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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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Pressure grows for limits on flame retardants
Chicago Tribune reportersIn New York state, lawmakers are moving to ban a cancer-causing flame retardant from children's products. At the U.S. Capitol, more than 100 nurses, mothers and cancer survivors marched for tougher federal regulation of the chemicals. And in Washington...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Electronics, Democratic Party
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John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi talk to ABC’s ‘This Week’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelCNN's "State of the Union" welcomes Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, for a discussion about politics, jobs and the economy. The program starts at 9 a.m. and noon. Other guests are David Axelrod, senior strategist for... -
All sides must put political nonsense aside
Not every night will you see Gov. Pat Quinn shaking hands with players in the Cubs dugout or Sen. Dick Durbin mingling with team Chairman Tom Ricketts on the field. Not every night at Clark and Addison will you find Sec. of State Hillary Clinton...
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Hillary Clinton, NATO dignitaries go to Wrigley
WGN NewsSecurity was heightened at the Crosstown Classic Saturday night at Wrigley Field where NATO dignitaries took in the game. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was even in attendance. It was a perfect day for baseball in Chicago aside from a few extra...Tags: Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, NATO, Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn
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Evening Message
ReutersGood night from the Reuters Daybook. Please add and update the following to the Reuters Diary for the Week Ahead for Saturday, May 19 through Friday, May 25, 2012: Saturday, May 19 No items added or updated. Sunday, May 20 ADDS BASH, ZELENY...Tags: Reince Priebus, America's Most Wanted (tv program), Government, Eric Holder, NATO
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John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi talk to ABC's 'This Week'
Staff writerHouse Speaker John Boehner and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi talk to George Stephanopoulos in separate interviews this weekend on ABC's "This Week." They discuss House battles on the budget and taxes as well as the 2012 presidential election. The...Tags: Reince Priebus, ABC (tv network), NATO, Laura Ingraham, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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Marco Rubio breathes life into limited DREAM Act
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio's attempt to provide limited legal status to many of the children who entered this country illegally is finding a warm welcome from a surprising source: Senate Democrats. The Florida Republican, who is huddling...
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Farm pollution
The May 7 online editorial "Congress should reign in crop insurance" noted that the Senate's farm bill does not require land-stewardship practices in exchange for crop insurance subsidies. This is cause for alarm given agriculture pollution is a top cause...Tags: Science and Technology, Mark Kirk, Agriculture, Bloomington, Environmental Pollution
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Senate confirms Oak Park lawyer as new Chicago-based federal judge
Special to the TribuneThe U.S. Senate today voted 86-1 to confirm Chicago lawyer and former federal prosecutor John J. “Jay” Tharp Jr. to a vacant judgeship on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Tharp, 51, becomes the fifth federal...Tags: Career and Workplace, Government, Mark Kirk, Oak Park, Justice System
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REUTERS AMERICA NEWS BUDGET - SATURDAY, MAY 12, P.M.
Reuters(** = New/Updated) UNITED STATES: ** FOR SUNDAY!! ** - COLUMBIA, S.C. - Weary warriors favor Obama (USA-POLL/MILITARY, expect by 12:01 a.m. Sunday, 2000 words) ** FOR SUNDAY!! ** - American mosaic - A new kind of poll (USA-POLL/METHOD, expect by 12:...Tags: Government, Same-Sex Marriage, Marsha Blackburn, Syracuse, John Hickenlooper
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NEWS SHOWS
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC's "This Week" -- Reps. Barney Frank, D-Mass., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.; Ralph Reed, chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition; Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen. 9 a.m. WBND NBC's "Meet the Press"...Tags: Reince Priebus, Government, Television Industry, ABC (tv network), Joe Lieberman
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‘Face the Nation’ welcomes Clay Aiken, Ted Olson
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelClay Aiken visits ‘Face the Nation.' Handout art THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED: Here's something I never expected to write: “American Idol” alum Clay Aiken will be a guest this weekend on CBS' “Face the Nation.” The topic will...
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