Dick Durbin: “For the information of Senators, the two votes originally scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. will now begin at 5:30 p.m.”

You can’t survive in politics unless you’re optimistic. You’ve got to believe that even though you face a setback or you don’t have all the laws you need, that tomorrow will be better.

Public executions have no place in a democracy.

These changes threaten to undermine the work of the FBI and pose a grave risk to the Bureau’s integrity.

Transferring immigrants to Guantánamo Bay is simply unlawful, and worse yet, inhumane.