Honorable Richard Durbin
United States Senator, Illinois, Democrat
Senator Durbin was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1982 to 1986. He is the Minority Whip of the Senate, and sits on the Appropriations Committee, the Judiciary Committee, and the Rules Committee. The following is from a statement delivered on the floor of the Senate on January 6, 2005.On Tuesday of this week, the Majority Leader [Bill Frist (TN-R)came to the Senate floor and talked about judicial nominations. He said he was planning to have a vote next month on one of President Bush’s judicial nominees. He didn’t…
