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...Senator Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, got right to the point. He thanked Jennings for his service, noting that the future of both political parties is based on the enthusiasm of young staffers like Jennings. "But where is Karl Rove?" Durbin continued, referring to President George Bush's top political aide who was also subpoenaed but refused to appear today, citing executive privilege. "Why is he hiding behind the curtain? Why does he throw another young staffer like...
...John Dingell, a Michigan Democrat, said he planned to introduce legislation within the next week that would provide more authority to the FDA. It would likely include a user-fee similar to the one Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois-who has long lobbied for food safety reform-introduced in a bill last week. In that legislation, companies wanting to import food into the United States would have to pay a fee, the revenue of which would pay for greater inspection capabilities and research into food safety technology. If passed, it would increase the number of food shipments inspected from...
...good enough to say, ?Well, I supported some other amendment that didn't have a timetable, that didn't bring the troops home,'" Senator Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, told reporters on Capitol Hill Monday, referring to other proposals that have been floated by both Republicans and Democrats that call for a change in course but do not include specific timelines. "If you really want to change the policy, you can't rely on the discretion" of President Bush...
...Still, even if all Republicans on the committee turned on him, it may take more than that to do Gonzales in. "His survival is in the hands of the President," Democratic Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois pointed out during the break. So in the end, the Attorney General's fate may rest with just one Republican - the one in the White House...
...heading on foreign policy generally." With his re-election in November, many old allies now rue abandoning him after he lost the Connecticut Democratic primary to Ned Lamont last August. Both sides concede that bitterness remains. "It's still a little painful and awkward," says the majority whip, Dick Durbin, "but I think the caucus counts him as a friend...