Richard Durbin News

As Christmas grows closer, the hopes of thousands of D.C. schoolchildren and their families are appearing dimmer and dimmer, and no one is celebrating more than the teachers' unions.

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During a rare weekend session of Congress, President Obama met with Democrats just off the Senate floor Sunday to boost momentum for a "historic" health-care reform that requires every one of their votes.

President Barack Obama is trying to rally Senate Democrats as they work through the weekend in hopes of settling differences on his broad health care overhaul.

Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., recently was asked if a national health care bill would pass the Senate by the end of the year.

Prescriptions is neutral on whether or not the following is a worthy event. But if you have a question about the health legislation for the Senate's majority whip - the Democrats' vote counter - here's your chance this morning.

Sen. David Vitter described the issue in very personal terms, noting that his wife lost her mother to breast cancer in 1967.

A group of coat-hanger laden abortion activists arriving on Capitol Hill today have one message for Democrats who voted for the Stupak Amendment excluding abortion from the House version of health care bill: back off.

The Christian Science Monitor : In the coming days, "senators will have to grind through lots of [amendments], as members of both parties line up to try and shape the final product.

Despite many unanswered questions, the proposal to sell an Illinois prison to the federal government to house terrorist suspects is apparently moving quickly.

Monday, Nov 23, 2009 * At least one Tribune reporter is not pleased with Andy McKenna's new TV ad .

Several congressional Democrats said on Wednesday they plan to introduce legislation next week to cap credit card interest rates.

Rep. Trent Franks said Sen. Dick Durbin's idea to house Guantanamo Bay detainees in Illinois shows that the Democrats have "at least" come up with "a jobs program." Franks sarcastically praised Durbin and Illinois Gov.

Last week, while "the most traveled president in history" was on his latest foreign adventure and bowing to Japanese Emperor Akihito, the rest of the O-Team was busy kowtowing to political correctness.

Foster's one tight lipped Rep, that's for sure. The latest from the Illinois GOP.

Sun Nov 22, 4:41 pm ET CQ Transcriptswire SPEAKERS: DAVID GREGORY, HOST SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN, D-CALIF. SEN.

Republican lawmakers from Illinois are banding together in an effort to keep 250 suspected terrorists currently held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba out of the Thomson Correctional Center located in the northern part of the state.

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U.S. Senator Dick Durbin and Governor Pat Quinn are endorsing the use of a western Illinois prison, to house suspected terrorists who are currently being held at Guantanamo Bay.

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