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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito addresses the audience during the "The Emergency Docket" lecture Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021 in the McCartan Courtroom at the University of Notre Dame Law School in South Bend, Ind. (Michael Caterina /South Bend Tribune via AP)

Justice Alito pushes back against media, lawmakers criticism of Supreme Court

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Vanita Gupta speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to examine her nomination to be associate attorney general, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Senate Judiciary Republicans demand a second hearing with DOJ nominee Gupta

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. (Samuel Corum/Pool via AP)

Sen. Richard Durbin backs return to talking filibuster: ‘Right now they phone it in’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks to the media, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Leading Senate Dem says outlook bleak on immigration bills

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in this file photo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) **FILE**

Lawmakers say COVID-19 relief bill won’t offer $1,200 checks

By HOPE YEN - Associated Press

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

GOP pushes Barrett toward court as Democrats decry ‘sham’

By LISA MASCARO and MARK SHERMAN and MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

In this file photo, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., questions White House lawyer Steven Menashi, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Dick Durbin, Dem senator: Hillary Clinton ‘flat-out wrong’ for saying Joe Biden shouldn’t concede

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Lindsey Graham, Ben Sasse engage in fiery exchange: ‘It’s bulls—t’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Former Second Lady of the United States Jill Biden and U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, right, look on as U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin endorses former Vice President Joe Biden during a press conference at the Union League Club, Friday, March 6, 2020. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Ex-sheriff wins Illinois GOP Senate primary; faces Durbin

By SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press

Army probes handling of Illinois sex assault complaints

By TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press

In this file photo, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., questions White House lawyer Steven Menashi, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Dick Durbin, Senate Democratic Whip, doubts Trump willingness to address gun violence

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., questions White House lawyer Steven Menashi, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. Menashi's guarded responses were frustrating at times to both Democrats and Republicans on the Judiciary panel. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Dick Durbin to fellow Democrats: Enough impeachment already

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 9, 2019, photo, construction crews install new border wall sections seen from Tijuana, Mexico. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., says the Pentagon is planning to tap $1 billion in leftover funds from military pay and pensions accounts to help President Donald Trump pay for his long-sought border wall. Durbin told The Associated Press, “it’s coming out of military pay and pensions, $1 billion, that’s the plan.” (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

Pentagon may tap military pay, pensions for border wall

By ANDREW TAYLOR and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

A proposal by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Democrat, for a "Green New Deal" could put the U.S. in the red financially, analysts say. (U.S. House of Representatives)

Democrats in deliciously difficult spot with ‘Green New Deal’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, speaks committee member Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., as Attorney General nominee William Barr testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin’s public servant problem

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The moon rises behind the North Portico of the White House, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, in Washington. The partial federal shutdown was expected to drag into Christmas as President Donald Trump and congressional leaders remained stuck in a standoff over the border wall with Mexico. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House: Trump would accept less money for border wall

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., leaves at the end of Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, with Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Dick Durbin says Democrats want to keep out drugs and guns, doesn’t mention illegal immigrants

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Woman charged with harassing Sens. Durbin, Duckworth

Associated Press

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin speaks during a interview with the Associated Press in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 7, 2018. Durbin, a Democrat from Illinios, said that he urged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to uphold democratic processes ahead of Venezuela’s upcoming presidential election. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Dick Durbin accuses Trump of seeking to overturn Roe v. Wade, Obamacare with Supreme Court pick

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin speaks during a interview with the Associated Press in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 7, 2018. Durbin, a Democrat from Illinios, said that he urged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to uphold democratic processes ahead of Venezuela’s upcoming presidential election. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

US senator meets with Venezuelan president, jailed Utah man

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press