D000563 1944-11-21 309 Hart Senate Office Building http://durbin.senate.gov/contact.cfm 202-228-0400 Richard 'd':4 'il':5 'sen':1 'durbin':3,7,9 'richard':2,6,8 M 300038 Durbin Richard_Durbin J. Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL] N00004981 16427 Democrat 202-224-2152 Roman Catholic IL Dick Richard Durbin 3.92929292929293 http://durbin.senate.gov 300038 Person senator Fri Nov 06 22:22:43 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...the effort to close loopholes and enact reform in the H-1B visa program and introduced H-1B reform legislation with Senator Dick Durbin. Grassley has also asked questions of both American and foreign based companies about their use of the H-1B visa prog 'h':13,28,35,61 '1b':14,29,36,62 'ask':46 'sen':2 'u.s':1 'use':57 'also':45 'base':53 'dick':41 'h-1b':12,27,34,60 'hold':8 'prog':64 'push':4 'visa':15,30,63 'close':20 'enact':23 'fraud':16 'senat':40 'author':6 'durbin':42 'effort':18 'employ':9 'immigr':5 'legisl':38 'reform':24,37 'account':10 'compani':54 'foreign':52 'loophol':21 'program':31 'american':50 'democrat':65 'grassley':3,43 'introduc':33 'question':47 'underground':66 6604185 true true daylife Democratic Underground http://www.democraticunderground.com/ OK http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136518 300038 Person democrat Thu Nov 05 22:26:12 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...rob a liquor store," Graham said. "He took this nation to war, and he killed 3,000 of our innocent citizens." Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, said federal courts have convicted 195 felons of terror-related crimes since the 2001 a '3':26 '000':27 '195':45 'rob':11 'war':22 '2001':54 '9/11':9 'dick':35 'kill':25 'said':16,40 'sinc':52 'took':18 'whip':34 'block':5 'court':42 'crime':51 'feder':41 'felon':46 'innoc':30 'major':33 'miami':56 'relat':50 'senat':1,32 'store':14 'trial':7 'durbin':36 'effort':3 'graham':15 'herald':57 'liquor':13 'nation':20 'reject':2 'terror':49 'citizen':31 'convict':44 'illinoi':38 'suspect':10 'civilian':6 'democrat':39 'terror-rel':48 6593642 true true daylife Miami Herald http://www.miamiherald.com/ OK http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1319172.html 300038 Person senate Thu Nov 05 22:26:12 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...decisions. They accused the GOP of blocking attempts to bring the suspects to justice. Leaders such as Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (Vt.) and Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (Mich.) said Gr 'd':29 'gr':46 'vt':36 'arm':38 'gop':11 'ill':30 '9/11':5 'carl':42 'dick':26 'hill':48 'mich':44 'said':45 'tabl':2 'whip':25 'accus':9 'amend':3 'block':13 'bring':16 'd-ill':28 'decis':7 'leahi':35 'levin':43 'major':24 'senat':1 'trial':6 'durbin':27 'justic':20 'leader':21 'servic':39 'attempt':14 'patrick':34 'suspect':18 'chairman':33,41 'committe':32,40 'judiciari':31 6593643 true true daylife The Hill http://www.thehill.com/ OK http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/66653-senate-tables-graham-amendment-on-911-trials 300038 Person sen\. Fri Nov 06 22:22:43 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...him, waiting for police. Davis was charged with burglary. Just a couple of weeks before Wigginton nabbed Davis, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin sent Wigginton's and current U.S. Attorney Courtney Cox names for consideration to fill the U.S. Attorney for the South 'cox':39 'law':4 'man':1 'nab':2,25 'sen':28 'u.s':27,36,46 'davi':13,26 'dick':29 'fill':44 'firm':5 'name':40 'news':53 'sent':31 'wait':10 'week':22 'charg':15 'coupl':20 'polic':12 'south':50 'durbin':30 'convict':6 'current':35 'attorney':37,47 'burglari':8,17 