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U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin has expressed his support for President Joe Biden's decision to commute the sentences of most individuals on federal death row to life imprisonment.
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Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are seeking answers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding the vetting process for Afghan national Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi. Recent media reports suggest Tawhedi, who was arrested in connection with a plot to carry out a violent attack on behalf of ISIS in the United States on Election Day, was not vetted for a special immigrant visa as previously claimed by the Biden-Harris Justice Department.
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U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, recently met with NCAA President Charlie Baker to address the issue of name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights for college athletes. The meeting aimed to discuss proposals for modernizing Division I athletics in light of the evolving landscape of collegiate sports.Durbin emphasized the importance of fair compensation for college athletes, stating, "College sports is a big business that generates even bigger profits, yet little of this money makes its way to the athletes who made these...
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U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sharply criticized the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on recent actions investigating the fentanyl network of the Los Chapitos cartel in an Aug. 21 letter to Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, saying the DEA administrator "appears to have coordinated more with the press than with other federal agencies," and the DOJ seems to have taken a back seat.
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A bipartisan bill that would allow news organizations to band together and negotiate with Big Tech platforms for fair compensation for the use of their news content has advanced to the full Senate.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today gave remarks in opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
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Last week, Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) sent letters to former co-Chairs of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States seeking information on the Commission’s work, deliberations and true purpose.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today sent letters to former co-Chairs of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States seeking information on the Commission’s work, deliberations and true purpose.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement on House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) holding a field hearing at the U.S.-Mexico border in Yuma, Arizona.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today spoke at a press conference about the crisis at the southern border
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Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today introduced the Secure and Protect Act of 2023, an act to reform broken border policies and stop the rampant abuse of our asylum system.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) spoke today about children’s online safety and the lack of accountability from Big Tech
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Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today spoke about the judicial nomination process at the committee’s markup to consider judicial nominations.
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U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned witnesses at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled, “The Equal Rights Amendment: How Congress Can Recognize Ratification and Enshrine Equality in Our Constitution.”
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U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled, “The Equal Rights Amendment: How Congress Can Recognize Ratification and Enshrine Equality in Our Constitution.”
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U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today met with Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Anne Milgram
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U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today announced the establishment of the Subcommittees of the Senate Judiciary Committee for the 118th Congress, and the assignment of Chairs, Ranking Members, and members to these Subcommittees.
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U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned Jeffrey Cummings and LaShonda A. Hunt, both nominated to be United States District Judges for the Northern District of Illinois, at today’s Judiciary Committee nominations hearing.
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U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nominations of Michael Delaney, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit; Jeffrey Cummings, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois; Marian F. Gaston, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California; Wesley L. Hsu, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California; LaShonda A. Hunt, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois; and Mónica Ramírez Almadani, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California.
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In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called out big corporations for their exploitation of bankruptcy to dodge accountability, and decried Johnson & Johnson’s attempt to use a corporate bankruptcy maneuver known as the “Texas Two-Step” to avoid facing claims from cancer-stricken customers.