Dick Durbin
Dick Durbin
Richard Joseph "Dick" Durbinis the senior United States Senator from Illinois, in office since 1997. He has been the Assistant Minority Leader, the second highest position in the Democratic Party leadership in the Senate, since 2015...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 November 1944
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I think it would be a clean break for this President.I think we need a strong president with credible leadership,
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There is also the issue of personal privacy when it comes the executive power. Throughout our nation's history, whether it was habeas corpus during the Civil War, Alien and Sedition Acts in World War I, or Japanese internment camps in World War II, presidents have gone too far.
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In going too far, they [presidents] have taken away the individual rights of American citizens.
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Let me tell you the first president to recognize the state of Israel was Harry Truman, a Democrat and every president since, Democrat and Republican, has stood closely with Israel.
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. . . The White House promised new details in his speech. The president delivered generalities,
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I'm hoping that (the president and Congress are) sensitive to what consumers are needing,
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The credibility of the president is on the line. And I believe that he should move forward as quickly as possible to call for a full investigation. We should be able to point to those people fully responsible for putting that misleading language in the State of the Union address. They should be held accountable, and they should be dismissed.
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I think what happened to Ronnie White in the United states Senate was disgraceful,
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It is an element of fairness, an element of opportunity. It basically says in America, we won't let you buy an election. If you're going to come in and try to do that, then you're at least going to give the other candidate a chance to compete.
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We are the largest magnet for this level of talent in the world.
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really raises serious questions about the consistency of the policy.
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M&M categories -- the multimillionaires and the mere mortals.
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It appears that Illinois farmers pay a heavy price in the president's budget this year. His proposed budget cuts to price support programs will cost Illinois farmers about $65 million.
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I wonder, where are you? ... Beyond loyalty to the process of law, how do you view this law when it comes to expanding our personal freedom?