Dick Durbin

Daley And Durbin Make Case For Earmarks: 'They Are Defensible'

Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 04.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Earmarks, Stimulus Package, Dick Durbin, Mayor Daley, Illinois Stimulus Funds, Chicago Stimulus Projects, Durbin Earmarks, Chicago News

As the federal government descends deeper into deficit spending, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and Mayor Richard Daley today came out in defense of one politi...

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I Want the Chair

One For The Table | Posted 04.16.2009 | Style

Read More: Chocolate Mousse, Speaker of the House, Dick Durbin, Nancy Pelosi, Style News

Nancy Pelosi and Senator Dick Durbin entered this recipe into a March of Dimes dessert contest and won. What I like is the simplicity and elegance this dessert offers during a time when back to basics cooking has become very "en vogue".

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Durbin: Quinn 'Has No Choice' But To Raise Income Tax

Chicago Tribune | Monique Garcia | Posted 04.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Pat Quinn, Quinn Tax Increase, Illinois Income Tax Increase, Dick Durbin, Chicago News

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Saturday praised Gov. Pat Quinn for proposing an income tax increase, saying Illinois' new chief executive "has no choice." ...

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Hey Sen. Durbin: FutureGen Dogs Bark, Green Caravan Moves On

Jeff Biggers | Posted 04.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Dirty Coal, Steven Chu, Coal, Carol Browner, Green News, Dick Durbin, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Coal Mining, Black Lung, Clean Coal, Futuregen, Energy, Coal Industry, Dick Durbin FutureGen, Chicago News

While Durbin's eyes are on the prize of "38 billion tons of coal" that sit under our feet in the Illinois coal basin, he is missing the renewable energy revolution that is sweeping the rest of the nation.

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CTA Circle Line Project Gets $8M Earmark In Omnibus Spending Bill

Chicago Public Radio | Ammad Omar | Posted 04.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cta, CTA Earmarks, CTA Circle Line, Durbin Omnibus Earmarks, Dick Durbin, Omnibus Spending Bill, Omnibus Earmarks, Chicago News

The Chicago Transit Authority's long-discussed Circle Line is getting a boost from Congress. The project received a $8 million earmark - sponsored by ...

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Financial Product Safety Commission: Dems Want Mortgages Regulated Like Toys, Drugs

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dick Durbin, Mortgage Plan Dems, Elizabeth Warren, Dem Mortgage Plan, Financial Product Safety Commission, Dem Mortgage Regulation, Mortgage Regulation, Politics News

Discussion of the financial collapse routinely touches on issues of solvency, liquidity, bundled securities and the collapsing housing market. But it ...

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High-Speed Rail To The Rescue: Durbin, Quinn Make Stimulus Funds Pitch For Train Project

Associated Press | Posted 04.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Amtrak, Pat Quinn, Chicago High Speed Rail, Amtrak Chicago St. Louis Line, Illinois High Speed Rail, Stimulus Package, Dick Durbin, High Speed Rail, Stimulus Transit Funding, Trains, Chicago News

CHICAGO - Illinois leaders want stimulus money to develop high-speed train travel between Chicago and St. Louis. Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Du...

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Inside The Senate Omnibus Disaster: Reid Reportedly "Beside Himself"

Politico | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ben Nelson, James Clyburn, Dick Durbin, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Senate Omnibus Bill, Senate Democrats, Omnibus, Politics News

Passage of the $410 billion, leftover-from-last-year omnibus spending bill was supposed to be a perfunctory, pro forma task. Instead, it's become a co...

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Durbin: Race Factored In Burris Seating

Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson and Deanese Williams | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Roland Burris Senate, Bobby Rush, Roland Burris Race Card, Rod Blagojevich, Dick Durbin, Roland Burris, Roland Burris Senate Appointment, Burris Race, Durbin Burris, Politics News

Sen. Dick Durbin, who advised Sen. Roland Burris last week to step down from the Senate, acknowledged Sunday that racial considerations were at play i...

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O'Connor Denies Claiming Support Of Emanuel, Durbin In Campaign Fliers

Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 03.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Pat O'Connor Emanuel, Rahm Emanuel, Pat O'Connor Congress, Dick Durbin, Pat O'Connor, Rahm Emanuel Replacement, Il-5, Chicago News

Is Mayor Daley's "unofficial floor leader" claiming "unofficial endorsements" from Rahm Emanuel and Sen. Dick Durbin? No, no, no, Ald. Patrick O'Conn...

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Burris Still Has Senate Clout, Despite Furor

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 03.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Roland Burris, Roland Burris Senate, Roland Burris Senate Appointment, Burris Senate, Burris Blagojevich, Burris, Blagojevich Burris, Roland Burris Investigation, Roland Burris Perjury, Roland Burris Resignation, Dick Durbin, Richard Durbin, Illinois, Chicago News

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Despite the furor surrounding Sen. Roland Burris, experts say Illinois is unlikely to suffer much from having a senator who'...

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Durbin: Burris Should Resign (VIDEO)

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 03.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Roland Burris Senate, Roland Burris, Roland Burris Resignation, US Senate, Illinois Senate Seat, Dick Durbin, Video, Chicago News

WASHINGTON — Sen. Roland Burris refused to resign on Tuesday, rebuffing the call from the Senate's No. 2 Democrat who made it clear that the emb...

