- Koch Network, Chamber of Commerce Lobby for Durbin, Graham Amnesty
The Koch’s network of donor class organizations and the United States Chamber of Commerce are lobbying senators to help pass Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) amnesty plan for millions of illegal aliens. This week, Durbin and Graham reintroduced their “DREAM Act” legislation, which would ensure that millions of illegal aliens who meet […]
- Feinstein Not Seeking Top Democrat Position on Senate Judiciary Committee, Durbin Plans to Run
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) announced late Monday that she will not be seeking a leadership position in the Senate Judiciary Committee, after which Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) signaled that he will seek the position. The 87-year-old congresswoman announced, “After serving as the lead Democrat on the Judiciary Committee for four years, I will not seek the […]
- Durbin on Killing the Filibuster to Pack SCOTUS: Conversation ‘On the Table’
Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said on Sunday’s broadcast of ABC’s “This Week” that Democrats were willing to end the filibuster if they take the Senate majority in November’s election. Anchor George Stephanopoulos asked, “If Democrats are successful in November, and you increase your numbers in the Senate, your colleague Ed Markey has suggested if Republicans […]
- Tom Cotton: DREAM Act Would Offer Amnesty to Illegal Aliens with Criminal Convictions
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) told Breitbart News on Thursday that Democrats’ DREAM Act legislation, if enacted into federal law, would permit the extension of amnesty to illegal aliens with criminal convictions. “[The DREAM Act] would ignore criminal records,” Cotton explained in an interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow. “It would exclude […]
- Key Democrats Including Dianne Feinstein, 87, Attend SCOTUS Confirmation Hearings in Person
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearings in person — as are other key Democrats — despite Judiciary Democrats warning of the dangers of holding in-person hearings due to the Chinese coronavirus. Feinstein, 87, delivered her opening statement Monday morning in person — a move that […]
- Durbin on Adding Seats to SCOTUS: We’ve ‘Kept Options Open’
On Saturday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom,” Senate Judiciary Committee member and Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) commented on what Democrats will do if they win back the majority in the Senate, including the possibility of adding seats to the Supreme Court, by stating that Democrats “basically have kept options open.” Host Ana Cabrera asked, […]
- Durbin Says No to Whipping Senate Democrat Votes for Trump Impeachment Trial
Incoming Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he did not anticipate the “arm-twisting” that would be a part of whipping votes as it pertained to President Donald Trump’s upcoming impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate. Partial transcript as follows: TAPPER: You are the Senate Democratic whip. […]
- Senate Democrats: Amy Coney Barrett Will Kill Americans on Obamacare
Senate Democrats on Monday warned that if Judge Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the Supreme Court, it would mean the death of Americans on Obamacare. Democrats paraded posters of men, women, and children on Obamacare during the confirmation hearings arguing that Barrett would vote to end Obamacare when it came up in the Supreme […]
- Feinstein to Step Down as Top Democrat on Senate Judiciary Committee
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) announced late Monday that she will not be seeking a leadership position in the Senate Judiciary Committee, after which Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) signaled that he will seek the position. The 87-year-old congresswoman announced, “After serving as the lead Democrat on the Judiciary Committee for four years, I will not seek the […]
- Durbin: Republicans Have Been Packing the Court for the Past Three-and-a-Half Years — ‘They Brag About It’
Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Republicans have bragged about “packing the court” under President Donald Trump. When asked if he will expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court if Judge Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed in a clip, Democratic nominee former Vice President Joe Biden said, “You […]
