Tag: Dick Durbin

Top Senate Democrat slams Samuel Alito for saying Congress can’t regulate Supreme Court

David Zimmermann · August 3, 2023 12:01 am

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, from left, Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and other minority members, appeal to Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, to delay the confirmation hearing of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill.

Federalist Society’s Leonard Leo snubs Senate Democrats’ Supreme Court records request

Kaelan Deese · July 25, 2023 10:21 pm

Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steven Horsford (D-NV) speaks with reporters about police reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023.

Congressional Black Caucus threatens to oppose Biden judicial nominees unless veto rules change

Rachel Schilke · July 12, 2023 7:34 pm

Washington Secrets

Top Senate Democrats lied about pistol brace before vote: Experts

Paul Bedard · June 23, 2023 6:01 pm

Hunter Biden plea: Dick Durbin calls offenses ‘serious’ while defending deal

Emily Jacobs · June 21, 2023 10:59 pm

Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., right, and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., left, leave the podium after answering questions for reporters following the Senate vote on the Iran nuclear agreement on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

‘Harlan Crow doesn’t call the shots here,’ Senate Judiciary Democrats tell attorney

Samantha-Jo Roth · June 6, 2023 9:31 pm

Harlan Crow, the wealthy real estate developer who invited Justice Clarence Thomas on several paid luxury trips, says his friend is at the center of a "political hit job."

Lawyer for Harlan Crow agrees to meet with Senate panel on Clarence Thomas gifts

Samantha-Jo Roth · June 6, 2023 6:07 pm

Durbin rejects Feinstein’s assertion that her absence is not affecting Senate

Emily Jacobs · May 7, 2023 10:53 pm

Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.. U.S., on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Photographer: Erin Scott/Bloomberg

WATCH LIVE: Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on Supreme Court ethics

Ryan King · May 2, 2023 1:22 pm

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, is shown at a hearing.

Feinstein absence: Senate Judiciary panel adjourns without vote on key judicial nominees

Kaelan Deese · April 27, 2023 4:56 pm

Beltway Confidential

Chief Justice Roberts could benefit from exchange of views on ethics reform

Quin Hillyer · April 26, 2023 6:17 pm

Democratic senator calls on Harlan Crow to reveal gifts to Clarence Thomas

Kaelan Deese · April 24, 2023 9:58 pm