'consider':42 'courtney':38 'democrat':54 'bellevill':51 'wigginton':24,32 'news-democrat':52 6604186 true true daylife Belleville News-Democrat http://www.bnd.com/ OK http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/997898.html 300038 Person democrat Sat Nov 07 11:08:38 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Thursday that would get the "sense of the Senate" on cameras in the Court. He so far has seven co-sponsors, including Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who is the Senate's No. 2 Democrat, and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a former state Supreme Court justice. No v '2':46 'd':38 'r':53 'v':62 'co':31 'tv':10 'far':27 'get':14 'ill':39 'saw':7 'sen':34,49 'dick':35 'john':50 'note':1 'sens':16 'texa':54 'court':4,24,59 'd-ill':37 'senat':19,43 'seven':29 'state':57 'would':13 'camera':21 'cornyn':51 'durbin':36 'former':56 'includ':33 'justic':5,60 'r-texa':52 'suprem':3,58 'law.com':63 'specter':6 'sponsor':32 'democrat':47 'thursday':11 'co-sponsor':30 6608430 true true daylife Law.com http://www.law.com/ OK http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202435217618&rss=newswire 300038 Person sen\. Thu Nov 05 11:18:45 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Marion, Ill., have prompted  Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki  to order a "top-to-bottom" review of the facility, Sen. Dick Durbin said Wednesday. Durbin and other Illinois lawmakers met with Shinseki on Wednesday after a report this week foun 'va':1 'ill':10 'met':39 'sen':29 'top':22 'dick':30 'eric':16 'foun':49 'full':4 'said':32 'week':48 'chief':2 'facil':28 'order':3,19 'affair':14 'bottom':24 'durbin':31,34 'hospit':8 'lawmak':38 'marion':9 'prompt':12 'report':46 'review':5,25 'tribun':51 'chicago':50 'illinoi':7,37 'veteran':13 'shinseki':17,41 'secretari':15 'wednesday':33,43 'top-to-bottom':21 6587433 true true daylife Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/ OK http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/ChicagoBreakingNews/~3/7Hk039xYLYk/va-chief-orders-full-review-of-illinois-hospital.html 300038 Person sen\. Wed Nov 04 22:33:31 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...had been made in 2008 to clean up recurring issues. The Marion hospital is about 125 miles southeast of St. Louis. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. said at a news conference that Shinseki pledged to report back on the findings within six weeks. The hospital und 'd':35 'st':29,57 'va':1 '125':25 'ill':36 'sen':31 'six':52 'und':56 '2008':14 'back':47 'dick':32 'find':50 'issu':19 'look':4 'loui':30,58 'made':12 'mile':26 'news':40 'post':60 'said':37 'week':53 'clean':16 'd-ill':34 'pledg':44 'recur':18 'confer':41 'durbin':33 'hospit':7,22,55 'marion':6,21 'offici':2 'report':46 'within':51 'problem':9 'dispatch':61 'shinseki':43 'southeast':27 'post-dispatch':59 6582264 true true daylife St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://www.stltoday.com/ OK http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/illinoisnews/story/2E6000F5D6469556862576640073EC9E?OpenDocument 300038 Person democrat Wed Nov 04 22:33:31 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Democrat. In an e-mail Monday, activists for Democrats.com called on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Democratic Conference Vice Chairman Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) to strip Lieberman of his chairmanship of t 'd':31,38 'e':17 'dem':6 'ill':39 'n.y':47 'nev':32 'bill':12 'call':23 'dick':35 'mail':18 'news':57 'reid':1,29 'vice':43 'vote':8 'whip':34 'work':2 'chuck':45 'd-ill':37 'd-nev':30 'harri':28 'major':26,33 'medic':56 'moder':5 'senat':10,25 'strip':49 'today':58 'confer':42 'durbin':36 