Dick Durbin
Dick Durbin
Richard Joseph "Dick" Durbinis the senior United States Senator from Illinois, in office since 1997. He has been the Assistant Minority Leader, the second highest position in the Democratic Party leadership in the Senate, since 2015...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 November 1944
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They faced the possibility that Congress would have told them in a matter of days not to do this.
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It is very difficult to track how this man, who gave us such misleading information before the invasion of Iraq, now under active investigation for endangering American troops, is now the toast of the town,
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It's an increase directly attributable to profit-taking by the oil companies,
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Evergreen tenants should not have to spend another day living in substandard conditions,
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Americans are struggling to pay home heating costs, yet the president's budget cuts funding to help the most vulnerable in our nation pay their bills.
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a man who can help heal the divisions of our nation.
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Whenever we asked Judge Roberts basic questions about his moral compass and his life experience, he declined to answer.
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Would you restrict freedom in America, or would you expand it?
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Words of tribute are in order to honor the sacrifice of these brave men and women and their loved ones. But words are not enough. We owe them leadership and a clear strategy to bring our troops home with their mission truly accomplished.
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Whether we're talking about Red Cross, or Second Harvest, Salvation Army or other groups, this is direct assistance right to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. We need to do our part at the government level, but this dramatic outpouring of support across the country to the Red Cross and other agencies, is money well spent. It's money that really is effectively cutting across a lot of red tape and helping people,
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I hope it does bring the Senate together, ... before a second was recognized and to go into a quorum call that could have lasted 'til Thursday.
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I hope and I pray that nothing happens in this country between now and the time we take these bills up.
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I offer my apologies to those that were offended by my words.
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If you've made one point many times over during the course of the last three days, it is that as a judge you will be loyal and faithful to the process of law, to the rule of law. But, beyond loyalty to the process of law how do you view the law when it comes to expanding our personal freedoms?