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Boy, you know it must be bad when Mayor Daley is calling you out on your legislative tactics. In remarks to the press yesterday, Daley called Blagojevich's plans to cut $500 million from the recently passed budget and impose a universal health care plan of his choosing legally questionable and "dangerous." "In short, I'm cutting pork and special-interest spending and, in its place, I'm using the legal authority that I have to expand health care...

After we thankfully learned that our country’s blood runs at least more than fifty percent blue, a considerable amount of shuffling and reorganizing has been occuring in Congress, with new leaders being elected to major positions in Congress. Illinois’ own Sen. Dick Durbin was selected by other Senate Democrats to serve as Majority Whip under new Majority Leader, Harry Reid. The two currently serve as Minority Whip and Minority Leader. Their new roles will begin...

George Bush’s nominee to replace William Rehnquist as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Roberts, is expected to be confirmed by the Senate next week, but Illinois Senators Dick Durbin and Barack Obama will not be extending their support to Roberts’ nomination. On Thursday Durbin, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, voted against the nomination, but Roberts was still confirmed by a vote of 13-5. Durbin’s no vote was expected, as he...