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Dick Durbin

Democrats Blow Another One

Salon | Posted 05.22.2013 | Politics

My friend John Fugelsang likes to say that the Democratic Party is like an S&M submissive who forgot his safety word. After the lame performance of De...

Senate Committee Nears Decisions On Elusive Immigration Compromise

AP | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics

BY DAVID ESPO & ERICA WERNER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee hopes to nail down an elusive compromise on high-t...

Senate Takes Up Internet Sales Tax Measure

Posted 05.07.2013 | Politics

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Senate is aiming to help traditional retailers and financially strapped state and loc...

Durbin Slams NRA For Celebrating Gun Vote

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 05.06.2013 | Politics

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) heaped criticism on the National Rifle Association Sunday for its words over the weekend during annual meetings in Houston, ...

Dave Jamieson

Warren Buffett: We Need Immigration Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.05.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Describing a sound immigration system as critical to economic growth, renowned investor Warren Buffett said Sunday that it's time lawmak...

Rube Goldberg Immigration Fix

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 04.26.2013 | Politics
Henryk A. Kowalczyk

The Gang of 8 prepared the immigration reform proposal. The intentions are noble. The proposed measures promise improvement, but the concept and mechanics of how it should be done look like a Rube Goldberg masterpiece.

Ryan Grim

Senate Battles Over Online Sales Taxes

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.25.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Merchants, bankers, small businesses, bizarre coalitions, Dick Durbin and Mike Enzi: The Senate is re-enacting its great swipe fee battl...

Time to Renounce the 'War on Terror'

Norman Solomon | Posted 04.24.2013 | Politics
Norman Solomon

The "war on terror" is now engaged in various forms of military intervention in an estimated two-dozen countries, killing and maiming uncounted civilians while creating new enemies.

John Celock

Online Sales Tax Moves Forward

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 04.22.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate is expected to open debate Monday evening on a bill that would allow for the collection of sales taxes on items bought o...

Will Senate Hearing Finally Yield Answers on the Drone War?

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 04.22.2013 | World
Daphne Eviatar

At least some members of Congress are clearly fed up with the administration's excessive secrecy about who the American government is killing and where exactly we're at war -- as they should be.

Congress: Now Is the Time to Pursue Security With Human Rights

Zeke Johnson | Posted 04.22.2013 | Politics
Zeke Johnson

The law governing the use of lethal force, whether by drone attack or other weapons, already exists. What we need is for the Obama administration to follow the law. Not ignore it or reinterpret it to allow greater options for killing people.

Obama Plans Dinner With Dems

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 04.16.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is making dinner plans with more lawmakers, this time with Democrats. The White House says Obama is having ...

On Friday, Kill the #ChainedCPI Cut to Social Security & Veterans' Benefits

Robert Naiman | Posted 04.15.2013 | Politics
Robert Naiman

The bipartisan deal we should be seeking would leave Social Security and veterans' benefits and taxes alone and cut the bloated Pentagon budget instead.

Lawmakers Press Border Security In Immigration Plan

Reuters | Posted 04.14.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - Tighter border security must be one goal of U.S. immigration reform if the measure is to pass Congress, lawmakers w...

'All That's Left Is The Drafting'

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 04.12.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Democratic and Republican negotiators have reached agreement on all the major elements of sweeping legislation to remake the nation...

Energy Drinks Marketing Sends Confusing Message

The Huffington Post | Carey Polis | Posted 04.11.2013 | Business

Energy drinks have been the subject of a heap of controversy recently. From claims of false advertising to disturbing news about deaths that followed ...

#ChainedCPI? For Every Social Security Judas, a Primary Challenge

Robert Naiman | Posted 04.05.2013 | Politics
Robert Naiman

The only thing that can stop President Obama from cutting Social Security now is Congress. Therefore, the only thing that can stop President Obama from cutting Social Security now is public pressure on Congress to stand up to Obama and say no.

Suffer the Children

George Heymont | Posted 04.03.2013 | Arts
George Heymont

Although the plots of many musicals have been built around love stories and comic devices, a growing number can be identified as "message" musicals.

Obama Nothing But 'Confident' On Immigration Deal

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 03.28.2013 | Politics

President Barack Obama's hopes for comprehensive immigration reform remain nothing short of "confident." In a Wednesday interview aired on Telemund...

John Celock

Senators Back $23.3 Billion Online Sales Tax

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.23.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A measure to allow state and local governments to collect sales taxes from online purchases received key support in the United States Se...

Gang Of Eight On Path To Key Measure

Reuters | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics

(Repeats with no change in content) * Aim to produce a comprehensive legislation next month * Senators optimistic about ...

Top Democrat Proposes Social Security Study Panel

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.20.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — The Senate's No. 2 Democrat said Wednesday that he's preparing a plan to create a commission to study Social Security's fiscal prob...

A16: Let Sarah Knuckey and James Cavallaro Testify About the Drone Strikes

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.19.2013 | World
Robert Naiman

Before this year -- before President Obama nominated John Brennan to head the CIA -- there was virtually no public Congressional discussion of the drone strike policy at all.

Jason Linkins

TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.17.2013 | Media

We have wrapped up the annual CPAC conference, we have a new Pope, we have no Grand Bargain, and apparently the clouds are going to belch one more layer of slush on Washington before winter is finally dragged off into the woods to be put down, once and for all.

U.S. Senator Would Make History With Reelection

Posted 03.11.2013 | Chicago

Senator Dick Durbin is going for the history books, ending months of speculation over whether the popular three-term senator from Illinois will run ag...