http://www.joebiden.com Latest News en-us Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:11:54 -0600 info@dickdurbin.com info@dickdurbin.com 40 Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0119 Congressional Democrats on Wednesday reintroduced the proposed Dream Act, long-sought legislation that would provide children who were brought to the U.S. illegally a route to citizenship if they pursue a college education or military service. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0119 Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0120 A classroom of NIU students who share a passion for the environment had an opportunity Wednesday to open a dialogue about climate, clean energy and green jobs with one of Washington, D.C.'s movers and shakers: U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0120 Tue, 03 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0118 Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), the Democratic Party whip, asked by far the hearing's most important question. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0118 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0116 Today, Congress moved to restore fairness to cocaine sentencing when the House passed legislation engineered by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., that ends the 100-to-1 disparity. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0116 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0117 Sen. Dick Durbin said Friday that giving the Union Pacific Railroad $98.3 million in federal money for track improvements without an agreement in place to allow high-speed passenger rail is still a good idea. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0117 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0113 Sen. Dick Durbin brought the health care fight to Chicago this weekend, where he held a press conference telling insurance companies in Illinois and throughout the country that the "party's over" in the wake of recent reports showing that insurance companies are willing to walk away from consumers to raise premiums. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0113 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0115 A top Senate Democrat on Tuesday criticized the technology industry for its unwillingness to stand up to foreign governments that restrict access to online content, pledging to introduce legislation that would impose penalties on Internet companies that facilitate human rights violations in repressive regimes. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0115 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0114 Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Saturday that if Republicans won't join Democratic efforts to pass health care legislation, that his party is prepared to go it alone. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0114 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0110 "Hardly a week goes by that there isn't a report of an outbreak of food-borne illness or death in America," Durbin said. "The current system really just reacts to food illness. We have to have a system that is protective of consumers" by preventing outbreaks or nipping them in the bud. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0110 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0111 "While federal funding and legislation is not enough to repair the damage done to so many Chicago families, it will provide the resources needed to put an end to the violence and help communities rebuild," he said. "I am committed to doing everything I can to see that Illinois has all available resources to help local communities provide a safe environment for our children." http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0111 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0112 "I've been in a battle for years now with the textbook publishers who've been ripping off kids and their families, I think, with outrageous charges for textbooks," Durbin says. "Now, we've got to find ways to deliver the information that young people need to learn in the most cost-effective way. I think this is it." http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0112 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0107 U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who does not sit on the Finance Committee, says he's for a public option, unless someone has a better idea. "I'm trying to keep an open mind," he said. "If someone has another alternative which guarantees that there'll be competition with the private health insurance companies so we can keep costs down, make them more affordable, and make sure the coverage is there when you need it, I'm open to it." http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0107 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0106 Looking for ways to help homeless veterans, the Illinois congressional delegation met Wednesday at the Capitol with Tammy Duckworth, the state's former veterans affairs director and now an official in the Veterans Affairs Department. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0106 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0109 U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin gathered input on overhauling health care from medical providers, hospital officials and a businessman during a panel discussion Friday at Anderson Hospital. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0109 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0108 U.S. Senator Dick Durbin announced Wednesday that the United States Fire Administration, part of the Department of Homeland Security, has awarded a $779,520 grant to the Chicago Fire Department. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0108 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0105 U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says Kennedy had a big impact on America. "There is hardly a major piece of legislation that hasn't had his imprint," Durbin said, speaking via phone from France. "I don't know that anyone in the history of our country is liable to be able to have touched as many lives as Ted Kennedy did as a U.S. senator." http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0105 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0104 Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin was making a push Sunday for bipartisan support for health care reform. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0104 Sun, 24 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0103 Senator Durbin condemns the use of right-wing scare tactics, which helped lead the country into war with Iraq. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0103 Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0102 U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., also sent letters Monday to GM CEO Fritz Henderson and Chrysler CEO Robert Nardelli, asking them to consider the fallout of dealerships closing in Illinois and the impact it will have on communities. "Closing (Chrysler and GM) dealerships in Illinois will only contribute to this bleak climate," Durbin wrote. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0102 Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0101 The Democratic lawmakers were to meet privately Friday in St. Louis with Amtrak CEO Joe Boardman and officials with Union Pacific railroad and the Illinois Department of Transportation. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0101 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0100 In what strikes me as a pretty major change of heart, Citigroup has signed on to Illinois Democrat Dick Durbin's effort to give bankruptcy judges the power to rewrite the terms of mortgages. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0100 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0096 Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who supports the House bill, said the Obama administration favors allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices. Durbin said he would consider offering the bill as an amendment to a larger healthcare reform bill that is expected later this year. