D000563 1944-11-21 10047 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] 5122 N00004981 20329 Democrat 202-224-2152 Roman Catholic IL Dick Richard Durbin 3.60810810810811 http://durbin.senate.gov 300038 Person democrat Tue Feb 09 11:19:21 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 CHICAGO — Scott Lee Cohen, the pawnbroker whose surprise victory in last week's Democratic lieutenant governor primary was followed by scandalous revelations about him, quit the race Sunday at the urging of party leaders. Cohen made the tearful 'st':48 'bow':2 'lee':12 'urg':40 'last':20 'loui':49 'made':45 'post':51 'quit':34 'race':6,36 'tear':47 'week':21 'cohen':1,13,44 'parti':42 'revel':31 'scott':11 'whose':16 'follow':28 'leader':43 'sunday':37 'chicago':10 'illinoi':5 'lieuten':8,24 'primari':26 'scandal':30 'surpris':17 'victori':18 'democrat':23 'dispatch':52 'governor':9,25 'pawnbrok':15 'post-dispatch':50 7537198 true true daylife St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://www.stltoday.com/ OK http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/illinoisnews/story/DFB1740ED8F7A1AB862576C4000780FD?OpenDocument 300038 Person sen\. Tue Feb 09 11:19:21 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...when uncovered upon the diagnosis of one’s own child. The Congenital Heart Futures Act, legislation introduced in March by Sen. Dick Durbin, "aims to prevent premature death and disability and increase the quality of life for the nearly 1.8 million pe 'pe':48 '1.8':46 'act':21 'aim':30 'chd':4 'one':13 'sen':27 'awar':2 'dick':28 'eagl':50 'life':42 'near':45 'rais':1 'upon':9 'child':16 'death':34 'futur':20 'heart':19 'march':25 'onlin':51 'uncov':8 'young':6 'disabl':36 'durbin':29 'legisl':22 'increas':38 'million':47 'prevent':32 'qualiti':40 'berkshir':49 'congenit':18 'diagnosi':11 'introduc':23 'prematur':33 7537200 true true daylife Berkshire Eagle Online http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ OK http://www.berkshireeagle.com/letters/ci_14362086?source=rss 300038 Person sen\. Mon Feb 08 22:13:58 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...to build an experimental clean-coal power plant known as FutureGen, key politicians announced Monday. Gov. Pat Quinn and Sen. Dick Durbin said the addition of Caterpillar comes on the heels of a decision by Chicago-based Exelon Corp. — one of the nati 'gov':24 'key':20 'one':49 'pat':25 'sen':28 'base':46 'coal':14 'come':36 'corp':48 'dick':29 'heel':39 'join':2 'nati':52 'said':31 'addit':33 'build':9 'clean':13 'daili':54 'decis':42 'known':17 'plant':6,16 'power':5,15 'quinn':26 'backer':3 'caller':55 'durbin':30 'exelon':47 'monday':23 'announc':22 'chicago':45 'project':7 'futuregen':19 'clean-coal':12 'experiment':11 'politician':21 'caterpillar':1,35 'chicago-bas':44 7531962 true true daylife The Daily Caller http://dailycaller.com/ OK http://dailycaller.com/2010/02/08/caterpillar-joins-backers-of-power-plant-project/ 300038 Person democrat Mon Feb 08 22:13:56 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 That's what Democratic Senate whip Dick Durbin said last May when the Senate failed to pass a bankruptcy reform bill that would give bankruptcy judges the ... 'may':11 'bill':21 'blog':30 'dick':7 'fail':15 'give':24 'judg':26 'last':10 'pass':17 'post':29 'said':9 'whip':6 'senat':5,14 'would':23 'durbin':8 'reform':20 'democrat':4 'bankruptci':19,25 'huffington':28 7531958 true true google news Huffington Post (blog) OK http://www.miamiherald.com/business/nation/story/1469682.html 300038 Person democrat Mon Feb 08 22:13:58 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...corruption charges, would have been paired with Cohen on the November ticket. Quinn, U.S. Rep. Danny Davis and Sen. Dick Durbin all had urged Cohen to leave the race. 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Mon Feb 08 22:13:58 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...just a little over a week, the FutureGen Alliance has added another strong partner with a deep connection to Illinois,” U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said in a statement. “Caterpillar will bring a great deal to the table as the FutureGen Alliance and the De 'ad':16 'de':49 'sen':27 'u.s':26 'deal':39 'deep':22 'dick':28 'join':2 'said':30 'tabl':42 'week':11 'anoth':17 'bring':36 'great':38 'littl':8 'power':4 'durbin':29 'strong':18 'allianc':14,46 'connect':23 'illinoi':25 'partner':19 'project':5 'futuregen':3,13,45 'statement':33 'caterpillar':1,34 'chicagobusiness.com':50 7531963 true true daylife ChicagoBusiness.com http://www.chicagobusiness.