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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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Biographical information on Dick Durbin
NAME -- Richard J. Durbin AGE -- 63 HOME -- Springfield FAMILY -- Wife, Loretta, three children EDUCATION -- Bachelor's degree in foreign service and economics and juris doctorate degree, Georgetown University. EXPERIENCE -- U.S. House, 1983-...Tags: Georgetown
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Ill. Democrats expect boost from Obama, not magic
Associated Press WriterBarack Obama's presidential campaign is generating a wave of enthusiasm in Illinois, but don't expect a tsunami that will radically change the state's political landscape. The Illinois senator could bring enough new Democratic-leaning voters to the...Tags: National Government, Government, Democratic National Conventions, Barack Obama, Jim Edgar
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Durbin, suburban doctor vie for US Senate seat
AP Political WriterA Republican physician hoping to unseat U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Nov. 4 is campaigning with the mantra of opposition's standard-bearer, Barack Obama: Change. Dr. Steve Sauerberg even jokes that he's hoping for the Democratic presidential nominee's...Tags: Medical Staff, Government Health Care, Wars and Interventions, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Private Health Care
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Durbin says mess in Illinois Democrats' fault
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is calling the gridlock among his fellow Democrats in Springfield embarrassing and fears it could lead to loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds. In an interview Thursday with The State Journal-Register...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Local Elections, Executive Branch, Illinois, Rod Blagojevich
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Durbin's patriotism at issue again
Chicago Tribune reporterOnly days after backtracking on questioning Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin's patriotism, Republican challenger Steve Sauerberg reheated the issue Thursday by accusing him of actions that "embolden the enemy" and "put our soldiers in danger" in Iraq....Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Illinois
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Tempers flare as Ill. Senate candidates face off
Associated Press WriterRepublican challenger Steve Sauerberg accused incumbent U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of endangering troops in Iraq by criticizing the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, prompting an outraged response from Durbin as the two debated Thursday night. "I...Tags: Credit and Debt, Armed Forces, Government Health Care, Parliament, Private Health Care
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Dick Durbin and Steve Sauerberg spar over health care
Chicago Tribune reporterSen. Dick Durbin and Republican Steve Sauerberg clashed over the nation's health-care crisis Monday, with the Democratic incumbent accusing the family practice physician of proposing an end to government-backed insurance for the poor and elderly in... -
Sauerberg backtracks from attack on Durbin
Chicago Tribune reporterRepublican U.S. Senate challenger Steve Sauerberg backtracked Tuesday from questioning Sen. Dick Durbin's patriotism after the Democrat emotionally accused his rival of employing "the lowest form of politics." In an hourlong meeting with the Tribune...Tags: Veterans Affairs, Willowbrook, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Defense, Pol Pot
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Candidates seize last 30 days
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — In a presidential race marked by unexpected twists, turns and slips, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama enter the last 30 days of the campaign with Obama clinging to a small but significant lead and McCain anxious to change the...Tags: Minnesota, Lyndon B. Johnson, Polls, Republican Party, Wisconsin
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Ghost of Hoover is phantom of liberals' imagination
Tribune Media ServicesA very old story is once again being retold, with a few of the characters' names updated to besmirch the innocent. In this story, conservatives are to blame for an economic crisis because they allegedly believe there is no role for government in the...Tags: Fiction, Tom Daschle, Adam Smith, John Edwards, National Government
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Campaign enters final stretch
The Swampby Jill Zuckman In a presidential race marked by unexpected twists, turns and slips, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama enter the last 30 days of the campaign with Obama clinging to a small but significant lead and McCain anxious......Tags: Minnesota, Lyndon B. Johnson, Polls, Republican Party, Wisconsin
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DNC: The scene at Invesco
Spin CycleDick Durbin is on the stage now, introducing Obama, and invoking a "yes we can" chant. For much of the day, Invesco has been enveloped by snaking lines as tight security puts more than 75,000 through magnetometers. Dan Janison Blackberries......Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Riots, Super Bowl
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