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chicagobreakingnews.com - 16 days ago
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A delegation from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons
is scheduled to tour and inspect the Thomson Correctional...
Center Monday as part of a White House proposal to buy the facility and use it to house some terror suspects now detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba , ...
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U.S. prison officials to tour Thomson Monday
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 15 days ago
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The Senate's second highest-ranking Democrat said that he
and the leadership are struggling to round up 60...
votes for a health care bill that includes a public option.
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Durbin: We're Struggling To Round Up 60 Votes For A ...
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firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 12 days ago
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From NBC's Ken StricklandAt a news conference this
morning, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) pre-emptively gave the his...
answer to the question everyone's been asking over the past few weeks: does Majority Leader Harry Reid have the 60 votes needed to bring the ...
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Durbin: Lincoln has told Reid
washingtonexaminer.com - 5 days ago
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Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin recently was asked if
a national health care bill would pass the Senate...
by the end of the year. "It must," Durbin responded. "We have to finish it." Many other top Democrats share Durbin's determination to meet this ...
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Dems' kamikaze mission: Health care by New Year's
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 19 days ago
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The expected release of a CBO analysis of
a Senate health care bill has now been kicked...
into next week. Will Democrats be able to put the bill on the floor before Thanksgiving recess?
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CBO Senate Health Care Score Now Expected Early Next Week
fdlaction.firedoglake.com - 14 days ago
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(Right: AFSCME Pres. Jerry McEntee leads a cheer
for Sen. Dick Durbin) Dick Durbin is telegraphing that...
Blanche Lincoln and Ben Nelson will be successful in holding the Senate hostage on behalf of Wellpoint: Of course there are differences ...
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Dick Durbin: List Building off the Public Option for Fun ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 14 days ago
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AG Holder's testimony has resumed, and Sen. Durbin
claims out that no one complained about the Moussaoui...
trial being in a civilian court. In fact many of us complained -- I pointed out several times that Moussaoui was the "poster child" for ...
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Durbin on Moussaoui -- By: Andy McCarthy
politico.com - 12 days ago
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At least one person knows how Sen. Blanche
Lincoln (D-Ark.) will vote Saturday: Majority Leader Harry Reid....
"She's told Sen. Reid," Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) told reporters Friday. "You will have to ask Sen. ...
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UPDATED Durbin: Reid knows how Lincoln will vote
politico.com - 12 days ago
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November 20, 2009 Durbin walks back comments about
Lincoln's vote A few moments ago, Sen. Dick Durbin...
walked back a statement he made earlier today that Sen. Blanche Lincoln told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid how she is going to vote tomorrow. ...
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Durbin walks back comments about Lincoln's vote
politico.com - 8 days ago
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Barack Obama has offered John Boehner the hottest
ticket in town and he s turned it down....
A spokesman for the House minority leader said that the White House has invited Boehner to attend next week s state dinner with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan ...
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State Dinner: Boehner, Reid snub invite
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 22 days ago
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Washington (CNN) – Despite President Obama's pressure on
Senate Democrats to finish health care legislation so he...
can sign a final bill by the end of year, a Senate Democratic leader said Tuesday they expect to miss that deadline. Sen. ...
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Durbin: Senate Dems expect to miss Obama health care ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 21 days ago
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During a news conference today regarding Republican obstruction
of a Veterans bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid...
(D-NV) told reporters that he's confident he will be able to bring his health care bill to the Senate floor next week, after ...
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Timeline: Dem Leaders Differ On Likelihood Of Health ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 20 days ago
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For Republicans battling Democratic-led health care reform, there's
August -- and then there's everything after. Starting in...
a couple of weeks, the GOP hopes to take the country back to the heady days of the health care town halls. The late summer ...
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GOP Brings Back Health Care Town Halls
politicsdaily.com - 15 days ago
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As the Obama administration struggles to close the
Guantanamo Bay military prison, a proposal to house some...
of the detainees in a nearly vacant prison in Obama's home state of Illinois--promoted by Democrats Gov. Pat Quinn and Sen. Dick ...
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Obama's "Gitmo North" Prison In Homestate Illinois. ...
thehill.com - 12 days ago
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Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is now
saying that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) does...
not know whether centrist Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln (Ark.) will vote with her party on healthcare reform Saturday. Friday morning, ...
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Durbin change tune on Sen. Lincoln
blogs.suntimes.com - 12 days ago
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WASHINGTON-- Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) was admonished today
by the U.S. Senate ethics committee over his testimony...
in Springfield concerning how he got appointed to Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat. But his actions following his appointment by ...
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Senate ethics panel admonishes Burris, but no charges coming
thehill.com - 2 days ago
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Democratic leaders won't let the Senate's health reform
effort stall on the issue of abortion, Majority Whip...
Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) asserted Monday. Durbin says that as the Senate begins debate on its healthcare bill today, senators would look to reach ...
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Durbin says Dems won't let abortion divide sink health bill