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0096 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0099 Hundreds of people from Illinois crowded through the halls of the Library of Congress Monday morning for a reception hosted by Sen. Dick Durbin, a Springfield Democrat. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0099 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0097 Illinois Senator Dick Durbin hosted a breakfast for Illinoisans in Washington Monday morning. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0097 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0095 Campaign Statement http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0095 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0092 U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) spoke on the second floor of the Bone Student Center Tuesday, to announce that his College Textbook Affordability Act legislation was signed into law last month. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0092 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0093 Declaring passenger rail is the future, not the past, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said today that he is pushing a bill that would help replace and rehabilitate Amtrak's aging rail car fleet. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0093 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0094 The following is a partial transcript of the Aug. 10, 2008, edition of ''FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace'': http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0094 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0091 U.S. Senator Richard Durbin made a stop in Chester for a town hall meeting on Tuesday, August 5. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0091 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0090 Legislation introduced Tuesday in Washington by U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is designed to promote rehabilitation of Amtrak's fleet and revive the passenger car industry in the United States. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0090 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0085 "The economy is in tough shape," Durbin said. "There's a lot of unemployment ... the cost of gasoline. ... Working families are struggling to make ends meet. Many are surviving with the help of food pantries. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0085 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0087 A member of Congress says there is no U.S. law that allows for the prosecution of people living in the United States who have committed crimes against humanity in other countries. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, the second highest-ranking Democrat in the Senate, wants to change that, as VOA's Deborah Tate reports from Capitol Hill. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0087 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0086 Standing near a Chicago tree being slowly killed by the emerald ash borer, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) announced a low-interest loan fund to help communities fight the insect. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0086 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0088 "You take a look at Cedar Rapids, Iowa and that's just terrible devastation there, far beyond what we see here, but still in all there's going to be eligibility for help and whether you're in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, wherever you happen to be, we'll make sure people are taken care of," Durbin says. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0088 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0089 "While gas prices climb every day, the understaffed and underfunded CFTC is virtually powerless to stop it," said Durbin. "We need to give the agency in charge of investigating and regulating the oil market the resources and authority they need to do their job effectively. At this point, we simply don't know what role speculation or manipulation is playing in price increases and with a market that is producing $4 or $5 gallons of gas, we simply can't waste any more time before getting to the bottom of this." http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0089 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0084 Roll Call article covering Senator Durbin's early endorsement of Barack Obama for President. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0084 Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0083 Durbin urges McCain to "reconsider" his opposition. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0083 Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0080 Senator Durbin grills oil companies on record profits http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0080 Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0082 Senator initiates Federal Trade Commission probe http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0082 Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0081 Next budget year called too far off for hungry world http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0081 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0079 Dick Durbin today visited a local Head Start program to discuss Congressional efforts to increase the program's funding and next steps in the wake of a veto from President Bush, who has consistently cut Head Start funding in his budgets. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0079 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0078 New York Times editorial endorses Senator Durbin's legislation to allow bankruptcy courts to modify repayment terms on mortgages for primary homes. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0078 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0077 A strong reaction brought about government action at a series of veterans' hospitals in Illinois. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0077 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0076 Durbin makes strong statements about reform of consumer protection agency http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0076 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0075 Durbin said Congress should use its budgetary powers to force the withdrawal of many U.S. troops http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0075 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0074 At a news conference in Chicago, the Illinois Democrat said the commission could start with checking children's jewelry to see if it contains unsafe amounts of lead, and inspect all children's jewelry coming into the United States if need be. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0074 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0073 BP's slogan is "Beyond Petroleum." On Thursday, it was trying to get beyond pollution. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0073 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0072 US Senator Dick Durbin calls it the "right decision" and a major victory for Lake Michigan. That's the Illinois Democrat's reaction to BP America abandoning plans to increase the amount of pollution it sends from a northwest Indiana oil refinery into Lake Michigan. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0072 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0071 Congressman Rahm Emanuel and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin are putting campaign fund dollars behind their efforts to stop pollution. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0071 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0070 Sen. Dick Durbin wants to craft a new national policy for high-speed, broadband Internet access that could include deciding who gets it and whether government incentives should be used to spur competition to provide it. So, naturally, he is seeking advice -- but not by plying the traditional corporate sources who clamor for attention on Capitol Hill. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0070