Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that he will fight President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee “with everything I’ve got,” but centrist Democrats are now saying that the Senate minority leader cannot tell them what to do or how to vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination.
Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.) wrote a tribute to late-night host Jimmy Kimmel as part of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2018 series, honoring his push against the Republican Obamacare repeal effort.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) wrote a letter Wednesday to Sinclair Broadcasting Group Executive Chairman David D. Smith calling the broadcaster’s actions “troubling” and demanding information about its editorial policies.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, has voiced his disappointment in the Democratic Party for slamming the door on Catholics’ pro-life views and blocking education tax credit legislation that would give middle-class and low-income families choice between Catholic and public schools.
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield, Ill. reaffirmed a ban preventing Sen. Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) from receiving holy communion within the diocese following the senator’s vote against a bill to ban late-term abortions.