'e-mail':16 'health':11 'leader':27 'monday':19 'convinc':4 'schumer':46 'activist':20 'chairman':44 'democrat':13,41 'lieberman':50 'chairmanship':53 'democrats.com':22 6582265 true true daylife Medical News Today http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/ OK http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169796.php 300038 Person sen\. Tue Nov 03 22:24:25 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...a measure that would provide grants to military members and their families. On Wednesday, the governor will meet with U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and other Illinois lawmakers to discuss high speed rail, transportation funding and other state priorities. The 'd.c':8 'sen':29 'u.s':28 'dick':30 'fund':42 'head':6 'high':38 'meet':4,26 'rail':40 'skip':2 'grant':14 'quinn':1 'speed':39 'state':45 'would':12 'durbin':31 'famili':20 'lawmak':35 'measur':10 'member':17 'provid':13 'tribun':49 'chicago':48 'discuss':37 'illinoi':34 'transit':3 'governor':24 'militari':16 'prioriti':46 'transport':41 'wednesday':22 6572532 true true daylife Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/ OK http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagotribune/cloutstreet/~3/qEecyALnE9I/quinn-skips-transit-meeting-to-head-to-dc.html 300038 Person sen\. Wed Nov 04 22:33:32 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...D.C. then boarding a plane to D.C. himself for a fund-raiser and a meeting with legislators from Illinois. On Tuesday, Sen. Dick Durbin's office released a notice for a Quinn meeting in Washington, D.C., Wednesday regarding federal funding for Illinois 'd.c':10,16,46 'sen':32 'sun':55 'tat':7 'tit':5 'dick':33 'fund':21,50 'hyne':1 'meet':25,43 'time':56 'battl':3 'board':12 'feder':49 'notic':39 'offic':36 'plane':14 'quinn':2,42 'durbin':34 'legisl':27 'raiser':22 'regard':48 'releas':37 'chicago':53 'illinoi':29,52 'sun-tim':54 'tuesday':31 'governor':9 'fund-rais':20 'wednesday':47 'washington':45 'tit-for-tat':4 6582266 true true daylife Chicago Sun-Times http://www.suntimes.com/index/ OK http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/1862851,CST-NWS-gov04web.article 300038 Person senate Fri Nov 06 22:22:38 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The Senate's 54-45 vote to reject the measure by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., opens the door for President Barack Obama to bring Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-professed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, to trial in federal court, rather tha 'c':33 'h':5 'o':6 'r':2,31 'u':3,7 '11':54 '54':19 '-45':20 'r-s':30 'sen':27 'tha':63 '2001':55 'door':36 'open':34 'self':48 'sept':53 'vote':21 'block':13 'bring':42 'court':61 'feder':60 'moham':45 'obama':40 'senat':9,17 'sheik':44 'trial':15,58 'articl':66 'attack':56 'barack':39 'effort':11 'graham':29 'khalid':43 'measur':25 'presid':38 'rather':62 'reject':10,23 'lindsey':28 'profess':49 'civilian':14 'truthout':64 'mastermind':50 'self-profess':47 6604184 false true google blog Truthout - All Articles http://www.truthout.org/articles/feed OK http://www.truthout.org/1106093 300038 Person senator Fri Nov 06 11:16:43 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 A spokesman for Sen. Joe Lieberman refuted a report Tuesday that the Connecticut senator struck a secret deal with Majority Leader Harry Reid in which he promised not to block a final vote on health care reform. ... In an e-mail sent Monday , activists for '6':11 'e':52 'joe':16 'sen':15 'vel':59 'bill':9 'care':47 'deal':29 'mail':53 'reid':5,34 'sent':54 'shut':3 'vote':44 'block':41 'craft':60 'final':43 'harri':33 'major':31 'polit':58 'refut':18 'senat':25 'e-mail':51 'health':7,46 'leader':32 