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NEWS ABOUT: Dick Durbin

Dick Durbin stories: 36 news summaries

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Senate Homeowner Aid
Moves Big Step Closer

Citi drops opposition to Senate proposal

Jan 9, 09 9:02 AM CST
(Newser) - A Senate plan to help struggling homeowners keep their houses moved closer to fruition yesterday as Citigroup ended its opposition to the bill, the Wall Street Journal reports. The measure would allow so-called “cramdowns,” in which judges in Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases could set lower principal and interest... More »

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Senate • foreclosure • mortgage • mortgage rates • mortgage debt • Dick Durbin • refinanced mortgages

 Pols: No Stimulus By Jan. 20 

Republicans voice opposition to Obama's plan

Jan 4, 09 6:58 PM CST
(Newser) - President-elect Barack Obama’s massive economic stimulus bill may not move as quickly as Democratic leaders had hoped, Politico reports. Republicans began suggesting alternatives to the plan today, and House Democrats now say they likely won’t vote on the bill until the week of Jan. 19 or later. Obama’... More »

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Mitch McConnell • recession • Dick Durbin • economic stimulus package • financial crisis • President Obama

Talk Show Roundup

Senate Sends Mixed Messages on Burris

Durbin says no, Reid open to talking, and Burris a no-show

Jan 4, 09 12:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Roland Burris dominated the Sunday morning tongue-wagging, though the would-be senator himself was a no-show, reports the Hill. Elsewhere, mixed messages on whether to seat him:
  • Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin said on This Week that the Senate has no plans to seat Roland Burris. Burris was scheduled to appear
... More »

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Senate • Harry Reid • Fox News • Illinois • George HW Bush • Jeb Bush • Dick Durbin • Meet the Press • Rod Blagojevich • This Week • Roland Burris

Sit Tight: Blago Isn't Going Anywhere Yet

Dismissing calls for resignation, guv says it's 'business as usual'

Dec 11, 08 1:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich is innocent—or so says his attorney, as the Illinois governor returned to work for what his office called "business as usual." In the face of unanimous disgust and calls to resign from across the Democratic party, Blagojevich has no plans to step down. According... More »

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Barack Obama • Harry Reid • corruption • Illinois • Dick Durbin • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Bob Greenlee

Analysis

 Arrest Will 
 Ripple Beyond 
 Illinois Politics 

Will Blagojevich still appoint Obama replacement?

Dec 9, 08 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich’s arrest will reverberate well beyond Illinois, Chris Cillizza writes in the Washington Post. Most immediately, it drastically reshapes the race to fill Barack Obama’s Senate seat, which the Illinois governor still has power to fill. If he even makes a pick, it’ll have to be... More »

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corruption • House of Representatives • Illinois • John Boehner • Dick Durbin • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal

 How He Almost Didn't Run 

Obamas struggled for months about Barack's White House bid

Nov 7, 08 2:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama needed months to be persuaded that he should run for the White House, and wife Michelle, who had veto power, finally agreed on one condition: that he give up smoking. The tidbit appears in Part 1 of a seven-installment Newsweek series reported along the campaign trail on... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • Democratic presidential candidates • Dick Durbin • Election 2008 • President Obama

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin's
Daughter Dies

Durbin faces re-election Tuesday for third term

Nov 2, 08 10:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin’s daughter died yesterday from a congenital heart condition, CNN reports. “Chris Durbin, 40, fought a heroic lifelong battle with heart disease,” said a spokesman. Durbin, who worked at the Department of Agriculture for 16 years, leaves behind a husband and a son. Her... More »

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heart disease • Illinois • Dick Durbin • US Senate

A Convention Outsider Moves to Center Stage

In '00 Obama couldn't get a seat; in '04 he wowed the crowd

Aug 27, 08 9:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama arrives in Denver today one election away from the presidency—a far cry from the 2000 convention, when he couldn't even get a seat on the floor. As Al Gore received the Democrats' nomination in Los Angeles, the state senator barely had enough money to rent a car.... More »

