Dick Durbin: “I truly love the job of being a United States senator, but in my heart I know it is time to pass the torch.”

Today’s news is devastating for the 2,500 skilled union workers impacted by the closure of the Tyson plant in Joslin, especially at a time when American families are struggling with the rising cost of living.

Congress has neither authorized nor appropriated funding for the 'East Wing Modernization Project,' nor has Congress been provided any planning details or justifications that would allow for informed consideration of the White House’s…

Students need to be careful. You can’t go wrong starting with City Colleges and community colleges in your community… I beg my young students in Illinois to start there, and counselors to do their job and discourage kids from getting…

Through these hearings, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is intentionally overcrowding dockets with little notice to immigrants in an effort to manufacture significant numbers of removal…