Tag: Dick Durbin

Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. (Getty Images)

Strange bedfellows unite in scorn of high-tech visa program

Sean Higgins · June 19, 2015 4:01 am

Sen. Thad Cochran,Â chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee, right, andÂ Sen. Dick Durbin,Â the subcommittee's ranking Democrat,Â wrap up a hearing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Senate panel approves war funding measure

Charles Hoskinson · June 9, 2015 4:40 pm

Dick Durbin is trying to stop Monsanto from moving its headquarters overseas to cut down on U.S. taxes. (AP Photo)

Durbin raises alarm over potential Monsanto move out of U.S.

Joseph Lawler · June 8, 2015 8:08 pm

The Lincoln Memorial and the Memorial Bridge is seen from Arlington House in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Sunday, May 4, 2014. (AP Photo)

Washington-area lawmakers push more infrastructure spending

Nathan Rubbelke · June 2, 2015 12:01 am

Happening: Companies hiring cheaper immigrants to take U.S. jobs

Paul Bedard · May 8, 2015 8:38 pm

"I strongly urge you and the board of directors to maintain Monsanto Company's headquarters and its tax address in the United States," Durbin wrote to Monsanto's CEO. (Bloomberg)

Durbin discourages Monsanto from moving headquarters to avoid taxes

Joseph Lawler · May 7, 2015 8:23 pm

Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., along with eight Democrats, wrote a letter to Senate Rules Committee chairman Roy Blunt, R-Mo., calling for an unspecified minimum wage for all contracted Senate employees. (Washington Examiner)

Democrats call for ‘living wage’ for Senate workers

Joseph Lawler · April 27, 2015 9:11 pm

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, with Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., right, and Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan, left, speaks to reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Reid retirement prompts leadership scramble

Susan Ferrechio · April 20, 2015 9:00 am

Sen. Charles Schumer was all but crowned successor to Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid Friday.

Charles Schumer rises

David M. Drucker · March 28, 2015 10:00 am

Obama will stay out of Senate leadership race

Brian Hughes · March 27, 2015 5:29 pm

Harry Reid endorses Chuck Schumer to lead Senate Democrats

Kelly Cohen · March 27, 2015 4:18 pm

Chuck Schumer frontrunner to succeed Harry Reid

David M. Drucker · March 27, 2015 1:59 pm