'monday':55 'novemb':10 'promis':38 'ration':8 'reform':48 'report':20 'secret':28 'struck':26 'tuesday':21 'activist':56 'lieberman':1,17 'spokesman':13 'connecticut':24 6597898 false true google blog Political Vel Craft http://volubrjotr.com/ OK http://volubrjotr.com/2009/11/06/lieberman-to-shut-down-reids-health-rationing-bill-november-6-2009-reid-a-fraud-for-stating-lieberman-will-support/ 300038 Person sen\. Fri Nov 06 22:22:38 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Durbin Calls For Veteran's Hospital Takeover Following the latest audit revealing mismanagement at a troubled veteran's hospital in Marion, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is calling for a management overhaul of the facility. ... '6':5 'sen':31 'u.s':30 '2009':6 'bird':3 'call':10,35 'dick':32 'audit':19 'earli':2 'facil':42 'manag':38 'durbin':9,33 'follow':16 'hospit':14,27 'latest':18 'marion':29 'novemb':4 'reveal':20 'takeov':15 'troubl':24 'illinoi':8,44 'veteran':12,25 'mismanag':21 'overhaul':39 'progress':7,43 6604181 false true google blog Progress Illinois - http://progressillinois.com/ OK http://progressillinois.com/2009/11/6/the-early-bird 300038 Person senate Sat Nov 07 11:08:38 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...against under President George W. Bush. “This amendment would hinder President Obama’s efforts to combat terrorism,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) argued. “To argue that we cannot successfully prosecute a terrorist in American courts is to ignore t 'd':27 'w':10 'die':3 'ill':28 'sen':23 'argu':29,31 'bush':11 'dick':24 'amend':2,13 'court':41 'd-ill':26 'georg':9 'ignor':44 'obama':17 'senat':5 'would':14 'cannot':34 'combat':21 'durbin':25 'effort':19 'hinder':15 'presid':8,16 'terror':1,22 'success':35 'american':40 'politico':47 'prosecut':36 'terrorist':38 6608429 false true daylife The Politico http://www.politico.com/ OK http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29205.html 300038 Person sen\. Fri Nov 06 22:22:37 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. Dick Durbin on Friday sympathized with those who are questioning how the tragedy unfolded. "Some critical questions have to be asked about the security at a military base, and how a person could bring in a semi-automatic or an ... 'ft':6 'ask':31 'nbc':8,52 'sen':10 'two':1 'base':38 'beat':55 'dick':11 'hood':7 'kill':4 'semi':48 'bring':44 'could':43 'local':54 'secur':34 'critic':26 'durbin':12 'friday':14 'person':42 'unfold':24 'automat':49 'chicago':2,9,53 'soldier':3 'sympath':15 'tragedi':23 'militari':37 'question':20,27 'semi-automat':47 6604179 false true google blog NBC Chicago - Local Beat http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/ OK http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/Local-Soldier-Among-Ft-Hood-Dead-69364087.html 300038 Person democrat Thu Nov 05 22:26:07 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Senator Charles Schumer (Democrat, New York) describes it as an organization "which we know has ties to terrorism."[3] Senator Dick Durbin (Democrat, Illinois) observes that CAIR is "unusual in its extreme rhetoric and its associations ... '3':29 'new':15 'pre':7 'tie':26 'cair':4,37 'dick':31 'know':24 'sens':1,47 'york':16 'charl':12 'damag':9 'event':3,49 'organ':21 'senat':11,30 'unusu':39 'associ':46 'durbin':32 'emptiv':8 'extrem':42 'observ':35 'rhetor':43 'terror':28 'control':10 'describ':17 'illinoi':34 'schumer':13 'democrat':14,33 'pre-empt':6 6593639 false true google blog Sense of Events http://senseofevents.blogspot.com/ OK http://senseofevents.blogspot.com/2009/11/cair-does-pre-emptive-damage-control.html 300038 Person sen\. Thu Nov 05 22:26:07 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The Chicago Tribune (11/5, Skiba, 534K) reports that after meeting with VA Secretary Eric Shinseki yesterday about problems disclosed in a new VA Inspector General report on the VAMC in Marion, Illinois, Sen. Dick Durbin (D) said that ... 