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Former President George W. Bush told radio host Hugh Hewitt on April 22 that he is working with the Koch Network to help President Joe Biden pass an amnesty and cheap-labor bill through Congress.

A group of Senate Republicans and Democrats met privately this week to discuss striking a deal on immigration – mainly on providing amnesty to potentially millions of illegal aliens enrolled and eligible for former President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. 

The Senate Democrats’ leading advocate for amnesty and immigration, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), is endorsing the pro-amnesty push underway by former George W. Bush.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) confronted Senate Judiciary Committee chair Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) over claims that Republicans had become the party of “Jim Crow” because of their support for laws requiring voter ID and other anti-fraud protections.

Indiana Attorney General has begun investigations into five Big Tech corporations for censorship of conservative content involving Joe Biden’s nominee, Vanita Gupta. 

Top Democrat senators asked President Joe Biden Tuesday to include direct payment stimulus checks in the forthcoming transportation legislation in which the president will announce Wednesday.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) abruptly cut off Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) from finishing his remarks on nominee Vanita Gupta to immediately force her through Committee.

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he is “close” to securing the Republican votes needed to overcome a Senate filibuster to advance the so-called DREAM Act, which would create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that although Biden’s “preference” was “not to make changes” to the filibuster, “He is also open to hearing ideas.”

Dick Durbin called for “reform” to the filibuster on Tuesday, but said in 2018 that ending it would mean the “end of the Senate.”

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued a sharp warning from the Senate floor Tuesday, warning of a “scorched-earth Senate” in response to Democrats pressing to end the filibuster.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) said there is not enough support in Congress to pass President Joe Biden’s amnesty plan for millions of illegal aliens. 

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) stated that the coronavirus relief bill “significantly” expands America’s safety net beyond emergency pandemic relief. Host Wolf Blitzer asked, “[B]eyond the emergency pandemic relief, how much does

Grassley called out left-wing domestic violence during the summer amid an attempt by Durbin to focus on violent extremism on the right.

Durbin cast the January 6 breach of the Capitol Building as driven by white supremacy and not just protesting the 2020 election results.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Senate Majority Whip and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) said there should be an investigation of the sexual harassment charges against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and “credibility given to

Durbin’s decision to support the parliamentarian over the loudest part of the Democrat Party is the lastest sign $15 minimum wage hike will not be included in President Joe Biden’s Coronavirus package.

Grassroots pressure on Republicans is necessary to block the Democrat push for amnesty, said William Gheen, president of ALIPAC.

Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) called former President Donald Trump’s defense in his second impeachment trial a “cartoon-like presentation” Friday during MSNBC’s coverage during a break in the proceedings.

Wednesday on CNN’s “New Day,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) discussed the Senate impeachment proceedings from the day before.

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.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said the DREAM Act, if enacted, would permit the extension of amnesty to illegal aliens with criminal convictions.

In a Wednesday appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) sounded off on President Joe Biden’s efforts to eliminate the President Donald Trump administration’s “bad policy” when it comes to immigration.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) previewed gun control during recent days and make clear he thinks there is “a lot of work to do to make this country a safer place.”

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are refusing to hold hearings on Alejandro Mayorkas, President Joe Biden’s nominee to helm the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” if Democrats need to consider ending the 60-vote filibuster threshold to pass legislation if Republicans don’t work with them.

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.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) of attaching “poison pills” to $2,000 direct payments to try to discourage people from passing $2,000 payments. Durbin said, “The

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) disagreed with the push by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to block the vote on the veto override for the National Defense Authorization Act unless there is a

Indian-origin lobbyists are rallying India’s many visa workers to pressure Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) to remove his China-related amendment from Sen. Mike Lee’s S.386 green card giveaway bill.

Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said Sunday ABC’s “This Week” that Joe Biden is going to be sworn in as the next president of the United States on January 20.

Democratic Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) said Tuesday on CNN’s “The Lead” if his party takes the majority in the November election, they will restore “balance” to the courts in response to the Republican-controlled Senate confirming President Donald Trump’s nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, to the Supreme Court.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) claimed that an “orange cloud” hangs over the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett during Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

During Wednesday confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) read from Barrett’s dissent in Kanter v. Barr (2019), noting that she holds “the Second Amendment confers an individual right.”

Judge Amy Coney Barrett stood up to hostile questioning on Wednesday morning by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) about her dissent in the Kanter v. Barr case last year, after he falsely claimed that she had described the right to vote as “secondary.”

Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Tuesday revealed her personal reaction to the George Floyd death video that sparked protests and riots across the country.