WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama signaled Wednesday the Senate will seat former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris as the junior senator from Illinois.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said Sunday his opposition to Roland Burris being named to President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat has nothing to do with race.
CHICAGO, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., says race should not be the main qualifier for whoever succeeds President-elect Barack Obama in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Christine Ann Durbin, daughter of U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Loretta Durbin died Saturday of a heart ailment, a spokesman for the senator said.
WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- The Federal Trade Commission will investigate the record high fuel prices facing U.S. consumers, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Monday.
WASHINGTON, April 20 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton took turns Sunday lobbing bon mots at each other prior to Tuesday's primary in Pennsylvania.
WASHINGTON, March 2 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Sunday his Democratic Illinois colleague, Barack Obama, has been tested enough to make a solid president.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Sunday the use of super delegates in the Democratic Party's presidential nomination process could be problematic.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- The Bush administration ignored previous Democratic Senate rebuffs and renominated Steven Bradbury as assistant attorney general, the New York Times reported.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., took time during Saturday's Democratic radio address to criticize Republicans for stalling legislation before the U.S. Congress.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Congressional Democrats want to know whether laws were broken when the CIA destroyed videotapes of interrogations of two al-Qaida suspects.
WASHINGTON, July 11 (UPI) -- Finding majority support for U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq remains a daunting challenge in the Senate, said the U.S. Senate Democratic whip.
WASHINGTON, May 4 (UPI) -- The Secret Service began protecting U.S. Sen. Barack Obama after concerns were raised about the presidential candidate's safety.
WASHINGTON, April 27 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Richard J. Durbin said on the floor of the Senate that he knew the American public was being misled in the run-up to the war in Iraq.
WASHINGTON, April 8 (UPI) -- At least one U.S. senator wants to hold hearings in the wake of the nationwide tainted pet food recall.
