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Topic: Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill.

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2010 file photo, Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Is anyone going to fix Social Security? Medicare? Medicaid? They're the big bills coming due. While President Barack Obama and congressional leaders offer vague assurances, six senators _ three Republicans and three Democrats whose ideologies cover the entire liberal-conservative spectrum _ are quietly taking up the baton. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (AP)

Douglass K. Daniel

Associated Press

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL)

Handicapping a possible majority leader race

Majority Leader Harry Reid with Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (Reuters)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Democratic Party Whip Dick Durbin and Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.

Five reasons the public option is still dead

Nelson off the fence on health vote, Lincoln not

Amanda Griscom Little

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