Read more Dick Durbin stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/15675/dick-durbin.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:33:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74132/ill-dems-rally-around-plan-to-take-gitmo-prisoners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIllinois' 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...http://www.newser.com/story/74132/ill-dems-rally-around-plan-to-take-gitmo-prisoners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 9:14:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70594/dems-silent-fear-what-if-reid-loses-in-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHarry 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...http://www.newser.com/story/70594/dems-silent-fear-what-if-reid-loses-in-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 6:24:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66478/mcconnell-white-house-demonizing-health-critics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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 Sen. Dick Durbin...http://www.newser.com/story/66478/mcconnell-white-house-demonizing-health-critics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 09 Aug 2009 10:14:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65139/baseball-hall-pass-means-cushy-retirement.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThis 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 is the single...http://www.newser.com/story/65139/baseball-hall-pass-means-cushy-retirement.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 14:40:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65141/no-vote-on-health-care-reform-before-fall-reid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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 was...http://www.newser.com/story/65141/no-vote-on-health-care-reform-before-fall-reid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 12:52:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65040/senate-dems-bring-down-concealed-weapons-measure.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSenate 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...http://www.newser.com/story/65040/senate-dems-bring-down-concealed-weapons-measure.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Jul 2009 13:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64258/aug-health-reform-looks-impossible.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident 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 have...http://www.newser.com/story/64258/aug-health-reform-looks-impossible.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Jul 2009 12:19:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64189/durbin-cheney-way-beyond-the-constitution.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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 agreed Congress should...http://www.newser.com/story/64189/durbin-cheney-way-beyond-the-constitution.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 12 Jul 2009 10:46:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62403/obama-still-scaring-up-gun-sales.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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...http://www.newser.com/story/62403/obama-still-scaring-up-gun-sales.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 20 Jun 2009 18:52:04 CDT