http://www.joebiden.com Latest News en-us Sat, 17 May 2008 10:27:32 -0700 info@dickdurbin.com info@dickdurbin.com 40 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 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 -0800 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 -0800 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 -0700 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 -0700 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 -0700 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 -0700 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 -0700 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 -0700 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 -0700 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 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0069 Senator Dick Durbin introduced legislation to protect families and pets from potentially unsafe imported food products. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0069 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0068 Senator Dick Durbin yesterday introduced legislation that nearly triples funding for fair housing programs including the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) run by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Specific activities that will be funded under The Housing Fairness Act of 2007 include the processing of complaints, the investigation of cases of housing discrimination, and the development and operation of education and outreach programs to educate the general public of fair housing rights. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0068 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0066 A Senate Democratic leader Tuesday urged a Bush-appointed judge to recuse himself from cases involving enemy combatants and requested an explanation about information that might contradict his testimony about the White House's detainee policy. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0066 Fri, 25 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0065 U.S. Senator from Illinois Dick Durbin introduces a bill that would set aside federal money for campus security. The bill, titled the Campus Law Enforcement Emergency Response Act of 2007, authorizes the department of education to give grants to colleges and universities to beef-up safety measures. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0065 Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0059 Immigration and health care were among the issues Naperville business owners asked Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, about Wednesday afternoon during an informal visit to his Capitol Hill offices. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0059 Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0060 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada is one of the lower-profile figures to assume that alpha post in the congressional pecking order. He likes to do most of his work behind the scenes, rather than in front of the cameras. So, much of the caucus's more prominent work -- fighting for its agenda on the Senate floor or on TV -- falls to Reid's No. 2, Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin . http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0060 Sat, 19 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0061 As assistant Senate Majority Leader, Durbin, 62, is at the center of Washington's legislative and political storm. His workday goes from around 5 in the morning to 10 at night. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0061 Mon, 07 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0063 Senator Dick Durbin plans to introduce legislation this week that may be a Mother's Day gift to some. The Mother's Act is designed to ensure new moms and their families are educated about postpartum depression, screened for symptoms and provided services. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0063 Sun, 06 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0062 Iran's harsh rhetoric on its nuclear future has some wondering if it's time to consider committing U.S. troops there as well as in Iraq and Afghanistan. But Senator Dick Durbin is not among them. Durbin says the Bush administration has mishandled the Iraqi conflict from the beginning, and says that the continuing U.S. presence is creating new problems. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0062 Wed, 02 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0058 The 94-0 vote was on an amendment by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., to broader legislation related to the Food and Drug Administration. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0058 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0064 "The information we had in the Intelligence Committee was not the same information being given to the American people. I couldn't believe it," Durbin said Wednesday. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0064 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0055 Durbin said he thinks Chicago has a good shot at hosting the games, for reasons that go beyond any point-by-point analysis of its formal bid. "There are some intangibles," Durbin said. "It's the spirit of Chicago. It's a great place to live and visit, and people all over the world know that." http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0055 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0052 Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said the contamination showed that pet food as well as human food is at risk because of significant gaps in the system of regulations and inspections that governs the food industry. In particular, he said, the latest contamination shows that too few pet food manufacturers are being inspected. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0052 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0054 Durbin suggested that the pet food recalls pose a concern for non-pet owners as well, though no evidence exists that the affected wheat gluten has made its way into food for people. "What's the connection between E. coli on spinach and contaminated pet food?" Durbin asked. "Unfortunately it's the same broken food safety program." http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0054 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0056 "Without the air service that these downstate communities have come to rely on, basic travel, tourism and economic development has been disrupted," Durbin said in a release. "I strongly urge Great Lakes to make this a priority and begin service as soon as possible." http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0056 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0057 As officials announced an expanded pet food recall today, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said that the Senate will hold an oversight hearing on the investigation and regulatory mechanisms that govern the pet food industry. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0057 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0053 US Senator Dick Durbin Tuesday met with Iraq and Afghanistan veterans at the North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center who are dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder. The senator says that one-third of the veterans returning from war suffer from PTSD. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0053 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0051 "It's good to look back and help those who are working their way into leadership on the local level," said Durbin. "I hope coming here today will encourage some people to get involved. What Sheila [Simon] is trying to do for the city of Carbondale is to bring people together and to get results." http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0051 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0045 At the national level, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who continues to lead the Senate in many ways that are favorable to students, introduced similar legislation March 20. While the bill has yet to see more action, it's nice to know our senator is not only thinking about us, but also making national efforts in our favor. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0045 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0046 U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, a Springfield Democrat, introduced legislation recently to create an Abraham Lincoln heritage area in Central Illinois. The legislation could bring up to $10 million over 10 years to the region for preservation, education and economic development, according to a news release from Durbin's office. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0046 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0044 "Now the attorney general's statement of just a few days ago has been contradicted by a fact," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate and a member of the Judiciary Committee. "He was involved in a meeting...it really raises a question of credibility." http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0044 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0047 U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin intends to again introduce a bill honoring one of late Sen. Paul Simon's last projects in life. Spokeswoman Christina Mulka says Durbin on Tuesday will introduce the Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act, a program that gives federal funding to universities across the country to send students overseas for educational exchanges. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0047 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0048 After years of opposing the idea of taxpayer-financed campaigns, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Tuesday introduced legislation that would let congressional candidates apply for public money to run their campaigns. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0048 Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0049 Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin became the latest Democrat to call for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' resignation Saturday, saying a flurry of controversy created a "crisis of confidence" in his office. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0049 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0050 Illinois Senator Dick Durbin is asking President Bush to appoint Iraqi war veteran Tammy Duckworth to a panel looking into the nation's military and veteran hospitals. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0050 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0040 Reimbursing student loans for law school grads who agree to be public prosecutors or defenders for three years is a wise use of federal tax dollars, Winnebago County State's Attorney Paul Logli told members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-IL, a member of the committee, has written a bill to do just that. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0040 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0041 At the Central Illinois Regional Broadband Summit, as Durbin called the forum, the senator touted his plan to soon introduce a bill that he hopes will ramp up national efforts to extend broadband service to underserved areas http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0041 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0042 "Our first responders and emergency officials have to be able to communicate in case of a natural disaster or terrorism attack," Durbin stated in the release. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0042 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0039 One of the Senate's leading Democrats, Dick Durbin of Illinois, says President Bush's latest budget proposal makes college more expensive by underfunding or cutting student aid programs aimed at helping disadvantaged students go to college. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0039 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0036 I wish to thank Sen. Durbin's office for their hard work. I never imagined myself voting for the man, but the next time around I'll campaign for him. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0036 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0037 Budget cuts proposed by President Bush Monday would harm Illinois' most vulnerable residents, including children, seniors, the disabled and low-income, said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0037 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0038 And [Durbin] warns that for the sixth year in a row, Bush's budget would fail to fully fund the federal No Child Left Behind Program, denying its benefits to an estimated 127 thousand Illinois children. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0038 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0035 As President Bush arrived in Peoria this morning to tout Caterpillar as as an example of the success of his administration's economic policies, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., blamed those policies for the loss of manufacturing jobs in the region. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0035 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0027 U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin spoke with reporters during a news conference at his Springfield home Sunday afternoon, discussing issues including the need for health-care reform and a bipartisan resolution opposing a troop increase in Iraq. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0027 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0032 "I think it's time for us to start bringing our troops home in a slow and systematic way so the Iraqis know they have to stand up and defend their own country," said Durbin. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0032 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0030 "We have lost so many good paying manufacturing jobs while the president's been in office. You know, to replace a job at Caterpillar with a job at a convenience store -- you still have one job, but it isn't the same thing at all," said Durbin. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0030 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0029 As for education, Senator Durbin told a group of teachers he wants students to be better prepared in math and science. He plans to push proposals to recruit better science and math teachers. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0029 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0028 Sen. Dick Durbin, the Senate's second-highest ranking Democrat and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said Congress needs to appropriate more money to deal with New Orleans' problems and an administration in Washington with the "will to do." http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0028 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0031 Illinois Senator Dick Durbin played host tonight to two wounded service men from Illinois during President Bush's State of the Union Address. http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0031 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0026 Think MTV's "Real World" with a slovenly cast of Democratic power brokers. While Washington may have more than its share of crash pads for policy-debating workaholics, few, if any, have sheltered a quorum as powerful as this one. About a quarter-mile southeast of the Capitol, the inelegantly decorated two-bedroom house has become an unlikely center of influence in Washington's changing power grid. It is home to the second- and third-ranking senators in the new Democratic majority (Mr. Durbin, the majority whip, and Mr. Schumer, the vice chairman of the Democratic caucus) and the chairman of the House Democratic Policy Committee (Mr. Miller). http://www.dickdurbin.com/news?id=0026