'd':48 '-5':10 '10':2 '11':9 'us':55 'va':24,35 '-09':11 'new':34 'sen':45 'top':1 '11/5':16 '534k':18 'dick':46 'eric':26 'meet':22 'news':4,53 'said':49 'vamc':41 'skiba':17 'today':52 'around':6 'durbin':47 'marion':43 'report':19,38 'tribun':15 'chicago':14 'countri':8 'disclos':31 'general':37 'illinoi':44 'problem':30 'veteran':3,12,51,57 'militari':56 'shinseki':27 'inspector':36 'secretari':25 'yesterday':28 6593640 false true google blog Veterans Today - News for US Military Veterans... http://www.veteranstoday.com/ OK http://www.veteranstoday.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9264 300038 Person senate Fri Nov 06 11:16:44 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 U.S. Senator, Dick Durbin. Sponsored by: Sophomore Honors English Class at Salem Community High School. On Thursday, May 21, 2009 the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted, 90-6, against giving President Obama the $80 million for the closing ... '-6':37 '21':29 '80':43 '90':36 'bay':5 'may':28 'u.s':11,32 '2009':30 'dick':13 'give':39 'high':24 'site':10 'vote':35 'care2':50 'class':20 'close':2,47 'honor':18 'obama':41 'petit':9,49 'salem':22 'senat':12,33 'detent':6 'durbin':14 'fafcil':7 'presid':40 'school':25 'english':19 'million':44 'sponsor':15 'overview':48 'sophomor':17 'thursday':27 'communiti':23 'overwhelm':34 'guantanamo':4 'thepetitionsit':51 6597899 false true google blog Overview Petitions - Care2: ThePetitionSite http://www.thepetitionsite.com/browse-petitions/overview OK http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/the-closing-of-guantanamo-bay-detention-fafcility 300038 Person democrat Thu Nov 05 22:26:07 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 He so far has seven co-sponsors, including Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who is the Senate's No. 2 Democrat, and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), a former state Supreme Court justice. No vote on the resolution has been scheduled. ... '2':35 'd':27 'r':42 'co':20 'tv':8 'blt':10,59 'far':16 'ill':28 'saw':5 'sen':23,38 'blog':12,61 'dick':24 'john':39 'note':1 'texa':43 'time':64 'vote':51 'court':48 'd-ill':26 'legal':63 'senat':32 'seven':18 'state':46 'cornyn':40 'durbin':25 'former':45 'includ':22 'justic':3,49 'r-texa':41 'suprem':47 'resolut':54 'schedul':57 'specter':4 'sponsor':21 'democrat':36 'co-sponsor':19 6593637 false true google blog The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/ OK http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2009/11/note-to-justices-specter-saw-you-on-tv.html 300038 Person sen\. Thu Nov 05 22:26:07 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Monsanto Co.'s CEO Hugh Grant and Dan McCarthy, president and CEO of Black & Veatch Water, spoke during a panel discussion during the event. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Anne Castle, Interior assistant secretary for water and science, ... 'd':40 'ad':10 'co':13 'ann':43 'ceo':15,23 'dan':19 'ill':41 'oil':6 'sen':36 'cash':11 'dick':37 'hugh':16 'rais':9 'black':25 'castl':44 'd-ill':39 'event':35 'grant':17 'lobbi':7 'media':1 'panel':31 'spoke':28 'water':27,49 'assist':46 'climat':52 'durbin':38 'presid':21 'scienc':51 'veatch':26 'discuss':32 'partner':4 'stunner':2 'interior':45 'mccarthi':20 'monsanto':12 'newsweek':3 'progress':53 'secretari':47 6593638 false true google blog Climate Progress http://climateprogress.org/ OK http://climateprogress.org/2009/11/05/newsweek-partners-with-oil-lobby-sell-access/