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Barack Obama • Al Gore • John Kerry • Democratic National Convention • Dick Durbin • Democratic Party • Election 2004 • Illinois State Senate

ANALYSIS

How McCain Became a Senate Power

After 2000 defeat, he remade himself as
master dealmaker

Jul 21, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prior to his 2000 bid for the White House, John McCain spent more time mocking his fellow senators than compromising with them. But after his defeat, the Arizona legislator returned to the Senate with a softened demeanor and got down to the business of legislation. The New York Times looks... More »

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John McCain • Senate • Dick Durbin • Election 2000 • compromise • triangulation

 'Too Old' Byrd
 to Critics:
 Shut Up! 

Senator, 90, flexes muscle at hearing

Apr 17, 08 2:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - History's longest-serving senator has two words for people who think he's no longer up to the job of chairing the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee: "Shut up." Democrat Robert Byrd, 90, has been hospitalized twice this year but his management of a two-hour hearing on Iraq war spending yesterday... More »

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Senate • Harry Reid • Dick Durbin • Senate Appropriations Committee • Iraq war spending • Robert Byrd

Party Pooh-bahs to Clinton: Lose and Go Home

2 Obama backers, NM governor, stress party unity

Mar 2, 08 6:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Top Democrats are urging Hillary Clinton to quit if she can’t score big in Tuesday’s primaries, the New York Times reports. Senators John Kerry and Dick Durbin, both Obama backers, and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson pressed her today to consider party unity if she loses in Texas... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Richardson • John Kerry • Dianne Feinstein • Howard Dean • Dick Durbin • Democratic presidential primaries • Election 2008

Mortgage Crisis: Judges to the Rescue?

Democrats back plan
to let jurists change
loan terms

Feb 26, 08 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Over the loud objections of lenders, Senate Democrats are lining up behind a plan to give bankruptcy judges the power to alter mortgages, the LA Times reports. The proposals could go to the floor as early as today. “This bill will have more impact… than any other option currently... More »

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Senate • Harry Reid • bankruptcy • Arlen Specter • Dick Durbin • mortgage rate freeze • lending practices • housing crisis • subprime crisis

DOJ Probes Itself Over Torture Memos

Ethics chief reveals inquiry into advice that OK'd waterboarding

Feb 22, 08 8:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The Department of Justice is probing its own legal approval of waterboarding for the CIA, the New York Times reports. DOJ ethics chief H. Marshall Jarrett confirmed today that his office is conducting the first public inquiry of the 5-year-old advice and may issue a non-classified report when it... More »

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CIA • torture • Department of Justice • waterboarding • John Yoo • Sheldon Whitehouse • Dick Durbin • Office of Professional Responsibility • H. Marshall Jarrett • Glenn A. Fine

Child Immigrant Amnesty Bill Dies in Senate

Failure of Dream Act highlights controversy over immigration

Oct 25, 07 2:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate couldn't muster needed votes to debate the "Dream Act," a measure that would have established a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants brought to the US as children. Criticized as just "another amnesty bill" by Senate Republicans, the measure had been included in the comprehensive... More »

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children • Dick Durbin

New Chinese Toy Recall Sparks Fury in Congress

Consumer agency 'overwhelmed'

Oct 5, 07 4:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The embattled Consumer Product Safety Commission announced yet another recall of dangerous toys from China yesterday as it came under withering fire in Congress over a recent wave of product safety problems.  Another half million toys made in China are being recalled because of lead paint contamination. The announcement... More »

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China • Claire McCaskill • Consumer Product Safety Commission • toy recalls • lead paint • Nancy Nord • Dick Durbin • Mark Pryor

Democrats Vote $150B For War

Will continue to pressure administration to end conflict

Oct 2, 07 3:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - After failing to force the White House to bring significant numbers of troops home, Senate Democrats helped authorize another $150 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The 92-3 funding approval came as the House planned legislation that will require President Bush to produce a coherent exit... More »

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Iraq • Congress • Pentagon • Senate • Harry Reid • funding • defense policy bill • Dick Durbin • Iraq exit strategy

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