Dick Durbin

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• Draft Memo Reveals Plans to Move Gitmo Detainees to Thomson, Ill.

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 746
  Conservative bloggers were abuzz over the weekend over a leaked memo that appeared to show President Obama has decided to send all Guantanamo Bay detainees to the Thomson Correctional Center in Northwest Illinois “as expeditiously as possible.” In fact, it turned out that the memo was a draft from the Justice ...
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• US Senate passes $1-trillion federal spending bill

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Dec 14 (DPA) The US Senate Sunday passed a $1-trillion spending bill that will keep federal agencies and social programmes operational until the end of September 2010.The measure, which already passed in the House of Representatives and combines six separate spending bills, was approved by a 57-35 vote ...
  20 hours ago

• How low can Obama go?

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 134
  Second consecutive day of all time lows for Obama. The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 23% of the nations voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-two percent (42%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential ...
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• Democrats All Talk About Fiscal Responsibility

  
  Let Freedom Ring — Authority: 136
  President Obama has talked alot about getting the deficits in order. The omnibus appropriations bill he’s about to sign proves that he’s all talk: The 1,000-plus-page bill brings together six of the 12 annual spending bills that Congress had been unable to pass separately even though the new fiscal year ...
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• Judge to seize your Christmas cards sent to Rifqa Bary

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 134
  There is no freedom of religion with Muslims. Pamela Geller, of the Atlas Shrugs blog, started a campaign to have people send Christmas cards to Rifqa Bary, the 17-year-old Columbus girl who converted from Islam to Christianity and ran away to Florida because she is afraid of her parents. Apostasy, or conversion, is ...
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• Harry Reid Keeping His Own Caucus in the Dark On Senate Health Bill

  
  The Lonely Conservative — Authority: 563
  Moe Lane is right , it’s nearly impossible to avoid blogging these days, as much as one might like to. Harry Reid isn’t keeping just Republicans in the dark on his health care bill, he’s keeping his own caucus in the dark. The Washington Examiner reported on an exchange between Senator John McCain (R-AZ) ...
  2 days ago

• I’m gobsmacked. So is Sen. McCain. Heck, so is Sen. Durbin.

  
  Moe Lane — Authority: 646
  (Via Hot Air Headlines ) Avoiding boggling gets harder and harder every day: Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin admitted Friday that he is “in the dark” about the national health care bill currently under construction by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. In an exchange on the Senate floor, Republican Sen. ...
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• I’m gobsmacked. So is Sen. McCain. Heck, so is Sen. Durbin.

  
  RedState — Authority: 769
  (Via Hot Air Headlines ) Avoiding boggling gets harder and harder every day: Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin admitted Friday that he is “in the dark” about the national health care bill currently under construction by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. In an exchange on the Senate floor, Republican Sen. ...
  2 days ago

• GW News: High efficiency traffic lights are winter traffic hazards

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 134
  Solutions to global warming scam can cause more problems than what they are trying to fix. Some Wisconsin communities that have installed high efficiency traffic lights are discovering the energy-saving bulbs are a hazard in a snow storm. City officials say the LED lights use less electricity and dont give off ...
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• At least Obama didn’t bow and kowtow

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 134
  Obama disses Norway while accepting Nobel Prize. Barack Obamas trip to Oslo to pick up his Nobel peace award is in danger of being overshadowed by a row over the cancellation of a series of events normally attended by the prizewinner. Norwegians are incensed over what they view as his shabby response to the prize ...
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• S787: The “control your birdbath and pool” act

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 134
  Do dems want more control over your private properties? S. 787 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the United States over waters of the United States. This Act may be cited as the `Clean Water Restoration Act. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et ...
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• Oslo mystery light was Russian nuclear missile

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 134
  Did Putin think Nobel Peace Prize event was time to test a nuclear missile? Was it a bird, a UFO or a manifestation of the northern lights? Residents of Tromsø, a northern Norwegian town, who witnessed the strange spiral of light over the Arctic skies on Wednesday morning were not sure. Through gritted teeth ...
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• An Army of Sgt. Schultzes?

  
  Carol's Closet — Authority: 561
  Don Surber : Glenn Reynolds has his Army of Davids . Harry Reid has, well, Dick Durbin, who said of the latest version of Obamacare: “I would say to the senator from Arizona that I’m in the dark almost as much as he is. And I’m in the leadership… We had a caucus after this was submitted to the ...
  3 days ago

• Senate committee passes shield law that includes citizen journalists

  
  Peoria Pundit — Authority: 575
  Via Daily Kos : By a 14-5 vote yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved S. 448, Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 , and has sent it on to the full Senate for consideration.  The bill, introduced by Senators Specter, Schumer, Graham and Klobuchar in Committee, for the first time extends press shield ...
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• Popular drug-import proposal threatened by White House?

  
  Political Fix — Authority: 616
  WASHINGTON –  It has the backing of a strong coalition of senators from both political parties and support from lawmakers in  Missouri  and  Illinois .  Barack Obama supported it as a senator and a presidential candidate. It would save Americans billions in prescription costs and lop…
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• Everybody Is A Mushroom

  
  An Ol' Broad's Ramblings — Authority: 511
  Sen. Durbin says he’s ‘in the dark’ on possible healthcare reform compromise The 10 Democratic senators who crafted a healthcare compromise are keeping its details a secret, says Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Friday. Responding to a complaint by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) that Republicans ...
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• Dick Durbin named most admired senator by congressional insiders polled by National Journal

  
  Lynn Sweet — Authority: 683
  WASHINGTON-- Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the number two leader in the Senate, was named the most admired senator by "congressional insiders" in a new National Journal poll.
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• Obama almost bans historic crèche from White House

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 134
  The Christmas manger was been shown every year since 1967. As social secretary, Ms. Rogers is responsible for every event that goes on in the White House residence, from the Easter egg roll to Christmas parties to visits from heads of state. She must coordinate with chefs, florists, lighting technicians, military ...
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• The Fiction Of Climate Science and Copenhagen climate scam summit

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 134
  The Fiction Of Climate Science By Gary Sutton In 1974, the National Science Board announced: "During the last 20 to 30 years, world temperature has fallen, irregularly at first but more sharply over the last decade. Judging from the record of the past interglacial ages, the present time of high temperatures should be ...
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• A natural climate cycle report was issued by NASA. Did you hear about it?

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 134
  Snow in US desert vs. Copenhagen climate scam summit Concern over global warming has spawned such a highly charged and polarised political movement, that real science has become sidelined in favour of sound-bites and simple messages. The real science is not as settled as some politicians would have us believe. ...
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