Dick Durbin: “The Durbin Amendment will allow merchants to give their customers discounts when they use cards from a network with…”

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.

The lowering of the FBI's hiring standards "threaten[s] 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.

The lack of community involvement and speed with which this project has moved forward raises questions about the role of private interests.