Richard Durbin

"We have to finish it in the Senate or it's going to be maybe a long lunch break over Christmas," Assistant Majority Leader Richard Durbin, D-Ill., said on "Meet the Press," suggesting that lawmakers might be forced to cut into their...

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...to go back to step-by-step efforts to reduce costs." The "public option" component of the bill is negotiable, said Senator Richard Durbin, the Senate's No. 2 Democrat. "It has been," Durbin said on "Meet the Press" on Sunday.

In this article: Joseph Lieberman, Tax, Medicare, Ben Nelson, Sherrod Brown, Barack Obama, and Meet the Press

...before the 8 p.m. EST roll call. She said it was important that the Senate begin debate on a critical issue. Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., right, accompanied by Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., gestures during a health care reform...

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...to pass a bill is not good for America; it's not good for any of us in Congress, or those standing for re-election," said Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois, the Democrats' No. 2 leader. In a good sign for Democrats, Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska,...

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...plan in the bill, while liberals see the public plan as a top priority. Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D., Ill.) said Friday he is "not assuming a thing" on gaining 60 votes and is "working hard to bring all Democrats together" on...

In this article: Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, Ron Wyden, Jon Kyl, Mary Landrieu, Harry Reid, and Arkansas

...vulnerability, rather than specific policy complaints. Senate leaders are so skittish about alienating Lincoln that Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) retreated Friday afternoon from a comment he made in the morning, that Lincoln had informed...

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...the cost of health insurance and the protection of their ability to fight these health insurance companies," said Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., the assistant majority leader. Lincoln, who recently became the chairman of the Senate...

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...Sen. John Kerry. But the outcome remains uncertain. "I'm not going to assume a single vote," said Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin, the Democratic whip. Still to be fought out is the issue of abortion. The Senate bill provides wider...

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...suggestions that terrorists housed in Thomson would have rights to have visitors are not true said Senator Richard Durbin (D-Illinois). Durbin said the facility in Thomson would be run by the Department of Defense, not the Bureau of Prisons...

In this article: Illinois, Gitmo, Pat Quinn, Mark Kirk, Bureau of Prisons, Department of Defense, and Peter Roskam

...prison that may house terrorism suspects now at Guantanamo will be inspected by a federal team today, a day after Gov. Quinn and Sen. Dick Durbin stumped for the plan -- calling it "a dream come true." Quinn and Durbin, who have been working...

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