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Dick Durbin of Springfield is a United States Senator who was number two in Senate Democratic leadership when the Democrats took control of the Senate after the 2006 elections. He was first elected in 1996 in a spirited campaign against then-state Rep. Al Salvi. Durbin succeeded his political mentor, Paul Simon, who was retiring from the Senate. Durbin is known as one of the more liberal members of the Senate, although while serving as a Downstate congressman he opposed abortion rightsa position he later changed. Durbin served on the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, a position that allows him to bring federal money back to his home state. In June 2005, Durbin apologized for remarks...
Dick Durbin of Springfield is a United States Senator who was number two in Senate Democratic leadership when the Democrats took control of the Senate after the 2006 elections. He was first elected in 1996 in a spirited campaign against then-state Rep. Al Salvi. Durbin succeeded his political mentor, Paul Simon, who was retiring from the Senate. Durbin is known as one of the more liberal members of the Senate, although while serving as a Downstate congressman he opposed abortion rightsa position he later changed. Durbin served on the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, a position that allows him to bring federal money back to his home state. In June 2005, Durbin apologized for remarks he made on the Senate floor comparing treatment of Al Qaeda prisoners at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba with the regimes of the Nazis, Soviets and Pol Pot. Durbin, Illinois' senior senator, is seeking a third six-year term in 2008. Prior to serving in the Senate, he served in the House starting in January 1983. In that role, he wrote legislation to ban smoking on airline flights. Durbin was born Nov. 21, 1944, in East St. Louis, Ill.
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Student loans and Social Security taxes: a poor fit
Democrats have seized on a looming increase in the interest rate on certain federal student loans as their latest wedge issue, hoping to portray Republicans as caring more about the wealthy than they do about working-class and middle-income college...
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Hiltzik: Will JPMorgan's Dimon now shut up about the Volcker Rule?
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How Romney could win over Latinos
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Sen. Dick Durbin says he'll hold hearing on sports bounties
Senate Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Thursday that he would chair a hearing of the Judiciary Committee on bounties in sports to determine whether federal bribery laws should be expanded to include such activities. Durbin made the...
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Rahm Emanuel, Bill Daley to be named Obama campaign co-chairmen
How does President Obama thank his former chiefs of staff for serving in that grueling position? On Wednesday, Obama will give them both another task -- getting him reelected.
In a morning rollout, officials will announce Bill Daley and Rahm Emanuel as...Tags: Politics, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama, Jan Schakowsky
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Obama threatens payroll tax veto over Keystone provision
President Obama has vowed to veto a GOP proposal that would attach the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project to his proposal for a payroll tax cut for working Americans. Obama's opposition Wednesday essentially thwarts House Speaker John A. Boehner'...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Parties and Movements, Career and Workplace, U.S. Senate
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Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk hospitalized after suffering stroke
Sen. Mark Kirk was hospitalized after suffering a stroke over the weekend and underwent surgery Monday in Chicago, his office said.
According to a statement, Kirk, 52, checked himself in to Lake Forest Hospital in the Chicago area on Saturday, where...Tags: Politics, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Medical Procedures and Tests, Alexi Giannoulias, U.S. Senate
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Senate blocks GOP attempt to deny debt-ceiling increase
Despite support from virtually all Republicans, the Senate blocked an attempt to deny President Obama an increase in the debt ceiling, ensuring that the administration has the funds to pay the nation’s bills through the November election.
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Government: Payroll tax follies
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Charles H. Percy dies at 91; moderate former GOP senator
Former Sen. Charles H. Percy, a former Foreign Relations Committee chairman whose moderate Republican views put him at odds with party conservatives, died Saturday in Washington, D.C. He was 91.
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