Nixon Announces Missouri Trade Mission To Cuba; Durbin Moves To Lift U.S....
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon made it official Thursday when he announced that he'll be leading an agricultural trade mission to Cuba in March. Last month, Nixon, a Democrat, ordered his Agriculture...
View ArticleBlunt Opposes President's Picks for Defense, Justice
Just hours before the Senate confirmed Ashton Carter as defense secretary on a vote of 93 to 5, U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., issued a brief statement saying he would oppose both Carter’s and attorney...
View ArticleUnusual coalition of senators urges reform of mandatory minimums
With federal prisons already more than 30 percent beyond their designed capacity, according to the federal Bureau of Prisons, an unlikely group of U.S. senators has come together to try to give federal...
View ArticleDurbin calls for limits in use of solitary confinement
At least half of all prison suicides are committed by inmates held in so-called solitary confinement, according to several state and national studies. While a first-of-its-kind report on segregation...
View ArticleDurbin says he will endorse Schumer to replace Reid as Senate Democratic leader
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is backing New York Sen. Chuck Schumer to take the place of outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., as the chamber’s top Democrat. Reid announced early...
View ArticleDurbin To Monsanto: Don’t export your tax address
With news reports that Monsanto may be looking to acquire Swiss Company Syngenta AG, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the number two Democrat in the Senate, is urging the St. Louis area company not to...
View ArticleSenate fails to act as federal surveillance authority lapses
Updated 9:30 p.m. May 31 - WASHINGTON- The clock has run out on the government’s authority to collect bulk phone records and other information on Americans. The Senate adjourned Sunday night without...
View ArticleMonsanto says it is committed to St. Louis despite Durbin’s concerns about...
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is pointing to recently released filings from Swiss agricultural giant Syngenta as proof that Monsanto is looking to move its “tax address” out of the United States in a...
View ArticleDurbin lauds 'powerful' bid to bring NGA to Scott Air Force Base
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said Monday he believes it would make “good sense” to locate the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency at Scott Air Force Base due to both sites’ work on...
View ArticleDurbin: U.S. watching 'controversy' over migrants between Haiti, Dominican...
The U.S. will be monitoring the situation as thousands of Haitians leave or are deported from the neighboring Dominican Republic as it cracks down on migrants, according to U.S. Senator Dick Durbin...
View ArticleDurbin: Drug abuse doesn't mean going 'through jail every time'
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin provided a fairly blunt reply to the proposition that the War on Drugs failed. “By some measure, it has failed,” said Durbin, D-Ill. “If the measure is the cost of drugs on the...
View ArticleBroad spectrum of Senate backs changes in criminal sentencing
In what some are calling a historic compromise, a broad spectrum of senators on Thursday announced support for sweeping changes in criminal sentencing laws. The coaltion formed at a time when many...
View ArticleDurbin pushes Congress to allow states to collect online sales taxes
Consumers may like the ability to shop online and avoid paying state and local sales taxes, and many online retailers may like the competitive advantage the arrangement provides them over “bricks and...
View ArticleArea lawmakers use issues and friendships to select guests for president's...
While the most prominent seat at Tuesday night’s State of the Union speech is likely to be the one left vacant in First Lady Michelle Obama’s guest box to remember victims of gun violence, several area...
View ArticleMissouri and Illinois senators take legislative steps to reduce opioid...
The U.S. senators representing Missouri and Illinois are playing an active role in congressional efforts to combat the opioid epidemic. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., Dick Durbin, D-Ill....
View ArticlePolitically Speaking: Sen. Durbin on the Senate Democrats' response to Trump
On the latest edition of the Politically Speaking podcast, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies are honored to welcome U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin to the program. The Illinois Democrat...
View ArticleAG Sessions to recuse himself from Russia investigation after senators called...
Updated 3:20 p.m. March 2 — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recused himself from any Justice Department investigations into Russian interference in the presidential election. Sessions faced...
View ArticleArea's congressional delegation praises Trump’s missile strike, with some...
Democrats and Republicans who make up the St. Louis area’s congressional delegation say they support President Donald Trump’s decision to use missiles against a Syrian airbase after this week’s...
View ArticleMissouri, Illinois senators call for compromise after latest effort to repeal...
After another Republican Senate loss early Friday, Missouri and Illinois senators are calling for a return to bipartisan talks to overhaul the nation’s health care law. They include U.S. Sen. Roy...
View ArticleDurbin ‘nervous’ about Trump’s impending meeting with Kim Jong Un
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says that President Donald Trump’s penchant for making provocative comments on social media, and into microphones, makes him “nervous” about a meeting with North Korean dictator...
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