If you look at the record and the enviable record which Sandra Day O'Connor has written, you find she was the fifth and decisive vote to safeguard Americans' right to privacy, to require our courtrooms to grant access to the disabled, to allow the federal government to pass laws to protect the environment, to preserve the right of universities to use affirmative action, to ban the execution of children in America.
We have a long way to go, some tough issues ahead of us, and I'm sure there will be some obstacles in the path ... But the good faith effort that's b… - Dick Durbin
We have a long way to go, some tough issues ahead of us, and I'm sure there will be some obstacles in the path ... But the good faith effort that's b…
- Dick Durbin
You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to talk something to death. - Dick Durbin
You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to talk something to death.
And the banks - hard to believe in a time when we're facing a banking crisis that many of the banks created - are still the most powerful lobby on Ca… - Dick Durbin
And the banks - hard to believe in a time when we're facing a banking crisis that many of the banks created - are still the most powerful lobby on Ca…
If you're not comfortable with delay, frustration and impatience, get out of the Senate. It's the nature of the institution, but I think we've taken … - Dick Durbin
If you're not comfortable with delay, frustration and impatience, get out of the Senate. It's the nature of the institution, but I think we've taken …
Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois. - Dick Durbin
Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois.
The Supreme Court is the last refuge in America for our rights and liberties. - Dick Durbin
The Supreme Court is the last refuge in America for our rights and liberties.
Illinois Senator Paul Simon, once said "The test for a Supreme Court nominee is not where he stands on any one specific issue. The test is this: Will… - Dick Durbin
Illinois Senator Paul Simon, once said "The test for a Supreme Court nominee is not where he stands on any one specific issue. The test is this: Will…
It simply isn't fair for senators to cut to the front of the line when seniors around the country have been forced to wait for hours to get a flu sho… - Dick Durbin
It simply isn't fair for senators to cut to the front of the line when seniors around the country have been forced to wait for hours to get a flu sho…
If we do nothing, as the Republicans suggest, we're going to see health care costs reach a point where small businesses can't afford it and families … - Dick Durbin
If we do nothing, as the Republicans suggest, we're going to see health care costs reach a point where small businesses can't afford it and families …
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