Dick Durbin, Roger Marshall Scheme to Slip Credit Card Bill into Defense Bill
Sens. Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) are plotting to slip the credit card bill into the defense bill during the lame duck session. Durbin, Senate Majority Whip; said He said Monday that he would like to propose a credit card bill, the Credit Card Competition Act, as an amendment to the must-pass National […]
Durbin urges release of Gaetz ethics report
Sen. Dick Durbin's (Ill.) office will not “resign” from an ethics investigation into allegations of misconduct due to former Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-Fla.) nomination as U.S. attorney. He said it shouldn't be possible. General under President-elect Trump. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) has told the House Ethics Committee about the potentially damaging three-year investigation into […]
Democrat Dick Durbin Urges Senate Colleagues to Ban Bump Stocks
Sen. Dick Durbin (D) called for a ban on bump stocks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday. local news live reported Durbin said he framed the bump stock ban as a way to respond to the Supreme Court's June 14, 2024 ruling that struck down the ATF's bump stock ban. Breitbart News points out […]
Durbin demands House ethics panel share Gaetz report with Senate panel
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin (Democratic) told the House Ethics Committee that former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) was chosen by President-elect Trump to be attorney general. It called for the report on Rep. (R-Fla.) to be “preserved and shared.” On Wednesday, after receiving the attorney general's consent from President Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that […]
Durbin: Calls to replace Sotomayor not ‘a realistic idea’
Senate Judiciary Chief Justice Char Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Tuesday that it is “not a realistic idea” that Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor would resign during a lame-duck session during President Biden's term. said. “No matter who calls, [for retirement] I can’t count.” Durbin told reporters. On Capitol Hill, he pointed out all the bills […]
Dick Durbin Touts Justice Department Lawsuit Against Visa
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) touted that the Justice Department would file a lawsuit against Visa after previously calling on two government agencies to investigate opponents of credit card charges. “The Department of Justice just sued Visa, alleging that the company illegally maintains a monopoly on the debit market. Visa and its duopoly partner Mastercard similarly […]
Dick Durbin Argues Against ‘Prioritizing’ Antisemitism
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, argued Tuesday against making it a “priority” even though anti-Semitism has skyrocketed over the past year and anti-Semitic hate crimes are on the rise. Durbin spoke at the start of a hearing on “hate crimes,” the Democratic-led Senate's first attempt to address the wave of […]
‘Path to justice’: Durbin urges Austin to rethink revoking 9/11 masterminds’ plea deals
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the Senate Majority Whip and chairman of the Judiciary Committee, wrote Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday urging him to reconsider his decision to revoke plea deals made with the leaders of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. “We have a legal and moral obligation to deliver justice for these families, […]
Durbin says Harris' shift on some policies won't change how people vote
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) downplayed concerns that VP Harris’s shifting stance could affect the November vote. Harris’ policy platform has changed somewhat since the 2020 presidential campaign and now includes support for fracking, stricter border controls and abandoning the single-payer health care proposal. “Some positions may be central to a campaign and make a big […]
Durbin: Debate 'raised a lot of questions' about Biden’s viability
Senate Minority Leader Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 in Senate Democratic leadership, said Monday that President Biden’s debate performance “raises a lot of questions” about his competency as a general-election candidate, but added that he would reserve judgment until he heard from his colleagues. Asked if he had concerns about Biden’s physical or […]