Honorable Richard Durbin
United States Senator, Illinois, Democrat
Senator Durbin was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996. He was a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1982 to 1996. He sits on the following committees: Appropriations, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government; Judiciary, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law; and Rules and Administration. The following is from December 4, 2010, Senate floor debate on two amendments relating to the expiring 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. It has been my honor to serve on President Obama’s deficit commission, a commission chaired by former White House…
