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Durbin leads effort to secure 5-year highway bill
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin helped negotiate a landmark highway and infrastructure bill that will authorize and fund transportation projects across the country.
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Durbin responds to biofuel ruling
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) responded to a new final ruling from the Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday on the amount of biofuels required to be included in gasoline and diesel fuel.
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Durbin submits public comment in support of Scott NGA bid
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) filed a public comment with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Monday in support of Scott Air Force in Illinois taking over host responsibilities for a division of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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Durbin urges vote on bill to close gun buying loophole for suspected terrorists
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined fellow Senate Democrats Nov. 24 in urging the U.S. House of Representatives to vote on a bipartisan bill that would give the federal government power to prevent suspected terrorists from buying guns and explosives in the United States.
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Durbin urges Obama to close gun sale loopholes
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined 21 fellow Senate Democrats in urging President Barack Obama to use his executive authority to bolster gun control regulations.
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Durbin calls for public health report on in-home gun access
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and 19 colleagues in the Senate appealed to the comptroller general of the U.S. to prepare an official government report on the measures that could be taken to address in-home gun access as a public health and safety issue.
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Durbin applauds expedited relief for Corinthian students
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) applauded the federal government's decision to increase expedited student loan relief for a broader portion of former Corinthian College students Tuesday.
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Durbin asks local banks, credit unions to consider small loans
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) reached out to leaders of Illinois community banks and credit unions Monday in search of ways to expand lending options to people typically trapped by payday lenders.
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Durbin introduces visa reform bill
U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced legislation Tuesday to reform two visa programs they say have harmed the prospects of American workers.
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Nearly $450,000 to aid homeless vets in Will, Cook counties
Vouchers will provide rental assistance to vets in Will, Cook counties.
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Durbin seeks debt forgiveness for former Everest students
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) hosted a gathering of federal officials and former Everest College students in Chicago Friday to advocate for including the students in the Department of Education's student debt relief program.
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Durbin introduces measure to reauthorize congenital-heart-defects bill
U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced legislation on Thursday that would reauthorize Durbin’s Congenital Heart Futures Act, which expired this year.The original bill focused on boosting research into and awareness of congenital heart defects.
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$67 million in federal grants to aid housing across Illinois
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said Wednesday that Illinois will receive over $67 million in federal grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for housing in urban areas, including Will and Kane counties.
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Durbin urges making naloxone opiate antidote available at schools across U.S.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and eight other senators sent a letter Thursday urging the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make the anti-opiate naloxone more available to first responders on school campuses.
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Durbin asks Social Security Administration to waive potential penalties
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) signed a letter to the Social Security Administration and Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Tuesday, urging the officials not to penalize same-sex benefits recipients for overpayments the SSA made incorrectly.
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Senate Judiciary Committee passes Durbin's sentencing reform act
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 15-5 on Thursday to approve the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 that was co-authored by U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL).
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Durbin, other senators seek more federal scrutiny of for-profit colleges
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined three other Democratic senators on Tuesday in a letter calling for the U.S. Department of Education to take a harder look at its funding policies for for-profit colleges. For-profit colleges, particularly the University of Phoenix, have come under scrutiny in recent months after a series of published reports about a variety of questionable recruiting practices.
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Durbin urges other federal agencies to take action against University of Phoenix
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) called on the leaders of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Education recently to reconsider their relationships with the University of Phoenix after a recent Department of Defense report on the school's inappropriate recruiting practices.
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Durbin asks FBI to clarify position on PIN number security
Senator suggets potential interference from banking industry
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University of Phoenix put on probation by U.S. Department of Defense
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) recently placed the University of Phoenix on probation and prohibited the school from enrolling new service members using its tuition assistance program -- a decision that was lauded by Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, who also serves as vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense.