Richard Durbin News

Several congressional Democrats said on Wednesday they plan to introduce legislation next week to cap credit card interest rates.

Rep. Trent Franks said Sen. Dick Durbin's idea to house Guantanamo Bay detainees in Illinois shows that the Democrats have "at least" come up with "a jobs program." Franks sarcastically praised Durbin and Illinois Gov.

Last week, while "the most traveled president in history" was on his latest foreign adventure and bowing to Japanese Emperor Akihito, the rest of the O-Team was busy kowtowing to political correctness.

Foster's one tight lipped Rep, that's for sure. The latest from the Illinois GOP.

Sun Nov 22, 4:41 pm ET CQ Transcriptswire SPEAKERS: DAVID GREGORY, HOST SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN, D-CALIF. SEN.

Republican lawmakers from Illinois are banding together in an effort to keep 250 suspected terrorists currently held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba out of the Thomson Correctional Center located in the northern part of the state.

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U.S. Senator Dick Durbin and Governor Pat Quinn are endorsing the use of a western Illinois prison, to house suspected terrorists who are currently being held at Guantanamo Bay.

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Don Manzullo, R-16. Watch it Manzullo is rightly upset that he wasn't in the loop on this thing.

Main Category: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Also Included In: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Article Date: 20 Nov 2009 Republicans quickly rebuked Senate Democrats' health overhaul bill after its release last night, Roll Call reports.

Seems even Illinois Democrats are beginning to turn against the proposal to ship terrorist suspects to an "Illinois Gitmo." Rep.

Idea of transferring GuantA namo detainees to a prison in Illinois has backing of state's top Democrats, but Republican congressmen balk.

Washington, D.C. - Food processors both domestically and abroad would face greater scrutiny by regulators under legislation advanced in the Senate.

Americans may soon be able to enjoy their peanuts, peppers, spinach and cookie dough with greater confidence that those foods are safe to eat if the full Senate passes the food safety legislation that cleared a key committee today.

The state's executive and senior senator downplayed concerns Sunday about bringing terrorism suspects to Illinois, while touting the sale's potential economic and employment boost.

Below, release from Illinois GOP survey.... Survey Shows Only 32% of Illinois Voters Support Quinn/Durbin Plan to Move Gitmo to Illinois, 57% Oppose 60% of women, 58% of independents and plurality of Democrats call plan a "bad idea" CHICAGO - Less than one-third of Illinois voters support a plan to move terrorists from Gitmo to Thomson, Illinois ...

Zacarias Moussaoui was a clown who could not keep his mouth shut, according to his old al-Qaida boss, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

It appears tonight that Illinois is the front-runner to become the new Guantanamo.

A proposal to house federal prisoners, including some detainees from Guantanamo Bay, in a largely vacant maximum-security prison would be an economic boost to struggling northern Illinois, state officials said Sunday.