Dick Durbin: “I don't know if it was in jest, but you offered me the Chicago Main Post Office for a dollar once.”

Public executions have no place in a democracy.

Changes of this magnitude with no discernible justification must be scrutinized.

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

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.