Dick Durbin

    Congressional Republicans Conspiring With Liberals Behind Closed Doors to Raise Taxes

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 19th at 04:45 AM  | 

    “Instead of downsizing, states have decided to just look for a new tax scheme to fund the leviathan. They see online sales as the way to go. iTunes downloads will be next. Congressional Republicans are helping.” Congressional Republicans led by Senator Mike Enzi of Wyoming have begun negotiating behind closed doors with liberals like Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois to raise Americans’ taxes. They introduced | Read More »

    According to Dick Durbin, Presidents Should NOT Come To Congress Before Going to War

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  March 30th at 05:12 PM  | 

    From the “say or do anything to defend your man” file, Dick Durbin just ingratiated himself to the American anti-war left with a doozie of a tale on the floor of the United States Senate. According to Dick Durbin, a man who once called American soldiers nazis, Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush broke precedent by going to Congress before initiating hostilities. | Read More »

    Will the Durbin Amendment Stay? If So, Consumers Are Screwed.

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  March 30th at 09:58 AM  | 

    I’ve written about this before. The Senate may very well today or tomorrow consider fixing the problem. I hope. After I wrote about Durbin’s amendment to the financial reform package, the Wall Street Journal took him on as well. The Wall Street Journal noted, “Congress’s 2009 effort to regulate credit cards shows what will happen. Do you like free checking? Enjoy it while you can, | Read More »

    Durbin and Federal Reserve Plot to Fix Prices and Harm Consumers

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  March 14th at 08:00 AM  | 

    Senator Dick Durbin’s (D-IL) amendment to the Financial Overhaul Bill is set to go into effect in April that will allow Obama and the Federal Reserve to set the prices of debit card interchange fees. That may sound like a boring topic, but consider this: because of Dick Durbin’s amendment, banks are about to restrict the number of and amount of daily debit card purchases | Read More »