IMPACT: Bills to open Medicare data pick up another supporter in Senate

By Joe Eaton

Sen. Durbin introduces third bill in Senate to open access to Medicare data

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"… octors and other medical providers are gathering steam in the Senate. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has introduced the third bill this session calling for a wide rel …"

'School to prison pipeline' hit on Capitol Hill

By Susan Ferriss

Hearing probes 'school to prison pipeline' featured in center stories

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"… es —was the focus of new attention on Capitol Hill Wednesday.  Sen. Dick Durbin presided over the first Congressional hearing on schools suspending studen …"

Is Congress failing on Homeland Security oversight?

By Sarah Laskow

Tom Ridge, the Department of Homeland Security’s first secretary, testified before the 9/11 Commission on a May morning in 2004. Ridge spoke

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"… a few unproductive meetings of high-powered senators like Ted Stevens and Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, Reid and McConnell retreated to produce a resol …"

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Tally of interests on climate bill tops a thousand

By Marianne Lavelle

More than 460 new businesses and interest groups jumped into lobbying Congress on global warming in the weeks before the House neared its hi

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"… epower, hiring Anne Steckel, former aide to Illinois’ Democratic Senator Dick Durbin, the majority whip, and Ted Monoson, former aide to House Minority Leader …"

“Founders” rally for change in election finance

Led by actors dressed as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin and Betsy Ross, two good-government groups today sought to draw a

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"… ponsored by Democratic Rep. John Larson of Connecticut and Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, however, has not been a priority for Congressional leadership …"

Homeland Security’s billion-dollar bet on better communications

By Sarah Laskow

Interoperability money aids Motorola and other contractors, but are first responders better off?

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"… a contributions included Illinois politicians like Rep. Mark Kirk and Sen. Dick Durbin, as well as members with new security-related duties, like Rep. Christophe …"

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For-profit schools with Web, health care classes depend more on federal student aid

By Julie Vorman

For-profit schools that specialize in health care, offer web-based classes, and/or are owned by a publicly-traded company depend most heavil

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"… s, and other sources.Several Democratic lawmakers, including Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, have called for tougher oversight of for-profit schools and criticized th …"

Credit union study of swipe costs adds confusion to debit fee battle

By Amy Biegelsen

Big credit unions say processing costs 2 cents per swipe, lower than Fed's planned 12-cent cap

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"… ey could pass along to customers in the form of lower prices.Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, a Democrat who inserted the debit fee cap language in the Dodd-Frank law, …"

Banks squeeze bigger debit fee out of Fed

By Amy Biegelsen

Fed sets 21-cent cap on debit processing, higher than initial plan

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"… l and at the Fed  ever since the fee cap was added by Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois to last summer's Dodd-Frank financial reform bill.Unsurprising …"

Predatory lending: A decade of warnings

By Kat Aaron

Both Congress and the Fed did little to stop spread of subprime crisis

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"… o address the problems in the subprime market. In 1998, Democratic Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois tried to strengthen protections for borrowers with high cost l …"

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