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dailyherald.com - 12/4/2008
Durbin blasted Libby commutation, says that's 'dramatically different'
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Last year, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said commuting the prison sentence of vice presidential aide Scooter Libby would send "a terrible message."
Durbin wants special election to replace Obama
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 12/9/2008
Durbin wants special election to replace Obama
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — Durbin is calling for a new election to replace Obama. (CNN) — Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin said... Tuesday he wants a special election called to fill President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat. At a press conference with reporters on Capitol Hill, ... (more) Durbin wants special election to replace Obama

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politicalwire.com - 12/9/2008
Durbin Calls for Special Election
— politicalwire.com — Political Wire has learned that Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) will ask the Illinois state legislature to pass... a law allowing voters to fill President-elect Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat. (more) Durbin Calls for Special Election

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Durbin Defends Ryan Commutation Effort
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — Senator Dick Durbin on Thursday defended his decision to send a letter to President Bush urging the commutation of jailed former Governor George Ryan: "I did not quietly send a letter and slink away in the shadows," Durbin said during a news conference in Chicago on the foreclosure crisis. "I had a news conference and I answered all the questions and explained why I did it." Asked how he would explain his choice to the politicians-- including many of his fellow Democrats-- who have publicly disagreed with ...

Durbin Defends Ryan Commutation Effort
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Senator Dick Durbin on Thursday defended his decision to send a letter to President Bush urging the commutation of jailed former Governor George Ryan: "I did not quietly send a letter and slink away in the shadows," Durbin said during a news conference in Chicago on the foreclosure crisis. "I had a news conference and I answered all the questions and explained why I did it." Asked how he would explain his choice to the politicians-- including many of his fellow Democrats-- who have publicly disagreed with ...

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