TOPIC:

Richard Durbin

Watch breaking news videos and read news updates about Richard Durbin on FOXBusiness.com.

LATEST VIDEOS

Insurance Exec Weighs in on Public Option

10/28/2009|FOX Business

Insurance Exec Weighs in on Public OptionWellPoint's Commercial Business CEO Ken Goulet on the government's proposed reform plan.

The ACORN 7

09/16/2009|Happy Hour on FOX Business

The ACORN 7Eric breaks down those who are still in favor of keeping the controversial organization afloat

Transportation Sec.: Great Time to Buy a Car

08/04/2009|Closing Bell

Transportation Sec.: Great Time to Buy a CarTransportation Secretary Ray LaHood on future of government's popular 'Cash for Clunkers' program.

Pols Rush to Act on 'Cash for Clunkers'

07/31/2009|FOX Business

Pols Rush to Act on 'Cash for Clunkers'FBN Senior Washington Correspondent Peter Barnes on lawmakers' push to get more funding for the successful program before breaking for summer recess.

Geithner Testifies on TARP

05/21/2009|FOX Business

Geithner Testifies on TARPSen. Dick Durbin reacts to the hearing on the Treasury's budget.

Town-Hall Beat Downs

05/07/2009|Happy Hour on FOX Business

Town-Hall Beat DownsRadio Host Mike Reagan on the string of town-hall cancellations, are pols getting tired of health-care talk?

Town Halls: Big Mistake?

01/22/2009|Cavuto

Town Halls: Big Mistake?Cavuto's Deal: The Democrats are realizing that the health-care pow-wows are not going the way they had planned.

LATEST STORIES

New H-1B hiring bill takes aim at tech firms

By By Patrick Thibodeau| IDG.net| Personal Finance

the prospects for any H-1B-related legislation is uncertain and probably unlikely to pass. Grassley and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill) introduced the H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2009 earlier this year (S.887) that would set a number

Story|11/20/2009

Good News On School Vouchers « John Stossel

Other Stories

the program. Now, their parents have made enough noise that the program might come back: The WSJ reports that Senator Dick Durbin who killed the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program earlier this year, is considering changing his mind: I have

Blog|10/02/2009

Cavuto: Dems Want to Junk Health-Care Forums

By Neil Cavuto, Managing Editor & Anchor| FOXBusiness| Markets

Word is at this hour democrats are re-thinking these health-care forums. They wanna junk 'em. All of 'em. Democrat Dick Durbin all but saying they're a waste of time and he'd rather not get sucker-punched. So now a bunch of 'em taking the sucker

Story|08/14/2009

Mortgage Cramdown Compromise Could Be Near

By Rich Edson| FOXBusiness| Markets

Rich Edson FOXBusiness Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), a prominent Congressional advocate of mortgage cramdown authority, is considering whether to accept a compromise version

Story|04/17/2009

Foreclosure-Prevention Plan: The Details

By Peter Barnes, Senior Washington Correspondent| FOXBusiness| Markets

families facing foreclosure the opportunity to negotiate a workout on their mortgages” in bankruptcy proceedings, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said in sponsoring a measure last year to allow the change. ”This bill may help them reach a degree of financial

Story|02/19/2009

Senate Democrats to Swear In Roland Burris

Associated Press| Markets

such, will be accorded all the rights and privileges of a senator-elect," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said in a joint statement after Senate lawyers determined that Burris' paperwork met Senate requirements to be

Story|01/12/2009

Lawmakers Give OK to Citi's Loan Modification Plan

Associated Press| Markets

President-elect Barack Obama's economic stimulus legislation. The compromise between New York-based Citigroup and Sens. Richard Durbin , Charles Schumer and Christopher Dodd, would be limited to loans made before the bill is signed. Until now, the lending

Story|01/08/2009

Democrats Expected To Give Burris Nomination

By Donna Fuscaldo| FOXBusiness| Markets

s vacant seat. During a press conference Wednesday Burris said he had a â great meetingâ with Majority leader Reid and Dick Durbin , the senior senator from Illinois. Burris said the next step is for Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White to sign his appointment

Story|01/07/2009

Oil Executives Back on Capitol Hill « Glick Report

Glick Report

GET TO PAY FOR IN HIGHER TAXES, GAS PRICES AND FOOD PRICES. May 22, 2008 at 1:38 pm bob c Senator Durbin is wrong. I watched Senator Durbin yesterday on fox news , saying that if we continue to keep drilling for for oil here in the US

Blog|05/22/2008