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Dick Durbin stories: 36 news summaries

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Ill. Dems Rally Around Plan
to Take Gitmo Prisoners 

Quinn, Durbin say detainees at empty prison would create 3,000 jobs

Nov 16, 09 9:14 AM CST
(AP) - Illinois' governor and senior senator spent yesterday feverishly trying to regain momentum on their plan to use a nearly empty maximum-security prison 150 miles from Chicago to house Gitmo detainees. With federal officials visiting Thomson Correctional Center today, local GOP lawmakers had gone on the offense Saturday, calling it a... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • Illinois • federal prison • Dick Durbin • governor • suspected terrorists • detainees • Pat Quinn

ANALYSIS

Dems' Silent Fear: 
What if Reid Loses in 2010?

Party unity expected to take a hit if majority leader is voted out in 2010

Sep 30, 09 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Reid hasn't kept a very high profile as Senate majority leader but the vital role he's been playing will become obvious if he is unseated in next year's elections, say Democratic insiders. Even the Nevada senator's critics admit that he's stopped liberal and moderate Democrats from feuding, and many... More »

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Charles Schumer • Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • Nevada • Dick Durbin • Senate majority leader • Election 2010

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 McConnell: 
 White House 
 'Demonizing' 
 Health Critics 


Angry protests 'clearly being orchestrated,' Durbin counters

Aug 9, 09 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House is “demonizing” the fiercely outspoken critics of its health care reform, Sen. Mitch McConnell told Fox News Sunday today. “To demonize citizens who are energetic about this strikes me as demonstrating a kind of weakness in your position,” the Senate minority leader said, but... More »

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Iran • health care • North Korea • Newt Gingrich • Donald Rumsfeld • Mitch McConnell • Guantanamo Bay • health care reform • Jim Jones • Dick Durbin • Susan Rice • Lindsay Graham

 Baseball Hall Pass 
 Means Cushy Retirement 

Players battle for spot with political-style campaigns

Jul 23, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - This weekend, Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice are headed for baseball’s Hall of Fame—and a life without financial headaches, the Wall Street Journal reports. Retired players make money with autographs, speeches, and endorsements, and a place in Cooperstown means their values skyrocket. “‘HoF’ after a signature... More »

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MLB • Venezuela • Baseball Hall of Fame • Hugo Chávez • Dick Durbin • Paul Wellstone • baseball • Jim Rice • Rickey Henderson • Bert Blyleven • Ron Santo • Dave Concepcion

No Vote on Health Care Reform Before Fall: Reid

More time is needed to build support for bill, majority leader says

Jul 23, 09 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate will not vote on the health-care bill before the August recess, Majority Leader Harry Reid said today, citing the need to build bipartisan support—or even unified Democratic support—for such comprehensive reform, the AP reports. “Working with Republicans, one of the things that they asked for... More »

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Congress • Harry Reid • Senate Health Committee • Senate Finance Committee • recess • health care reform • Dick Durbin • US Senate

Senate Dems Bring Down Concealed-Weapons Measure

Schumer leads effort to quash Thune amendment

Jul 22, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Senate Democrats today narrowly defeated a measure that would have let concealed weapons be transported across state lines, the Hill reports. The amendment, which required 60 votes to pass according to a prior, bipartisan agreement, went down 58-39. Sen. Charles Schumer and majority whip Dick Durbin fought hard to drum... More »

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Congress • Charles Schumer • Senate • NRA • Senate Democrats • concealed weapon • Dick Durbin • concealed-weapons laws • John Thune • amendment

 Aug. Health Reform  
 Looks Impossible 

Divisions among lawmakers may make reaching goal impossible

Jul 13, 09 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has called for the passage of a health care bill by August—but that would require an unusually smooth few weeks on Capitol Hill, Politico reports. The Senate Finance Committee hasn’t released a version of the bill planned for early June; disagreements among Democrats in both chambers... More »

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health care • Congress • Senate • Senate Democrats • House of Representatives • health care reform • Dick Durbin • bill • President Obama

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Durbin: Cheney 'Way Beyond' the Constitution

Also, Palin resignation 'surprised' McCain;
she 'did not call me'

Jul 12, 09 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The revelation that Dick Cheney ordered the CIA to withhold information from Congress “absolutely” warrants an investigation, Sen. Dick Durbin said today. “To give the president unbridled authority goes way beyond the United States Constitution,” Durbin told This Week. Over on Fox News Sunday, Sen. John Cornyn... More »

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Dick Cheney • CIA • intelligence • John Cornyn • Dick Durbin • Judd Gregg • Eric Cantor • Sonia Sotomayor

 Obama Still 
 Scaring Up 
 Gun Sales 

FBI reports surge in background checks

Jun 20, 09 6:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The surge in gun and ammunition sales that started with Barack Obama's presidency shows no sign of abating, NPR reports. In California, gun sales are up 32% from a year ago, and the FBI has reported a consistent rise in applications for background checks. Gun retailers and consumers continue to... More »

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Barack Obama • gun sales • conservative • Democrat • Second Amendment • Dick Durbin • guns

Blago Toyed With Giving Rival's Daughter Senate Seat...

