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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, left, speaks with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee to examine and Inspector General's report of the FBI's Clinton email probe, on Capitol Hill, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Durbin, Grassley request DOJ IG investigate implementation of coronavirus legislation at prisons

By Ryan Lovelace - 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 hesitant to back Green New Deal: ‘It’s a resolution aspiration’

By Gabriella Muñoz - 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 to vote against William Barr’s AG nomination

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Whip Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois said he believes a revamped criminal justice bill can pass both houses of Congress. (Associated Press)

Robert Mueller key issue in Brett Kavanaugh nomination, Richard Durbin says

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, following the weekly Democratic policy luncheon. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Dick Durbin slams Jeff Sessions over immigration policies

By Gabriella Muñoz - 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. He also said his trip included a visit with U.S. citizen Joshua Holt, who has been jailed in Caracas for nearly two years on what the U.S. considers trumped-up weapons charges. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Senate Dems call CIA’s push for Haspel nomination ‘an A to Z coverup’

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Sen. Dick Durbin D-Ill. questions Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen as she testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Washington. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Richard Durbin: Don’t use memo to fire Rosenstein, Mueller

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., followed by Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., walks to the Senate at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Dick Durbin says debate over Dreamers is a ‘civil rights issue’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Both parties are eyeing a meeting between President Trump and a bipartisan group of congressional negotiators this week as the chance to make progress on an immigration bill, but Democrats have grown increasingly strident in their complaints about the president's stance. (Associated Press/File)

Immigration debate pulls government shutdown closer

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Whip Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois said he believes a revamped criminal justice bill can pass both houses of Congress. (Associated Press)

Dick Durbin on Neil Gorsuch: ‘I would have been a prop’ at Donald Trump’s announcement

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Attorney General-designate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democrats say Russia-Trump debate could affect Sessions nomination

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this March 9, 2015, file photo, Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill. speaks in Washington. Durbin is accusing Republican of putting Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama's attorney general nominee &quot;in the back of the bus.&quot; (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Senators demand probe into guest-worker program, American layoffs

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2015, file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans hammering the Obama administration about nuclear talks with Iran are accusing President Barack Obama of being so keen to strike a deal that he’s ignored Iranian moves to expand its influence across the Middle East. &quot;The Iranians are now in Sanaa. They’re in Baghdad and Beirut and Damascus and meanwhile this president and secretary of state pursue the mirage of a nuclear agreement,&quot; McCain said in a recent speech. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

John McCain slams Dick Durbin for playing race card in Loretta Lynch vote

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was aware of the partisan spat in the U.S. over his speech — the invitation to speak March 3 was issued by the Republicans in charge of Congress without consulting with the White House — and said he did not wish to compound that furor by speaking to one party behind closed doors. (Associated Press)

Benjamin Netanyahu rejects Senate Democrats’ invitation to meet privately

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

The dark photo posted by Sen. Harry Reid on Twitter, shows him sitting in a chair with a bandage across his forehead and eye, speaking with Sens. Richard Durbin on Illinois, Patty Murray of Washington and Charles E. Schumer of New York. (@SenatorReid)

Harry Reid looks like he went ‘through the windshield of a car,’ Dick Durbin says

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Give and Take: House Speaker John A. Boehner took the gavel and gave a kiss to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi during the opening session of the 114th Congress.

Obama, Democrats clash with new Republican majority as 114th Congress convenes

By S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican. (Associated Press)

Democrats draft amendment to curb election spending

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Madison and Forfeiture of Power Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

TRACCI: Sacrificing constitutional duty to political party

By Robert N. Tracci

** FILE ** Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. (AP Photo/Andrew A. Nelles, File)

Sen. Richard Durbin: Firing Eric Shinseki won’t solve VA problems

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

The Pentagon. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Pentagon looks to enlist illegal immigrants seeking citizenship

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times