Democratic and business groups are pushing President Donald Trump to accept a 2017 “Dream Act” — but the legislation would greatly expand the size the DACA amnesty, welcome more criminals, eliminate existing education expectations, sideline American youths, and greatly expand the financial costs paid by Americans.
Monday on Bloomberg’s “Bloomberg Markets,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton saying she would never run for office again means her memoir, titled “What Happened” brings to a “close the Clinton chapter in American history.” Durbin
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law set up a backchannel to help a top Democratic Senator lobby White House officials in favor of the “DACA” amnesty for 800,000 young illegals.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and other Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee questioned whether the Catholic faith of a judicial nominee would disqualify her from carrying out the duties of her intended office.
Whatever caused Tuesday evening’s DACA tweet — perhaps a loss of nerve in a Bannon-less West Wing — it was an error from which Trump must extricate himself, and soon.
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) speculated on the possibility of Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigning or being fired and who might replace him. Durbin raised the possibility of Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) as a replacement and
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber,” Senate Democratic Whip Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) stated that options are being explored to keep the Senate from going into full recess to prevent President Trump from removing Attorney General
Establishment Republicans and Democrats are teaming up on Capitol Hill to bring back legislation that would give amnesty to hundreds of thousands of young illegal aliens in the United States.
Four Senators are pressuring homeland security chief John Kelly to reject U.S. companies’ pending pleas for visas to import up to 70,000 extra foreign workers this summer.
Americans watched the firing of James Comey this week through two different lenses, as Democrats, and the media, kept talking up impeachment.
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Senate Democratic Whip Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) declared, “President Trump is dangerous.” Durbin said, “President Trump is dangerous. Dangerous because he may be obstructing justice in terms of the investigation that really goes
As the total number of conflict fatalities decreased around the world in 2016, the number of intentional homicides exploded in Mexico.
Thursday’s nuclear option vote restores 200 years of Senate practice, going far beyond Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation to restore the proper constitutional balance for Supreme Court and federal court appointments.
The Senate Judiciary Committee, in a party-line 11-9 vote Monday, has passed Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace conservative stalwart Justice Antonin Scalia, setting up a full Senate confirmation vote for April 7.
Tuesday at his confirmation before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Judge Neil Gorsuch responded to an accusation made by former Obama administration staffer Jennifer Sisk that he once told students women manipulate maternity leave. Sisk, a graduate of the University of Colorado
Several congressional Democrats reportedly plan to bring Muslim clients of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and recipients of former President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to President Donald Trump’s first joint address to Congress Tuesday evening.
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Senate Democratic Whip Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) stated that “Of course” President Trump does have a point about the leaks about former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and their classification, but that it
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) stated that he didn’t remember whether he voted for Judge Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation to the federal bench in 2006, and that while nothing about his position on Gorsuch has
On this weekend’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) would not rule out a Democratic filibuster against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. Partial transcript as follows: WALLACE: Are you prepared to roll out a Democratic filibuster
Wednesday on Chicago’s WGN radio’s “The Steve Cochran Show,” Senate Majority Whip Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was caught in a tight race with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump because many Americans “can’t swallow” a
On August 23, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner (R) signed a gun control bill aimed at reducing the record gun violence currently witnessed in the city of Chicago.
Just because they play a kids’ game doesn’t make it right to treat professional baseball players like children. That’s the take of several Chicago Cubs on the new ordinance banning the use of tobacco products at baseball parks in the Windy City.
A Democratic senator is demanding answers from a company in his state said to be laying off 180 workers and replacing them with foreign workers.
A February 5th Reuters report shows that staunch gun control proponents President Obama and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) both own stock in gun companies. Obama owns his stock through an Illinois pension plan which, in turn, “has about $5 million
Thursday on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings With Maria Bartiromo,” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said the Omnibus appropriations bill’s “secret behind closed doors” negotiation is one of the reasons Americans are fed up with Washington, D.C. McCain said he is opposing
In response to Donald Trump’s call for a temporary pause on Muslim migration, the Senate Judiciary Committee declared on Thursday that Muslim migrants living in foreign nations have a global right to immigrate to the United States.
Sen. Marco Rubio posed as a public champion for Americans during the secret 2013 talks over amnesty and cheap imported workers, but behind closed doors, he was was an ally and a patsy for Democratic leaders, according to a new article from the left-wing Mother Jones magazine.
Assistant Senate Minority Leader Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) argued that while he doesn’t “understand” the motive behind Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton having a private email server, he doesn’t believe she was “trying to conceal things”
One of the oddest spectacles of recent years has been the political class’s utter befuddlement as to the decline in crime over recent decades.
As record green card rates continue to transform the country, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) let slip in a recent interview that he is the one who personally recruited Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) to join the Gang of Eight. The immigration plan proposed
On Tuesday, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) delivered a strident speech on the Senate floor supporting the Iran nuclear deal. The speech is very important, for three reasons. First, Durbin is one of the Senate’s most powerful Democrats. Second, Durbin owes
According to Sens. Durbin and Sessions, the DOL has opened investigations into Infosys and Tata — two foreign companies that have brought guest workers on H-1B visas into the United States to replace American workers.
When Senate Republicans changed the name of the Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights to the simpler Subcommittee on the Constitution this past January, Democrats pounced, claiming that the name change meant that Republicans did not care about civil rights or human rights. Wednesday, the Subcommittee, led by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), will hold its first official hearing on a human rights issue that should be supported by Democrats: the testing of the nationwide backlog of rape kits.
The Department of Homeland Security has declined to investigate Southern California Edison on allegations that it is replacing American employees with foreign workers on H-1B visas.
With the top dogs in his corner, Politico reports that Sen. Chuck Schumer is in position to replace departing Sen. Harry Reid as Democratic Senate leader.
The Obama administration, ever eager to inject race into a debate in order to call conservatives racists, is coyly denying charges that the GOP-controlled Senate is holding up Loretta Lynch’s nomination for the post of attorney general because she is black.
Sen. John McCain wants Sen. Dick Durbin to apologize for comments he made about the Loretta Lynch nomination.
Thursday on TV One’s “News One Now,” host Roland Martin said Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) was “flat-out wrong” to suggest racism is behind Republicans stalling a confirmation vote on Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch, when he said the GOP is making
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) blasted Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) for saying Republicans were making Loretta Lynch “sit in the back of the bus” on the Senate floor on Thursday. McCain stated that the comments were “totally inappropriate to be made
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) shot back at Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) for saying that Republicans were making Loretta Lynch “sit in the back of the bus” on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. “These are the same Democrats that
