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Published: August 4, 2007, 4:01 pm

Senator Dick Durbin was scheduled to speak to the YearlyKos attendees on Thursday night. Unfortunately, the Senate voting schedule prevented him from attending. He did, however, prepare a videotaped statement which was broadcast that night, "A Salute to the Netroots."

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What I Didn't Do This Summer

Published: September 4, 2007, 4:25 pm

Tags: Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, Iraq, Supplemental

into the spring of 2008, Durbin said. Even opponents of the war, as Durbin calls himself, find themselves likely to vote for the extra money, he said. "When it comes to the budget, I face a dilemma that some of my colleagues do," he said. He voted against the war "but felt that I should always provide the resources for the troops in the

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Ann Curry's Snide Little Shot on Iraq

Published: September 7, 2007, 8:37 am

Tags: Iraq War, Marines, Ann Curry, Dick Durbin, George W Bush, Hillary Clinton, Katie Couric, Anbar Province, Nbc, Today

in Anbar. People from Dick Durbin, to Hillary Clinton, to your old "Today" chum Katie Couric have acknowledged that fact. Mark was in al-Anbar in

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Head of CPSC Opposes Measure

Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: Head, Cpsc, Opposes, Measure, Nancy Nord, Joseph Mcguire, Mark Pryor, Nike Inc, Ann Brown, Bill Clinton, Dick Durbin, Gaithersburg, Association Of Home Appliance Manufacturers, Consumer Federation Of America, National Association Of Manufacturers, U S Consumer Produc

The acting chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission yesterday sided with business groups in opposing a Senate proposal that would make it easier for the agency to disclose potential product hazards.

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Voucher System Said to Put Students at Risk

Published: October 11, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: Voucher, System, Said, Put, Students, Risk, Washington Dc, Deborah Gist, Gregory M Cork, U S Department Of Education, Washington Scholarship Fund, D C State, Ohio, Wisconsin, The Washington Post Company, Adrian Fenty, Dick Durbin, Edward M Kennedy, Eleanor Holmes Nor

A voucher program designed to send low-income children in the District to better-performing private schools has allowed some students to take classes in unsuitable learning environments and from teachers without bachelor's degrees, according to a government report.

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Earmarks Put Candidates On the Spot

Published: October 12, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: Earmarks, Put, Candidates, The, Spot, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton, Steve Ricchetti, Bernadette Sargeant, Ron Paul, University Of Chicago, Illinois, Texas, General Motors Corporation, Dick Durbin, Hillary Clinton, Joseph Shoemaker, Phil Singer, Ted Stevens

Just a few months before he joined the presidential race, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) co-sponsored a little-noticed proposal to require the Pentagon to spend $2 million on brain trauma research for soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Earmarks Put Candidates On the Spot

Published: October 12, 2007, 12:00 am

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Earmarks Put Candidates On the Spot

Published: October 12, 2007, 12:00 am

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China, U.S. Near Deal on Safe Food

Published: October 13, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: China, U S, Near, Deal, Safe, Food, China, Food Drug Administration, United States, Dick Durbin, Rosa Delauro, Shanghai, Japan

Food and Drug Administration officials held high-level meetings with their counterparts in China this week and said yesterday that they expect an agreement by December on improving the safety of food exports.

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Bush Sets New Sanctions Against Burmese Military Junta

Published: October 20, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: Bush, Sets, New, Sanctions, Against, Burmese, Military, Junta, Laura Bush, Myanmar, Derek Mitchell, Dick Durbin, United States, Yangon, China, India, Aung San Suu Kyi, Ban Ki Moon, Condoleezza Rice, George W Bush, Ibrahim Gambari, Joseph Biden, The White House, Center For Strat

President Bush yesterday ratcheted up pressure on the military junta in Burma in response to its violent crackdown on democracy protests, imposing a new round of sanctions and calling on China, India and other regional powers to help force the ruling generals to "stop their vicious persecution."

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Iran Becomes an Issue In Democratic Contest

Published: October 25, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: Iran, Becomes, Issue, Democratic, Contest, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Barack Obama, George W Bush, Iowa, John Edwards Politician, U S Armed Forces, Dick Durbin, Joseph Biden, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Jon K

In the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, Iran has become the new Iraq.

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Iran Becomes an Issue In Democratic Contest

Published: October 25, 2007, 12:00 am

In the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, Iran has become the new Iraq.

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Iran Becomes an Issue In Democratic Contest

Published: October 25, 2007, 12:00 am

In the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, Iran has become the new Iraq.

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Torture Stance Raises Doubts on Mukasey

Published: October 27, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: Torture, Stance, Raises, Doubts, Mukasey, Michael Mukasey, Dick Durbin, Harry Reid, Joseph Biden, The White House, Tony Fratto, Central Intelligence Agency, U S Senate Committee On The Judiciary, United States, Alberto Gonzales, Arlen Specter, Bradford Berenson, Brian

A growing number of Senate Democrats who had previously praised attorney general nominee Michael B. Mukasey are now focusing on his refusal to answer a question about torture as a pivotal issue for his confirmation.

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Torture Stance Raises Doubts on Mukasey

Published: October 27, 2007, 12:00 am

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