Dick Durbin

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says Democrats will continue to push for votes on a payroll tax cut extension after it failed.Senate Republicans on Thursday…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 22, 2011 - WASHINGTON - With the deficit "super committee" admitting defeat Monday, members of…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 15, 2011 - WASHINGTON - When physicist Richard A. Muller reported last month that global…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 7, 2011 - Missourians have probably worried more about E. coli turning up in their lakes than…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 18, 2011 - WASHINGTON - As the baseball world prepares for the World Series opening game in St.…

Four U.S. senators and health officials from the cities hosting the World Series are urging the baseball players union to agree to a ban on chewing…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 13, 2011 - WASHINGTON - When President Barack Obama asked a joint session of Congress last month…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 4, 2011 - WASHINGTON - Fighting back against critics who are labeling new debit-card fees…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 9, 2011 - WASHINGTON - Contending that new state photo-ID voting laws are "reminiscent of poll…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 6, 2011 - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. and the Senate's No. 2 Democratic leader, plans to zero…