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Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and some of his colleagues in Congress are trying to prevent U.S. law enforcement and intelligence organizations from teaching their personnel about the enemy. (more)

Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions did not take kindly to Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin’s criticism of Alabama’s rigid enforcement of immigration laws during a speech promoting the DREAM Act, attacking Durbin from the Senate floor and contributing to a letter demanding that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano closes safe havens for illegal immigrants. (more)

Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin told the Chicago Tribune that if the 2012 election is a “referendum” on President Barack Obama, then Democrats are “in trouble.” (more)

In an email sent to a private listserv operated by Occupy Wall Street protest organizers, MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan pledged to personally deliver to Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin a petition listing the movement’s grievances, The Daily Caller has learned. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. senators and health officials are taking on a baseball tradition older than the World Series itself: chewing tobacco on the diamond. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will meet with top Senate Democrats at the White House Thursday afternoon to discuss his jobs bill. (more)

Senate Democratic leaders tweaked President Obama’s American Jobs Act Wednesday in an effort to shore up support in their caucus, but as of now they lack at least one critical vote from Connecticut independent Sen. Joe Lieberman. (more)

White House spokesman Jay Carney today downplayed statements by two political allies who are backing away from President Barack Obama’s top legislative priority, his $447 billion “American Jobs Act. (more)

Laws that bar minors from posting their ‘interests’ or ‘activities’ to Facebook? Taxes on iTunes downloads? The advocacy group NetChoice recently released its Fall 2011 “iAWFUL” (Internet Advocates Watchlist For Ugly Laws) list which tracks legislation that obstructs free choice and commerce on the Internet. (more)

Coming out of last night’s debt announcement, there seems to be a lot of bitterness directed at Tea Party Republicans, for their ability to control the terms of the debate. And some of that resentment is coming straight from the top of the Democratic Party — from Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin. (more)

Democratic Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois said Sunday he would like to see Congress investigate News Corporation in the wake of the company’s phone-hacking scandal in Britain. (more)

WASHINGTON — Supporters of the DREAM Act say now is the time to pass legislation providing children of illegal immigrants American citizenship. But it’s not likely the bill will get any traction in the Republican-controlled House. (more)

Everybody knows, as Sen. Dick Durbin keeps telling us, the credit card companies and big banks have a well-oiled lobbying machine on Capitol Hill fighting against a new law that gives the Federal Reserve the authority to set what price Visa, Mastercard and others get for debit and credit card purchases at retailers across the country. (more)

In the wake of Rep. Peter King’s largely toothless hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin is now scheduling Senate hearings on “Muslim rights.” According to the Washington Times, Durbin claims that “there has been a spike in anti-Muslim bigotry in the last year that demands closer attention.” (more)

While most of Washington has been focused on what level of spending cuts will be agreed to in the current fiscal year, the more consequential question is whether Obamacare will be defunded or not. (more)

Minnesota may become the first state to move on a groundswell of opposition from banks and communities to an amendment on debit card fees in the sweeping Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. (more)

That headline alone is a shocker, since it defies the conventional wisdom (CW) and narrative created by the media and the Internet. (more)

House Republican leaders failed their first major test about whether they will play straight with the American people — and now they’re paying the price. In an attempt to meet their Pledge to America commitment to cut $100 billion in spending in their first year, House leaders decided to compare their continuing resolution cuts to President Obama’s FY2011 budget request instead of comparing the cuts to current spending levels. This was a mistake. (more)

Despite sky-high unemployment and an increasingly volatile foreclosure market, the U.S. Senate continues to dedicate its time to micromanaging Major League Baseball. Instead of going after steroids or infidelity, however, Sens. Dick Durbin and Frank Lautenberg want players to stop using chewing tobacco. (more)

Senators remembered former President Ronald Reagan on Thursday, a few days before his 100th birthday. Members of both parties spoke during a two-hour tribute. (more)