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Posts tagged "Richard Durbin"

Sen. Durbin's "betrayal"

The left wing is raising money to run this ad about Sen. Dick Durbin’s betrayal on health care. Uh oh. Sen. Dick Durbin has deeply angered his base by reneging on his promise to vote for a “public option” in the health bill. Here’s the Roll Call story explaining why his betrayal of his left... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
March 13, 2010 at 6:03 pm
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RICO ACORN

Dear Senator Durbin, I didn’t expect your Democratic Senate colleague, Roland Burris, to understand why voting against the federal defunding of ACORN was contemptible. That’s because he is a demonstrable twit. But you, sir, from your exalted position as your party’s second highest official in the Senate, should have been able to locate and read... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
September 21, 2009 at 1:09 pm
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Durbin open to health bill without public plan

Senator Dick Durbin (R-Ill.) always has been a political realist, and he’s showing it again by broaching what most progressive adherents of health reform would consider to be anathem: a package without a government-run plan. (The story is here.) “I support a public option, but, yes, I am open” to a bill without it,” Durbin... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
August 9, 2009 at 1:22 pm
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