Tag: Dick Durbin

FDA proposes banning sales of e-cigarettes to youths

Sean Lengell · April 24, 2014 4:00 am

A sales associate demonstrates the use of a electronic cigarette and the smoke like vapor that comes from it in Aurora, Colo. on March 2, 2011.ÃÂ The electronic cigarette industry is booming, with sales doubling annually since 2008 and revenue expected to reach at least $1.5 billion this year.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Lawmakers say e-cigarette makers target kids

Sean Lengell · April 14, 2014 4:00 am

If the House were to pass H-1B expansion, the GOP would win support from at least some in the tech world. (Photo: ThinkStock)

Democrats squawk as cracks form in immigration coalition

Byron York · April 3, 2014 4:00 am

Sen. Dick Durbin backs Sen. Dianne Feinstein in CIA spying fracas

Zack Colman · March 16, 2014 12:00 am

Primary for shot at Dick Durbin poses dilemma for Illinois Republicans

Associated Press · March 12, 2014 12:00 am

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is no fan of the new reality show "Friday Night Tykes" and has called on the TV show's network to yank the program from its lineup on the grounds that it's exploitive and "glorifies a culture of violent competitiveness."(Thinkstock Image)

Dick Durbin wants lights out for ‘Friday Night Tykes’

Sean Lengell · February 27, 2014 5:00 am

People lay flowers and lit candles at one of the barricades heading to Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's recent unrest, Ukraine, on a mourning day Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Energy and Environment

Sen. Kelly Ayotte urges Obama to ‘up his game’ on Russia

Zack Colman · February 23, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., shakes hands with Boloco founder John Pepper as Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Illinois looks on during a minimum wage roundtable discussion held at Boloco, a fast food chain of burrito restaurants in Boston, on Feb. 10. Beloco pays a minimum wage of $9.00 per hour, and the current federal minimum is $7.25 per hour. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Elizabeth Warren, Dick Durbin push raising Mass., federal minimum wage

Washington Examiner · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

Durbin lauds flood-insurance bill’s Senate passage

Washington Examiner · January 31, 2014 9:03 am

VIDEO: Dick Durbin introduces Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights

Washington Examiner · December 19, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., pauses as he speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington in December 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Dick Durbin to join fast in support of immigration reform

Sean Lengell · December 12, 2013 5:00 am

Senators Portman, Durbin expect budget agreement within the week

Rebecca Berg · December 8, 2013 5:00 am