Topic: Dick Durbin
The article discusses political leaders in the U.S. and possible leadership changes. The potential candidates for majority leader include the Senators Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin. The effects of the 2008 presidential election between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama are also ...
According to the transcript of a Nov. 13 phone call between Burris and the brother of then-governor Rod Blagojevich, Burris pledged to "personally do something" for the governor, who was later impeached and removed from office. In the recording of the conversation, ...
The U.S. Senate on Thursday rejected an amendment that would have given bankruptcy judges the power to ease a homeowner's monthly payments and prevent foreclosure. Senator Richard Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, has for weeks tried to reach a compromise with leading banks ...
Pitt patter changes business as usual on Capitol Hill as the star meets lawmakers, wows aidesFirst of all, no, Brad Pitt is not short. And, sorry, Angie wasn't with him.From the moment he stepped into the Capitol on Thursday, sunglassed and goateed, ...
Burris says he's staying in Senate, rejects top Democrat's suggestion that he resignRoland Burris is finding the Senate a lonely place.As senators walked two-by-two from the Senate chamber to the House on Tuesday night for President Barack Obama's first address to a ...
Turning to bankruptcy judges to stem foreclosures faces stiff resistance from lendersMost congressional Democrats say the quickest way to save homeowners like Troy Butler of Saginaw, Mich., is to let them declare bankruptcy and allow judges to dictate new mortgage terms.Easy, except ...
No. 2 Senate Democrat hopes deal is near on seating Burris as Obama's successorThe Senate's second-in-command, Sen. Dick Durbin, said Sunday that he is moving away from resisting former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's successor and hopes a ...
Congressional leaders said Thursday they have reached agreement with Citigroup on legislation to provide relief to cash-strapped homeowners at risk of losing their homes.Lawmakers want to include the legislation, which would allow bankruptcy judges to alter home loans to prevent foreclosures, in ...
US Senate Democrats Wednesday unveiled an agenda topped by economy, health and the environment for the new Congress, set to tackle the worst economic crisis since the 1930s Great Depression. "We are going to do all we can to create jobs," Reid ...
Illinois lawmakers planning session to prevent embattled governor from picking Obama successorTop Illinois lawmakers said Tuesday that they are preparing to call the Legislature into session as early as next week to set a special election, hoping to avert the possibility of ...
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Debt Commission member Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., and fellow members, from left ...AP News -
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Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL), called out Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK ...2009-12-20
