Sun-Times | ABDON M. PALLASCH AND ROSALIND ROSSI | Posted 09.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps Admissions, Cps, Jones College Prep, Cps Clout, Durbin Cps, Cps Admissions Investigation, Dick Durbin, Chicago News

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin -- the No. 2 Democrat in the U.S. Senate -- is getting drawn into the growing investigation of how some students get admitted to...

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Weekly Audit: Fixing the Foreclosure Problem

The Media Consortium | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

The U.S. job market may be showing signs of life, but the scenario isn't really so rosy, as our government has yet to relieve the foreclosure pandemic.

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Durbin: Obama Ready To Negotiate On Health Care

Chicago Sun-Times | ABDON M. PALLASCH | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Health Care Reform, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Barack Obama, Dick Durbin, Politics News

President Obama would like to get something passed for health care reform and then start negotiating in a House-Senate conference committee, the Senat...

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Another Blow To Public Option: Durbin Open To Dropping It

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Howard Dean, Dean Durbin, Dick Durbin, Durbin Cnn State of the Union, Public Option Death, Dean Reconciliation, Public Option, Sunday Shows, Politics News

One of Barack Obama's chief allies in the United States Senate hinted on Sunday that a public insurance option could go by the wayside as Congress ham...

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Durbin Recommends Former GOP Rival's Brother For Federal Bench

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 09.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Thomas Durkin, US District Court, Obama Judges, Jim Durkin, Dick Durbin, Chicago News

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is recommending a most unusual name for a slot on the U. S. District Court bench in Chicago: the brother of the man he defeated ...

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Harry Reid: GOP "Run By A Talk Show Host"

Politico | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Party, Gop, Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, Town Hall, Reid, Astroturf, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Politics News

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid launched his harshest attack on the Republican Party in months, claiming the GOP is "being run by a talk show host."...

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Banks Still Cheating People Out of Their Homes

Mike Elk | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Evan Bayh, Loan Modifications, Predatory Lending, Making Home Affordable, Wall Street, Campaign Contributions, Lobbyists, Dick Durbin, Blue Dogs, Home Affordable Modification, Max Baucus, Foreclosure, Center for American Progress, Cramdown, Business News

We can't allow Wall Street to go on cheating people out of the most important possession of their lives -- their home.

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Swiftboating Town Halls

The Progress Report | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lloyd-Doggett, Americans for Prosperity, Health Care, Freedomworks, Dick Durbin, Townhalls, Politics News

Having successfully delayed a vote until after the August recess, lobbyists are seizing on town halls to ambush lawmakers in an attempt to fool them and the greater public into thinking there is wide opposition to health care reform.

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Durbin Responds To Right-Wing Harassment Strategy: We "Won't Fall For A Sucker-Punch Like This"

Think Progress | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Freedom Works, Dick Durbin, Durbin, Town Hall, Americans for Prosperity, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Ahip, Health Care Reform, Gop, Democrats, Health Care, Jonathan Cohn, Politics News

ThinkProgress reported today on the growing number of angry right-wing activists viciously harassing Democratic, as well as moderate Republican, membe...

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Durbin: Obama Needs To Step Up During Recess

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dick Durbin Health Care, Blue Dogs, Durbin Health Care, Dick Durbin, Blue Dogs Health Care, Obama Durbin, Politics News

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) called on Obama to get involved while Congress is in recess. "I say this as a member of Congress who's bee...

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Durbin Aims To Stay Neutral In Senate Race

Daily Herald | Joseph Ryan | Posted 08.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chris Kennedy, Cheryle Jackson, Illinois Senate 2010, Dan Hynes, Dick Durbin, Senate Races, Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Senate Race, Chicago News

Durbin said he "doesn't think the field is complete at this point" for the senate race. Meanwhile, he isn't picking a horse....

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Chicago Air Traffic Controllers Fatigued, Over-Worked: Study

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 08.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Dick Durbin, Air Traffic Controllers, Faa, Chicago Airports, Travel, FAA Safety, Chicago Air Traffic Controllers, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- Air traffic controllers who direct planes in and out of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport have too little time off between shifts...

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Support a Public Option

Sen. Dick Durbin | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Public Option, Patrick Leahy, Dick Durbin, Senator Patrick Leahy, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Healthcare Reform, Senator Dick Durbin, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News

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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