McCaskill skecthes Missouri

National Geographic had a bit of fun with some members of the U.S. Senate, asking them to draw pictures of their home states from memory. It looks like Claire McCaskill and Dick Durbin both participated; At first glance, I didn’t…

Durbin

WASHINGTON — As the No. 2 Democratic leader in the Senate, Illinois’ Dick Durbin has the task of marshaling votes for the health insurance overhaul championed by his party and his president.

Sounds like he might not see success any time soon.

“We’re…

Sen. Durbin

WASHINGTON — At the height of the crack cocaine epidemic in the 1980s, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., a House member then, joined the legislative movement to impose harsh mandatory prison terms when the drug was in solid form rather…

Rep. Murtha

WASHINGTON — One of the nation’s most celebrated boondoggles in recent years is a tiny airport in western Pennsylvania that has received roughly $200 million in federal funding in recent years.

You might recognize the name in the John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria…

WASHINGTON — You don’t often see the National Rifle Association take it on the chops but that’s what happened this afternoon when an amendment to allow people with concealed weapons permits carry guns across state lines lost by a scant two…

Gingrich

Durbin

WASHINGTON — Of course you don’t have anything better to do on a holiday weekend than watch TV.

But for those political aficionados who can’t resist it, Sunday morning’s Meet the Press will feature an intriguing talking contest between Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin and…

Bond

Durbin

WASHINGTON — Missouri Sen. Christopher S. “Kit” Bond and Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin have been at odds lately on key Obama administration initiatives, among the the president’s decision to close the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay.

But they pitched in this morning on an…

Sen. Durbin

WASHINGTON — Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin has been handed an array of awards during his years in politics: the American Lung Association’s Liftime Achievement Award for helping ban smoking on planes; the American Medical Association’s designation as Legislator of the Year; and…

Sen. Durbin

WASHINGTON — Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin disclosed a short time ago that he has been interviewed twice during investigations into Sen. Roland Burris’s conflicting statements about his dealings with former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich before Blagojevich appointed him to the Senate in late December.

Today, Durbin met with…

Durbin

WASHINGTON — In watching presidential addresses to Congress since the early 1980s, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin has seen the audience response resemble a tennis match with applause moving back and forth across the aisle between his Democrats and the Republicans.

Durbin was encouraged tonight,…