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born 1944 United States

Richard Joseph Durbin (born November 21, 1944) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Illinois, a seat he was first elected to in 1996. He has been the Senate Democratic Whip since 2005, the second-highest position in the Democratic leadership in the U.S.

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Also known as: Durbin, Richard, Richard Durbin

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The banks—hard to believe in a time when we're facing a banking crisis—that many of the banks created—are still the most powerful lobby on Capitol Hill. And they frankly own the place.

If you want to get to the heart of this, it's the way we finance our campaigns for the United States Senate and the House of Representatives.

The purpose of this closed session in the Senate chamber is to finally give the truth to at least the members of the Senate—to finally call to task the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Dick Durbin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.