Tag: Dick Durbin

In this Wednesday, April 11, 2018 photo, an unidentified 15-year-old high school student uses a vaping device near the school's campus in Cambridge, Mass. Health and education officials across the country are raising alarms over wide underage use of e-cigarettes and other vaping products. The devices heat liquid into an inhalable vapor that's sold in sugary flavors like mango and mint â and often with the addictive drug nicotine.

FDA seizes Juul documents as it considers e-cigarette bans

Kimberly Leonard · October 2, 2018 4:30 pm

Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, left, speaks as Senator Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat from California and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, listens during a hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. GrassleyÂ called for a "safe, comfortable and dignified" hearing Thursday on a sexual assault allegation againstÂ BrettÂ KavanaughÂ as the panel opened a historic hearing that promises to shape the Supreme Court's future and redefine the "Me Too" era.

Beltway Confidential

Democrats are very afraid of the yet-to-be-made mistaken-identity defense

Timothy P. Carney · September 27, 2018 4:19 pm

Christine Blasey Ford listens to opening statements before testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Beltway Confidential

Democrats, so far, don’t seem interested in investigating Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations

Becket Adams · September 27, 2018 4:00 pm

President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, to begin his testimony in his confirmation hearing to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.

GOP hires woman to question Kavanaugh accuser, Dems demand her name

Susan Ferrechio · September 25, 2018 5:55 pm

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Democrats poised to grill Brett Kavanaugh on drinking, partying in high school

Naomi Lim · September 23, 2018 1:52 pm

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks during a news conference.

Bipartisan senators angle for more treatment beds in opioid legislation

Kimberly Leonard · September 18, 2018 6:06 pm

Summer Zervos and Donald Trump.

Juanita Broaddrick calls Dick Durbin a ‘fraud’ on Kavanaugh: ‘You didn’t give a damn’ about Clinton

Caitlin Yilek · September 17, 2018 7:01 pm

Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin doesn't expect enough Democrats to vote in favor of ending debate on Judge Neil Gorsuch's appointment to the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Durbin: Kavanaugh accuser needs a public hearing, not phone calls

Katelyn Caralle · September 17, 2018 12:42 pm

FILE - In this Friday, July 8, 2016 file photo, a prescription is filled at a pharmacy in Sacramento, Calif.

House GOP blocks spending bill provision to require drug price disclosures in TV ads

Kimberly Leonard · September 13, 2018 6:31 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks to reporters as she arrives for a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018.

Judiciary Committee Republicans bat down attempts by Democrats to procure more Kavanaugh docs

Melissa Quinn · September 13, 2018 4:47 pm

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. speaks as President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in D.C.

Dick Durbin accuses Brett Kavanaugh of misleading senators

Katelyn Caralle · September 11, 2018 11:25 pm

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., will not be able to receive Holy Communion in his home diocese after his recent vote against a bill that would have banned late-term abortions. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Dick Durbin: ‘Issue of the moment’ for Brett Kavanaugh is how he would handle cases related to Mueller investigation

Naomi Lim · September 9, 2018 5:56 pm