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Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., questions White House lawyer Steven Menashi, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. Menashi's guarded responses were frustrating at times to both Democrats and Republicans on the Judiciary panel. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Dick Durbin to fellow Democrats: Enough impeachment already

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 9, 2019, photo, construction crews install new border wall sections seen from Tijuana, Mexico. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., says the Pentagon is planning to tap $1 billion in leftover funds from military pay and pensions accounts to help President Donald Trump pay for his long-sought border wall. Durbin told The Associated Press, “it’s coming out of military pay and pensions, $1 billion, that’s the plan.” (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

Pentagon may tap military pay, pensions for border wall

By ANDREW TAYLOR and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

A proposal by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Democrat, for a "Green New Deal" could put the U.S. in the red financially, analysts say. (U.S. House of Representatives)

Democrats in deliciously difficult spot with ‘Green New Deal’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, speaks committee member Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., as Attorney General nominee William Barr testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin’s public servant problem

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., leaves at the end of Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, with Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Dick Durbin says Democrats want to keep out drugs and guns, doesn’t mention illegal immigrants

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The moon rises behind the North Portico of the White House, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, in Washington. The partial federal shutdown was expected to drag into Christmas as President Donald Trump and congressional leaders remained stuck in a standoff over the border wall with Mexico. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House: Trump would accept less money for border wall

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

Woman charged with harassing Sens. Durbin, Duckworth

Associated Press

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin speaks during a interview with the Associated Press in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 7, 2018. Durbin, a Democrat from Illinios, said that he urged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to uphold democratic processes ahead of Venezuela’s upcoming presidential election. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Dick Durbin accuses Trump of seeking to overturn Roe v. Wade, Obamacare with Supreme Court pick

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin speaks during a interview with the Associated Press in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 7, 2018. Durbin, a Democrat from Illinios, said that he urged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to uphold democratic processes ahead of Venezuela’s upcoming presidential election. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

US senator meets with Venezuelan president, jailed Utah man

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, to travel to Washington. Trump spent the holiday weekend at Mar-a-Lago, his club in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: Homeland secretary unclear on Trump vulgarity

Associated Press

Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, speaks at a news conference as he visits students of Year Up Chicago, a one-year long job training program that provides low-income young adults, Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, in Chicago. The senator present at a White House immigration meeting says President Donald Trump used vulgar language to describe African countries, saying he "said these hate filled things and he said them repeatedly." (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Dick Durbin says Republican senators trying to ‘rescue’ the White House over offensive comment

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, right, accompanied by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to members of the media as they arrive for a dinner at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump goes after the Dem who surfaced his immigration remark

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, to travel to Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump defends vulgar remarks while partly denying them

By JILL COLVIN and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Sen. Dick Durbin, Illinois Democrat, told reporters on Jan. 12, 2018, that it is "painful" to hear President Trump refer to "chain migration" because African slaves were once shackled and shipped overseas. (Image: MSNBC screenshot)

Donald Trump mocks Durbin’s lecture on ‘painful’ term ‘chain migration’: ‘Good line’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Sen. Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Democrat, is negotiating for a solution with Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican who has been among his party's most liberal members on immigration. (Associated Press/File)

Senators to pursue immigration deal over Trump’s objections

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., left, with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, to discuss their bipartisan Dream Act, which would allow young immigrants who grew up in the United States to earn lawful permanent residence and eventually American citizenship. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Dick Durbin insists Donald Trump used vulgarity to describe African countries

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - This May 8, 2017, file photo shows an aerial view of Arch Canyon within Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. Environmentalists have sued the administration of President Donald Trump seeking to pry loose details of its plan to shrink some national monuments and open the protected areas to more resource development. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)

Zinke says Democrats holding Interior nominees ‘hostage’

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Sen. Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Democrat. (Associated Press/File) **FILE**

Dick Durbin blames Chicago’s gun violence on Indiana’s gun laws

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Duplicitous Durbin Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Democrats try to impose a ‘religious test’

By David Keene - The Washington Times

A person holds up a sign in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA, and Temporary Protected Status programs during a rally in support of DACA and TPS outside of the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. President Donald Trump's administration will &quot;wind down&quot; a program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children, Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared Tuesday, calling the Obama administration's program &quot;an unconstitutional exercise of authority.&quot; (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Lindsey Graham says Trump’s decision on DACA is a ‘defining moment’ for Republicans

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times