...in exchange for dad's pet-project support

Jun 2, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ousted Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich considered nominating his rival's daughter to the US Senate in exchange for concessions on pet projects, the AP reports. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, daughter of the state's powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan, was in contention for the spot, according to aides to Sen. Dick... More »

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Illinois • Dick Durbin • Rod Blagojevich • US Senate • Lisa Madigan • Michael Madigan

After Seniority Flap, Specter Lands Plum Gig

Durbin engineers Judiciary shuffle, giving newest Dem a gavel

May 7, 09 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Durbin has yielded his seat atop the Senate Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on crime and drugs to Arlen Specter, a consolation prize after Democrats stripped their new colleague of his seniority, Politico reports. In exchange, Durbin will take the helm of a newly reconstituted human-rights subcommittee. The move should help... More »

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Senate Democrats • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Dick Durbin • seniority

(Newser) - Frustrated Senate Democrats today urged their GOP counterparts to stop criticizing President Obama’s proposed budget and provide an alternative, the Hill reports. “If it were easy to write a budget, then the Republicans would be writing one,” Dick Durbin said. Republicans responded that as the minority, that... More »

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Congress • Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • Mitch McConnell • Senate Republicans • Dick Durbin • 2009 budget • President Obama • economic crisis

 Capitol Goes Gaga for Pitt 

Brad discusses New Orleans, lawmakers swoon

Mar 6, 09 8:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Brad Pitt was in Washington yesterday for a serious reason, but the effect he had on lawmakers was not entirely professional, with many employees ditching their offices to nonchalantly hang out in the halls hoping to catch a glimpse of the superstar, AP reports. It wasn’t all fun and... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Hurricane Katrina • Brad Pitt • New Orleans • Washington DC • Harry Reid • Capitol Hill • housing • celebrity • Dick Durbin • Ninth Ward

UPDATED

 Durbin to Burris: Resign 


Feb 24, 09 3:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin told his junior colleague, Roland Burris, that he should resign during a meeting today, the Chicago Tribune reports. Burris declined, and also would not confirm whether or not he would run in 2010, despite earlier accounts that he would give up the seat. Durbin said he... More »

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Congress • Senate • Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • Dick Durbin • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Roland Burris

Burris Won't Quit, but Vows Not to Run in '10

Senator pitches compromise to Durbin to quell calls for ouster

Feb 24, 09 11:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Roland Burris won’t resign as senator in the wake of allegations he traded campaign donations for his appointment by former Gov. Rod Blagojevich—or at least that’s what Burris will tell fellow Illinois Dem Dick Durbin today, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. But sources say Burris will pledge not... More »

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Senate Democrats • Illinois • Dick Durbin • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Pat Quinn • Roland Burris

Unless He Resigns, Senate Likely Stuck With Burris

The embattled Senator, though lacking support, pledges to dig in and fight

Feb 19, 09 8:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Whatever problems Roland Burris had being seated in the Senate, they pale in comparison to the problems the Senate will have getting rid of him, the Los Angeles Times reports. Expulsion from the Senate requires a two-thirds vote; the last senators to be formally booted were alleged rebel supporters during... More »

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Senate Ethics Committee • Dick Durbin • Democratic Party • Rod Blagojevich • US Senate • Roland Burris

 Senate Dems Don't Have 
 Votes to Pass Stimulus 

Senate moderates, GOP insist on stripping out billions

Feb 4, 09 9:23 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama’s first big bill, the stimulus package passed by the House, lacks the votes to clear a Senate filibuster, reports the Washington Post. Senate moderates are proposing to strip $200 billion in spending to win GOP supporters. Says Democratic whip Dick Durbin, “100 decisions” will be “... More »

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Senate • filibuster • Susan Collins • Lindsey Graham • Dick Durbin • tax breaks • economic stimulus package • Ben Nelson • Obama administration

OPINION

 America Is Now Truly the Land of Lincoln: Durbin

Obama's election makes the dream of the Founding Fathers more real than ever

Jan 20, 09 8:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Abraham Lincoln's dream of extending the liberty set out by the Founding Fathers to all Americans comes one step closer to reality with Barack Obama's inauguration today, Sen. Dick Durbin writes in the Hill. Obama's election represents a “new summit” in America's long struggle to be "one nation,... More »

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Barack Obama • Abraham Lincoln • Dick Durbin • inauguration • President Obama • Inauguration Day • founding fathers

He's a Heartbeat Away From Junior Senator

Lawyers meet today; Durbin says Senate will back ruling on Burris

Jan 12, 09 10:14 AM CST
(Newser) - A ruling could come today on whether Roland Burris can take Barack Obama’s Illinois Senate seat, Politico reports, with his lawyers meeting with the Senate’s legal counsel to discuss various documents certifying him for the job. Illinois’ secretary of State didn’t sign papers from embattled Gov. Rod... More »

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Senate • Illinois • Dick Durbin • Rod Blagojevich • Roland Burris • Jesse White

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Obama Not Looking Back
on Torture

Bush says GOP 'got whipped;' Burris claims seat, 'no question'

Jan 11, 09 11:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Saying his administration will be “looking forward,” Barack Obama suggested he won’t pursue criminal charges against national security officials accused of committing crimes in President Bush’s war on terror. The president-elect also told ABC’s This Week that closing Guantanamo Bay—a key tenet of his... More »

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national security • Barack Obama • Harry Reid • Guantanamo Bay • George HW Bush • Dick Durbin • George W. Bush • Face the Nation • This Week • Roland Burris

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