Durbin Takes Issue With Report on His Role in Illinois Senate Appointment

By David M. Drucker
Roll Call Staff
June 1, 2009, 6:47 p.m.

The office of Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Monday took issue with an Associated Press story suggesting that Durbin gave then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) tacit approval to appoint a political rival to fill President Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat.



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As Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson once said of the Joint Economic Committee, “It’s as useless as tits on a bull.” But as that panel’s chairman during the 110th Congress, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) seized the opportunity to elevate the traditionally low-profile post to the forefront of shaping policy. Read Full Article

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