... population. The House approved its version of the bill earlier this month on a near party-line vote of 220-215. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, said the health care bill must be passed by the end of the year so that President Barack Obama and lawmakers ...

... Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. Congress should investigate the secrecy because "it could be illegal," Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said. According to Feinstein, CIA director Leon Panetta told Congress late last month that "he had ...

... officials for help, even though Obama and some top officials in his incoming administration are from Illinois and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate. And though Obama plans a huge public works program next year ...

... governor accused of attempting to sell this United States Senate seat," Majority Leader Harry Reid and his deputy, Sen. Dick Durbin, said in a statement. "Anyone appointed by Gov. Blagojevich cannot be an effective representative of the people ...

... from us, certainly" before thousands of soldiers pushed into Gaza after nightfall on Saturday. Sens. Harry Reid and Dick Durbin the top two Democrats in the chamber and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell all described Israel's actions as ...

... White's legal adviser. Nathan Maddox said the letter "is not the official Senate appointment document." Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Friday that the Senate would not accept Burris without the signature and therefore efforts to seat ...

... will be accorded all the rights and privileges of a senator-elect," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said in a joint statement. At a news conference in Chicago, Burris called himself honored and humbled ...

... and Blagojevich is scheduled to appear on "Good Morning, America," "The View" and "Larry King Live." Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Sunday that Blagojevich should be defending himself at the trial because the extra media attention ...

... the measure. "It goes without saying if it's going to pass in the Senate, it has to be bipartisan," said Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the second-ranking Democratic leader, adding that rank-and-file lawmakers in both parties want ...

... to limit the measure to existing mortgages and cases where homeowners had sought rewrites from their lenders. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat and an architect of the judicial loan rewrite plan, went further recently, saying ...