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Black Pastors Who Backed Burris Will Ask Him To Resign: AP

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 03.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Dick Durbin Roland Burris, Roland Burris Investigation, Roland Burris Perjury, Rod Blagojevich, Dick Durbin, Roland Burris, Harry Reid, Burris Resignation, Harry Reid Roland Burris, Chicago News

CHICAGO — U.S. Sen. Roland Burris kept out of sight Friday as longtime friend Gov. Pat Quinn joined the roster of fellow Democrats calling for h...

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Durbin: Burris Testimony Incomplete, Raises Questions About Appointment

Associated Press | Posted 03.21.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Rod Blagojevich, Burris Testimony, Dick Durbin, Roland Burris, Roland Burris Senate Appointment, Burris Investigation, Durbin Greece, Durbin Burris Statement, Chicago News

ATHENS, Greece -- U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says he believes the testimony Roland Burris gave to Illinois lawmakers about his appointment to the U.S. Sena...

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As Burris Storm Brews, Durbin In Greece With Potential Foe Giannoulias

Associated Press | Posted 03.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Durbin Giannoulias, Durbin Burris Scandal, Roland Burris Perjury, Durbin Giannoulias Greece, Dick Durbin, Alexi Giannoulias, Roland Burris, Durbin Burris, Burris Investigation, Durbin Greece, Chicago News

As a political storm brewed around new U.S. Sen. Roland Burris on Tuesday, fellow Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin kept mum, traveling out of the country wit...

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Burris 'Vastly Minimized' Blago Affidavit To Reid, Durbin: Report

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 03.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Burris Blagojevich Affidavit, Roland Burris Affidavit, Burris Durbin, Rod Blagojevich, Dick Durbin, Roland Burris, Harry Reid, Chicago News

I bet Sen. Roland Burris only casually flagged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Dick Durbin about the affidavit he sent to the Illinois Hous...

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The Sporadically Honorable Gentleman From Illinois (or, "Mr. Burris Goes Out to Lunch")

Rick Horowitz | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics

"...and here you are, sir: hamburger, medium-rare, and fries. You're sure you don't want anything to drink?"

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Dem Senators Pressure Obama's DOJ To Release Torture Report

The Plum Line | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sheldon Whitehouse, Obama Justice Department, Greg Craig, Dick Durbin, Obama Doj, Obama Administration, John Yoo, Torture Memo, Eric Holder, Torture Memos, John Yoo Memo, Politics News

Yesterday I pointed you to this big scoop in Newsweek reporting that an internal Justice Department review conducted under the Bush administration had...

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Come Home, Dick Durbin: Come Clean on FutureGen

Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Dirty Coal, Green Jobs, Coal, President Barack Obama, Dick Durbin, Stephen Chu, Peabody Energy, Green Energy, Clean Coal, Futuregen, Energy, Dick Durbin FutureGen, Futuregen Stimulus Bill, Chicago News

As the nation comes to grips with the need to shift our focus to non-fossil fuel sources of energy, it is disappointing to see Sen. Durbin turn into a cheerleader for the "Dirtiest Wing" of the coal industry.

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Bipartisanship (is) for Dummies

Josh Nelson | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Recovery Package, President Obama, President Barack Obama, Bipartisan Debate, Dick Durbin, Senator Harry Reid, Harry Reid, Economic Recovery, Senator Dick Durbin, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Democrats, Tax Cuts, Republicans, United States Senate, Senate, Politics News

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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Obama Returning To Springfield Next Week To Honor Lincoln

AP | Posted 03.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: President Obama Springfield, Obama Lincoln Birthday, Dick Durbin, Obama Illinois Trip, President Obama, Abraham Lincoln, Obama Springfield, Lincoln 200th Birthday, Chicago News

WASHINGTON — Barack Obama is heading back to his home state for the first time as president. The White House says he will travel to Springfield...

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Blagojevich: Obama Should Fire Rahm Emanuel (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Rahm Emanuel Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, Blagojevich, Rod Blagojevich, Bob Menendez, Dick Durbin, Harry Reid, Blagojevich Scandal, Blagojevich Indictment, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Blagojevich Corruption, Blagojevich Impeachment, Illinois State Senate, Politics News

In his hour-long closing statement before the Illinois State Senate today, Governor Rod Blagojevich continued to traipse across the plane of outlandis...

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HuffPost Breaks Another Bailout Story: Reform Groups Demand Investigation!

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Public Citizen, Dick Durbin, Bank of America, Aig, Lawrence Lessig, Home Depot, Investigation, Bailout Bandits, Bailout, Donor Srike, Public Campaign, Change Congress, US Pirg, Huffington Post, Democracy Matters, Politics News

Too many Americans believe money buys results in Congress -- an idea that heightens cynicism about our democracy and weakens civic engagement.

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Durbin: Barbara Walters Not On Blago's Jury

State Journal-Register | Rhys Saunders | Posted 02.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Rod Blagojevich, Dick Durbin, Blagojevich Trial, Blagojevich Senate Trial, Durbin Blagojevich, Barbara Walters Blagojevich, Blagojevich Impeachment, Blagojevich Impeachment Trial, Chicago News

"That's the governor's choice as to what he does with his time, but Barbara Walters is not on his jury," [U.S. Sen. Dick] Durbin said. "Fifty-nine Ill...

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How Much Have We Really Changed?

Alden Loury | Posted 02.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: John McCain, Martin Luther King, Dick Durbin, Abraham Lincoln, Race, Racial Discrimination, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Obama's Inauguration, Obama and Race, Chicago News

As Americans, we seem far better at touting how far we've moved past our racist legacy than actually dealing with our racial problems.

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