... vacated by President Barack Obama. "I told him that under the circumstances, I would resign," fellow Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin told reporters after an hour-long meeting with Burris. "He said, 'I'm not going to resign."' "I can ...

... run their gangs from inside prisons. If Reid has appeared equivocal on the possible transfer of prisoners, Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois, the second-in-command among Democrats, pointed out that no one has ever escaped from a federal ...

Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., has, under extreme pressure, tearfully retracted his comparison of American behavior at Guantanamo to the Nazis ...

... country that work with food pathogens. "Food security can no longer be separated from our national security," Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., said Thursday. Terrorists could poison a limited amount of food and still "create a general atmosphere ...

... through Supreme Court nominee John Robert's papers looking for his views on abortion. On July 27 Democratic Senator Richard Durbin says that John Roberts is disqualified from serving on the Supreme Court because he is a Catholic with pro-life ...

... international affairs, says she decided to run after attending the State of the Union address as a guest of Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., and testifying before veteran affairs committees on Capitol Hill.

... Republicans began crafting a scaled-back package that they hope to pass by August. The Senate proposal, offered by Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., was supported by 46 Democrats, 10 Republicans and one independent and opposed by 38 Republicans and ...

... secure greater access to affordable care for their employees. Lincoln's proposal, which she introduced with Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., is modeled on the "Federal Employees Health Benefits Program" that provides health-care benefits ...

... weaken the proposals. "Many of the food trade associations are too embarrassed to oppose this bill publicly," Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill, told the New York Times. "They wait until the conference committee meets late at night or work through ...

... once again have failed to address some really critical areas: hospitals, education, homeland security," Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., said of Republicans. The measure is a collection of 11 bills financing every agency except the Pentagon ...