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChicagobusinesscomBreakingNews/~3/gZKMD-oDdMQ/news.pl 300038 Person democrat Mon Feb 08 22:13:58 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...including Gov. Pat Quinn and the party's Senate nominee, state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, as well as senior Sen. Dick Durbin. Cohen was a politically unknown pawnbroker who pumped $2 million of his own money into the race and won an upset victory on '2':39 'lt':6 'gov':11 'npr':54 'pat':12 'sen':28 'won':49 'dick':29 'drop':8 'pump':38 'race':47 'well':25 'alexi':22 'cohen':31 'money':44 'parti':16 'polit':34 'quinn':13 'senat':18 'state':20 'upset':51 'durbin':30 'includ':10 'nomine':3,19 'senior':27 'illinoi':5 'million':40 'treasur':21 'unknown':35 'victori':52 'democrat':1 'governor':7 'pawnbrok':36 'giannoulia':23 7531960 true true daylife NPR http://www.npr.org/ OK http://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2010/02/scott_lee_cohen_withdraws_as_d.html 300038 Person senate Tue Feb 09 11:19:21 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) were plaintiffs firms. Plaintiffs firms were the top two donors to Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D., Ill.).The first piece of legislation signed by President Obama—the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009—gutted stat 'd':13,31 'act':47 'bar':6 'gut':50 'ill':32 'nev':14 'pay':46 'top':22 'two':23 '2009':49 'dick':29 'fair':45 'firm':17,19 'jame':1 'piec':35 'reid':12 'sign':38 'stat':51 'wall':52 'whip':28 'donor':24 'first':34 'harri':11 'lilli':43 'major':27 'obama':41 'senat':9,26 'bought':7 'durbin':30 'leader':10 'legisl':37 'presid':40 'street':53 'copland':2 'journal':54 'ledbett':44 'plaintiff':5,16,18 7537199 true true daylife Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/public/us OK http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703630404575053330978667138.html?mod=WSJ_topics_obama 300038 Person democrat Mon Feb 08 11:06:57 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...federal corruption charges, would have been paired with Cohen on the November ticket. Quinn, U.S. Rep. Danny Davis and Sen. Dick Durbin all had urged Cohen to leave the race. Quinn said Cohen had "made the right decision for the Democratic Party and the 'dem':1 'ill':6 'rep':23 'sen':27 'u.s':22 'urg':32 'davi':25 'dick':28 'exit':5 'leav':35 'made':42 'news':54 'pair':14 'race':7,37 'said':39 'charg':10 'cohen':16,33,40 'danni':24 'decis':45 'feder':8 'parti':49 'quinn':21,38 'right':44 'would':11 'candid':4 'durbin':29 'novemb':19 'ticket':20 'corrupt':9 'lieuten':2 'democrat':48,55 'governor':3 'bellevill':52 'news-democrat':53 7529207 true true daylife Belleville News-Democrat http://www.bnd.com/ OK http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/1122265.html 300038 Person senator Mon Feb 08 22:13:55 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Governor Pat Quinn and US Senator Dick Durbin today announced that Caterpillar, a global leader in the manufacturing of heavy machinery, ... 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'42':3,49 '140':40 'ago':33 'sen':8 'won':12 'yes':4 '2001':35 'call':23 'cost':38 'crew':1,47 'dick':9 'nine':31 'open':30 'year':19,32 'facil':26 'right':7 'durbin':10 'fiscal':18 'prison':28 'taxpay':46 'biggest':14 'correct':25 'earmark':15 'million':41 'thomson':24 7546801 false true google blog Crew of 42 http://www.crewof42.com/ OK http://www.crewof42.com/?p=757 300038 Person senate Tue Feb 09 11:19:21 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) were plaintiffs firms. Plaintiffs firms were the top two donors to Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D., Ill.). The first piece of legislation signed by President Obama—the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 — 'd':12,30 'act':46 'bar':4 'ill':31 'nev':13 'pay':45 'top':21 'two':22 '2009':48 'dick':28 'fair':44 'firm':16,18 'piec':34 'reid':11 'sign':37 'whip':27 'donor':23 'first':33 'harri':10 'lilli':42 'major':8,26 'obama':40 'senat':7,25 'bought':5 'durbin':29 'leader':9 'legisl':36 'presid':39 'ledbett':43 'overlawy':49 'plaintiff':3,15,17 7537197 false true daylife Overlawyered http://overlawyered.com/ OK http://overlawyered.com/2010/02/how-the-plaintiffs-bar-bought-the-senate/ 300038 Person sen\. Tue Feb 09 22:33:15 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) – Assistant Majority Leader Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) – Chairman, HELP Committee Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) – Ranking Member, HELP Committee Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) – Chairman, Finance Committee Sen. ... 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'mr':16 'bad':6 'get':52 'kid':51 'let':48 '1700':49 'dick':31 'didn':20 'kill':36 'poor':50 'want':22 'choic':10 'decis':46 'proof':23 'senat':30 'union':44 'video':2 'behest':40 'depart':19 'duncan':17 'durbin':32 'reason':12 'school':9 'conclus':13 'success':26 'teacher':43 'voucher':25,37 'campaign':34 'interfer':28 'monopoli':4 'theblogprof':1,53 7546810 false true google blog theblogprof http://theblogprof.blogspot.com/ OK http://theblogprof.blogspot.com/2010/02/video-why-monopolies-are-bad-and-why.html 300038 Person senator Tue Feb 09 22:33:15 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Political leaders need to legislate change, as Senator Dick Durbin is by calling for open textbooks, and Bob Shireman by proposing to link funding for student loans to a college's proportion of Pell-eligible students. ... 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