Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) called President Donald Trump’s threat to close the U.S.-Mexico border “a totally unrealistic boast.” Durbin said, “Let me tell you the first thing we ought to do — and this
Some Democrats and mainstream media outlets appear to be embracing “collusion Truther” conspiracy theories.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) claimed on Tuesday that President Donald Trump told him that he would sign the Dream Act if Congress passes a bill to give amnesty to millions of so-called Dreamers.
Sen. Marco Rubio and 23 Democratic Senators are asking President Donald Trump to grant asylum to Venezuelans, even though the grant would minimize the Venezuelans’ incentives to overthrow their country’s Cuban-backed dictatorship.
Two Virginia Bishops have issued a statement condemning Tuesday’s pro-infanticide vote by self-declared “Catholic” senator Tim Kaine.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) lectured school children and their teachers in a meeting Friday when asked to support the Green New Deal, telling the group she won’t respond to pressure as a longtime member of Congress.
During Wednesday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) reacted to former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe’s explanation in his appearance on the show that morning for lying to investigators about leaking information to the press. “When I served
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) was asked for his position on the so-called Green New Deal, which is a piece of legislation that would remake the nation’s economy with a goal of curbing the threat of
GOP legislators won some extra cheap labor for their donors while letting Democrats insert a series of anti-wall, pro-migration, and anti-enforcement policy riders into the 2019 spending package.
At least 15 congressional Democrats have dodged questions as to whether they believe the woman accusing Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault and what should happen to him.
Breitbart News asked ten Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee if they believe Dr. Vanessa Tyson’s claim that Justin Fairfax assaulted her.
During an event at Georgetown University on Monday, Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) stated that the “only way” another government shutdown can be avoided is if Republicans in the Senate join Democrats to say, “we’re just not going to
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) quickly dismissed the possibility of former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton running for president in 2020. When asked if a Clinton 2020 run was a good idea, Durbin said, “No, I don’t
The four GOP Senators picked for the border security conference committee are not leaders in the high-risk immigration issue, ensuring the Senate Majority Leader and the president will decide the next stage of the immigraiton and border wall controversy.
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said the government shutdown would end when President Donald Trump “realizes he’s lost the Senate Republicans.” On the president declaring a national emergency, Durbin said, “Presidents have been very careful in using
Congressional Democrats are ditching House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s ardent opposition to any barrier or wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, as the partial government shutdown continues and President Donald Trump takes his case directly to the border itself.
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) said President Donald Trump will face legal challenges if he declares a national emergency and instructs the military build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Durbin said, “I can just tell you, I
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) stated Democrats will not “compromise on the basics.” He added that one of the basics is an offer of $1.3 billion in border security funding. Durbin said, “[W]e
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said he believed President Donald Trump was “compromisable” given his interactions with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Partial transcript as follows: DURBIN: Well, ultimately, we have
Sunday 0n ABC’s “This Week,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said a federal judge in Texas ruling that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional was bad news for Republican lawmakers. Durbin said, “I think the judge, the Republican attorneys general who brought
Tuesday on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said if President Donald Trump were to pardon his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, it would be “an admission of guilt.” Durbin said, “I think there also is this looming concern
Wednesday on CNN’s “Newsroom,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) declared President Donald Trump impossible to bargain with on immigration. On comprising border wall funding in exchange for DACA legislation, Durbin said, “It’s a deal we offered and was rejected by the White House.
A group of Senate Democrats and a handful of establishment Senate Republicans are demanding President Trump import at least 80,000 foreign refugees every year.
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said President Donald Trump was the “only person on earth” who accepted Saudi Arabia’s story on the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Durbin said, “No. As a matter of fact, the
Friday on CNN’s “The Lead,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said President Donald Trump has no credibility in claiming Democrats create mobs when his supporters chant “lock her up.” Durbin said, “I listened to the president’s plea at these rallies, and rallies are
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) stated that investigating President Trump’s and Jared Kushner’s taxes wouldn’t be the top priority of a Democratic Congressional majority and “These political investigations that everybody fixes on,
Protesters in the Senate gallery Saturday repeatedly attempted to illegally interrupt proceedings as senators voted to make Brett Kavanaugh the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
The FBI’s seventh background investigation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh is reportedly slated to be released to senators’ eyes only on Thursday morning. On Wednesday, Republicans laid out a tightly choreographed process to keep it confidential.
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said in a statement on Friday that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is complicit in the Senate Democrats’ “disgraceful treatment” of Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
Bill Clinton rape accuser Juanita Broaddrick pointed to the hypocrisy of Sens. Chuck Schumer, Dianne Feinstein, and Dick Durbin for refusing to even read her 1999 rape allegation against Bill Clinton.
Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats were smiling and laughing just moments before Christine Blasey Ford, the California professor alleging Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her over three decades again, was set to testify before the panel Thursday morning.
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) told viewers that Republican senators have assured their Democratic colleagues they will take into account the testimony of professor Christine Blasey Ford. Ford as accused Supreme Court associate justice nominee Judge Brett
During an appearance Monday on CNN’s “New Day,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) reacted to President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court associate justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s sexual assault allegations, saying this week would be “too fast” to hear from his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford. Durbin
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) claimed former President Barack Obama went eight years in office “without a major scandal.” Partial transcript as follows: TODD: What concerns you more, that there’s an unelected cabal or the reports
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), said there has been “consistent reporting,” about “unpredictable, unprepared, unstable behavior” by President Donald Trump. Durbin said, “There is a formal role. Congress under the Constitution has its own authority, but it
Thursday on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” host Nicolle Wallace questioned Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) on if he is obligated to act in light of the The New York Times anonymous op-ed written by a senior White House official claiming that cabinet officials
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) once again defended the protesters who have disrupted Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing at the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, calling them “one of the costs of democracy.”
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh defined several times his position on the precedent set by Roe v. Wade on abortion in Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) made a major admission during the effort he and fellow Democrats made to stop Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing Tuesday, noting that rather than Kavanaugh’s record, President Donald Trump is his main concern.
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, that state’s GOP nominee for U.S. Senate, slammed incumbent Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Tuesday for not condemning a plot orchestrated by Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to derail the opening days of Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings.
