Dick Durbin

Weekly Audit: Fixing the Foreclosure Problem

The Media Consortium | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

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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

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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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Sam Stein

Another Blow To Public Option: Durbin Open To Dropping It

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.09.2009 | Politics

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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

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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

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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

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Mike Elk

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Quinn Undecided On Gitmo Detainees Coming To Illinois

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 07.21.2009 | Chicago

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llinois Governor Pat Quinn says he's not ready to say if Guantanamo Bay detainees should be transferred to a downstate prison....

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Durbin Wants AG Holder, Arne Duncan To Help Curb Chicago Violence

AP | Posted 07.19.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois Senator Dick Durbin has asked Attorney General Eric Holder to help lower the youth crime rate in Chicago. Durbin visited wit...

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Durbin Sold Stocks, Funds Just As Market Plunged

bloomberg.com | James Rowley | Posted 07.16.2009 | Business

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June 13 (Bloomberg) -- The Senate's No. 2 Democrat, Dick Durbin, sold more than $115,000 worth of stocks and mutual-fund shares as U.S. stock markets ...

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Durbin: U.S. Already Paying A "Hidden Tax" On Health Care

AP | Posted 07.15.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A top Democratic lawmaker says Americans are already paying a "hidden tax" to provide health care for the uninsured. The Illinois ...

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Ryan Grim

Dems' Bogeyman Luntz Schooled Reid, Other Dems On Messaging

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

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The Senate Democratic leadership attacked GOP pollster Frank Luntz at its weekly press conference Thursday, mocking Republicans for taking their healt...

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Burris Adviser: He's Made Durbin A Better Senator

Progress Illinois | Josh Kalven | Posted 07.11.2009 | Chicago

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On Ray Hanania's WJJG radio show this morning, Delmarie Cobb, adviser to Sen. Roland Burris, said that she "jokes with Roland that he has made Dick Du...

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Banks Amass Six Million Dollar War Chest To Sway Lawmakers

The Hill | Posted 07.11.2009 | Business

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On the eve of a major overhaul of the financial system intended to prevent another crisis from erupting, the financial industry has built a more than ...

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Arthur Delaney

Consumer Advocates Ramp Up Effort To Ban Payday Lending (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

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The Center for Responsible Lending has launched a website to bring to light stories of people who say they've been victimized by payday lenders. The s...

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Online Lenders Fight Regulation (VIDEO)

David Murdock | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

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David Murdock

Payday loan offices were sprouting up in strip malls across America for years before Wall Street collapsed last fall -- quiet evidence that hard times began hitting working families long ago.

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Blago Spoke To Durbin About Appointing Lisa Madigan To Senate: AP

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 07.02.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Just two weeks before his arrest on corruption charges, then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich floated a plan to nominate to the U.S. Senate the da...

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Why Do So Many Republicans Hate America?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

I say that Cheney and Gingrich don't love America because they don't seem to care about American values as they have traditionally been viewed.

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Ryan Grim

Dem Senators Open To Allowing Innocent Chinese Detainees To Live In U.S.

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

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Members of Congress from both parties have been climbing over each other lately to be the most forceful opponent of transferring Guantanamo Bay detain...

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Durbin: I Won't Support Burris Again (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 06.27.2009 | Chicago

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Illinois' senior Senator Dick Durbin said Wednesday he would not support his embattled colleague Roland Burris for a second term in 2010. On Tuesday ...

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