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Senate Democrats authorize subpoenas in the Supreme Court ethics probe as Republicans stage walkout

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Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a mark up business meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democrats postpone a subpoena vote in the Supreme Court ethics probe after a blowup with Republicans

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Credit cards are pictured fanned out in New Orleans, on Aug. 11, 2019. The U.S. economy grew faster than expected in the July-September 2022 quarter, the government reported Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, underscoring that the United States is not in a recession despite distressingly high inflation and interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. But the economy is hardly in the clear. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Washington’s credit card price controls would hurt consumers

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Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Harlan Crow rebuffs Senate Democrats’ request for information about gifts to Justice Thomas

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Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee ranking member Ted Cruz, R-Texas, with Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wa., right, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., questions witnesses during a hearing on improving rail safety in response to the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Ted Cruz: Democrats see Mayorkas as scapegoat, will be gone within 6 months

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Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 12, 2022. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and Sen. Tammy Duckworth urged the Education Department to strengthen regulations against informal removals, a practice where children with disabilities are removed from the classroom for behaviors related to their disability without the removals ever being recorded as suspensions. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Durbin reflects on failed police reform: ‘That in and of itself is not enough’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 12, 2022. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and Sen. Tammy Duckworth urged the Education Department to strengthen regulations against informal removals, a practice where children with disabilities are removed from the classroom for behaviors related to their disability without the removals ever being recorded as suspensions. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Top Senate Democrat calls Biden classified documents ‘unacceptable’ but praises cooperation

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., center, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., left, and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., right, speak after the Democratic strategy meeting at the Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Durbin doubts talk of reviving Biden’s $1.75T social welfare bill will succeed

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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito addresses the audience during the "The Emergency Docket" lecture Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021 in the McCartan Courtroom at the University of Notre Dame Law School in South Bend, Ind. (Michael Caterina /South Bend Tribune via AP)

Justice Alito pushes back against media, lawmakers criticism of Supreme Court

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Vanita Gupta speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to examine her nomination to be associate attorney general, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Senate Judiciary Republicans demand a second hearing with DOJ nominee Gupta

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. (Samuel Corum/Pool via AP)

Sen. Richard Durbin backs return to talking filibuster: ‘Right now they phone it in’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks to the media, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Leading Senate Dem says outlook bleak on immigration bills

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in this file photo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) **FILE**

Lawmakers say COVID-19 relief bill won’t offer $1,200 checks

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Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

GOP pushes Barrett toward court as Democrats decry ‘sham’

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