Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois

I oppose any type of rushed through, ideological, and government expanding legislation. I think I am with most Americans when I say that our health care system needs some major overhauling. The answer of course is not government run, rationed, and socialized medicine. Despite the lies that American taxpayers are being told about no “Single Payer” plans and no rationing of care, this is exacly what President Obama’s long term plans are. Americans will not stand for more government intrusion in thier lives. Read Full Story

Last week Senate Minority Leader Richard Durbin took the Senate floor and admitted to the American people that he and his fellow Democratic members of the Senate Intelligence Committee were in fact aware that the White House was misleading the nation into war, but because he was sworn to secrecy his hands were tied and he was forced into remaining silent. First of all, if this is in fact true, then Durbin has a lot more questions that he should have to answer, but the mainstream media has ignored his comments and the Senator's lies will likely disappear without the serious attention that they ... Read Full Story

Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin introduces legislation designed to create a new financial oversight agency that would look after consumer interest in the offering of financial products. Co-sponsored by Kennedy and Schumer Here at Auto Credit Express , we see that one of the latest pieces of legislation proposed by Senator Richard Durbin would create a single government agency that would monitor the offerings of financial products and ensure that they would not fall into the “predatory” category. Co-sponsored by Senator Edward Kennedy and Senator Chuck Schumer, representatives Bill Delahunt and Brad Miller also joined the senators as co-sponsors of S.355. Here is ... Read Full Story

Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate's second-ranking Democrat, has suggested placing a limit on the number of troops that can be sent to war in Iraq. Many expect that Bush will announce on Wednesday a "new plan" in Iraq (e.g. an increase in troops). Sen Durbin will likely oppose the plan. Read Full Story

Sometimes people say the darnedest things. While Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) is for equal pay for women, he made a statement on the Senate floor that surprised me. Today while speaking on behalf of the Lilly Ledbetter Act as it came from the House expressed surprise that a woman, in the instant case Lilly Ledbetter, would be working in a Goodyear plant. Perhaps, Senator Durbin, while well intending and supportive of the equal pay act, should show less shock that women work in factories doing the same activities as women. Now, certainly Senator Durbin must know that women have worked for years in assembly ... Read Full Story

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posted by Tony Time magazine reviewed America's Top 10 Senators in terms of leadership and impact on the Senate floor. Here is their list of the best senators: * Thad Cochran * Kent Conrad * Dick Durbin * Ted Kennedy * Jon Kyl * Carl Levin * Richard Lugar * John McCain * Olympia J. Snowe * Arlen Specter They also ranked the 5 "Worst Senators": * Daniel Akaka * Wayne Allard * Jim Bunning * Conrad Burns * Mark Dayton Do you agree????? To join a discussion, post a COMMENT below Read Full Story