Apr 25, 2013
I am not much of a gambler myself. I make a voluntary tax payment every once in a while and buy a lottery ticket, although I realize I will never win. Refresh my memory--and the Senator probably knows this--do I recall that the only…
Richard Durbin
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Richard Durbin, commonly known as Dick Durbin, is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Illinois since 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he has held various leadership roles, including Senate Majority Whip. Durbin has been a prominent advocate for issues such as healthcare reform, immigration policy, and gun control. He has also played a significant role in negotiations on budget and appropriations matters in the Senate.
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Apr 25, 2013
I would like to say I would vote for that in a second and I am not ruling out the possibility of agreeing to allow the Senator to offer this as an amendment to the bill. Please let us see if it raises a blue slip issue, which we mentioned…
Apr 25, 2013
Whatever way the Senator from Oklahoma wishes to explain it. I will object at this point. I am sorry, I understand that can't be done.
Apr 25, 2013
Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I appreciate I have to object, but I want the Senator from Oklahoma to please explain the amendment.
Apr 25, 2013
Just to restate, we are going through--I think the Senator has six or eight amendments. We are going through those in a good-faith effort to find those which would complement what we are doing and not create a problem substantively. My…
Apr 25, 2013
The Senator from Oklahoma is my friend, and we have worked together on many occasions. I wish to state for the Record, because he knows it and I wish to put it on the Record, that we have what is called a blue-slip problem. There are no…
Apr 25, 2013
Madam President, I have reached out during the statement of the Senator from Kentucky to try and find the Senator from New Hampshire. I know she has a busy schedule, and I couldn't find her to ask her for her amendments to include on this…
Apr 25, 2013
Mr. President, pending on the floor is S. 743. This is a bill which, in its simplest terms, will allow the States to ask Internet retailers, when they sell in the State, to collect sales tax. Currently, every State requires consumers to…
Apr 25, 2013
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 25, 2013, at 2 p.m., to hold a East Asia and Pacific Affairs subcommittee hearing entitled…
Apr 25, 2013
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 25, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…
Apr 25, 2013
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate subcommittee hearing on April 25, 2013, at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate…
Apr 25, 2013
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 25, 2013, at 10 a.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The…
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