Dick Durbin
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Latest COVID-19 Relief Bill Won’t Include Stimulus Checks, Lawmakers Say
While lawmakers agreed Sunday to provide roughly $300 in extra federal weekly unemployment benefits, a proposed $908 billion coronavirus relief…
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Unexpected For-Profit College Closures Come Before Christmas
Just a week before Christmas, some are dealing with something far colder than the weather: college closures with no advance…
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Federal Prison Reform Creates Surprising Ties, Divides
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed one of the most substantial prison reform efforts in almost 10 years.
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Hill Lawmakers Seek End to Triple-Digit Interest on Payday, Car-Title Loans
A group of Capitol Hill lawmakers are combining efforts and influence to legislatively crack down on predatory lending nationwide.
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Democrats Come Down Hard at Supreme Court Nomination Hearing
At the first day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch, Republicans praised the nominee while Democrats…
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Threat of Trump Deportation Forces Bipartisan Lawmakers Reintroduce ‘Dreamers’ Bill
A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Thursday reintroduced bills in the House and Senate to protect undocumented immigrants who came…
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Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Restore Voting Rights Act
By Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Legislation that would retool and restore the Voting…
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Sen. Harry Reid’s Exit Sets Off Senate Leadership Scramble
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A very public spat between the No. 2 and No. 3 Senate Democrats…
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Sen. Dick Durbin Gets Historical in His Advocacy for Loretta Lynch
(The Washington Post) – Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) invoked a famous African American woman to make a point about…
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On Visit Home, Obama Looks Backward and Forward
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A lesson from President Barack Obama’s brief trip home, straight out of Shakespeare:…
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