Tag: Dick Durbin

Anthony Scaramucci, incoming White House communications director, speaks to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House, Friday, July 21, 2017, in Washington. White House press secretary Sean Spicer has resigned. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Weekend wrap: Meet Anthony Scaramucci

Kyle Feldscher · July 24, 2017 1:06 am

".@POTUS's voter fraud commission wants to suppress the right to vote and discredit our Democratic process," tweeted Durbin, the No. 2-ranking Senate Democrat. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

National Security

Dick Durbin: Trump’s voter commission is ‘what Putin wants’

Al Weaver · July 23, 2017 6:41 pm

On Tuesday, Durbin invoked a "murder scene" when talking about Republican healthcare reform efforts. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

The Steve Scalise shooting apparently didn’t teach Dick Durbin his lesson about violent rhetoric

Jason Russell · July 19, 2017 4:21 pm

The H-2B visas are provided to workers in non-farm labor, which holds down wages for U.S.-born workers, senators say. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Grassley, Durbin slam White House over expansion of temporary worker visas

Sean Higgins · July 18, 2017 8:07 pm

Top Senate Democrats are urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to work across the aisle to stabilize Obamacare's markets. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senate Democrats urge Mitch McConnell to work with them to stabilize Obamacare markets

Melissa Quinn · July 10, 2017 5:05 pm

"We believe it is crucial for you — as president of the United States — to raise this matter with President Putin." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Senate Democrats urge Trump to discuss Russia’s election meddling with Putin

Melissa Quinn · July 6, 2017 6:08 pm

"What's driving this is not healthcare reform, what's driving this is a tax cut," Sen. Dick Durbin said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Dick Durbin: No Democratic help until Obamacare repeal off the table

Todd Shepherd · July 2, 2017 2:23 pm

Not only are Democrats failing to offer an alternative approach; they hardly acknowledge the problem of unsustainability. (YouTube)

Beltway Confidential

Democrats evade the question of Medicaid sustainability

Jeremy Beaman · June 27, 2017 8:04 pm

"You can put a lace collar on a Pit Bull, and it's still a mean dog," Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin said. "This is still a mean dog." (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Democrats borrow from Trump to criticize Senate healthcare bill

David M. Drucker · June 23, 2017 4:01 am

It's not every day you get to witness a three-correction event live on cable television, yet here we are courtesy MSNBC host Ali Velshi.

Beltway Confidential

Today on MSNBC: Rare hat trick of errors in a single sentence

Becket Adams · June 22, 2017 6:15 pm

"It's my fear that he thinks -- I hope I'm wrong -- that [Moon] thinks that South Korea has a better chance working with China to contain North Korea than working with the United States," Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., told the Washington Examiner. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

National Security

Lawmakers: China gaining influence over US allies

Joel Gehrke · June 11, 2017 6:00 pm

The United States and South Korea have been allies for decades and fought together in the Korean Conflict against North Korea. China backed North Korea in that conflict. (Jason Lee/Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Top senator fears South Korea is choosing China over U.S.

Joel Gehrke · June 7, 2017 8:18 pm