UPDATE (3 p.m.)
We’ve gotten an emailed response from Rep. Kirk’s office. It doesn’t directly answer Sen. Durbin’s criticisms about Kirk’s comments, but here it is:
“By moving the Al Qaeda core to Thomson [Correctional Center] along with 1,500 U.S. troops,…
Wilson shouts at the president
A spontaneous outburst by a South Carolina congressman has unleashed a torrent of criticism.
During Barack Obama’s health care address to Congress last night, Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson shouted at the president, “You Lie!”
Wilson was reacting to a…
Speaking on CNN Sunday morning, Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, a Democrat, said rowdy town halls like the event last week in Mehlville are “clearly being orchestrated.”
“When these people come in just to disrupt the…
Emanuel
While his boss is in Chicago talking to doctors about the White House’s healthcare plan, presidential chief of staff Rahm Emanuel will tend to the campaign accounts of Robin Carnahan and other Democrats running for Senate next year.
Emanuel, who represented the Windy…
Ranking Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin spoke at a luncheon today sponsored by the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association.
Among the hot topics: The possibility of a high-speed rail line between St. Louis and Chicago.
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Next stop — Chicago?
ST. LOUIS — As the region struggles with cutbacks in local transit routes, could a long-distance option be on the table?
The Associated Press reports today that Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin and Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill are meeting privately today…
Durbin
Since bolting from the Republican Party last week, Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter is not getting the honeymoon he might have expected from his new Democratic colleagues.
Earlier this week, the Senate’s Democratic Caucus voted to strip Specter — who arrived on Capitol…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., tried today to convince fellow Illinois Democrat Sen. Roland Burris to resign - and was told flatly that he won’t.
What’s more, Burris apparently holds out some notion that…
McCaskill
As Post-Dispatch Washington bureau chief Bill Lambrecht reports today, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill — a key booster of Barack Obama’s bid for the White House — has been named an honorary co-chair of his inaugural committee.
Besides guaranteeing McCaskill will have a prime view…
Durbin
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin – currently Illinois’ only delegate in the U.S. Senate — is urging the state Legislature to call a special election to fill the state’s senate vacancy.
Under normal circumstances, picking a replacement to fill the seat of…
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