Two top Democrats are urging President Joe Biden to keep Chicago’s federal prosecutor in place as he conducts a wide-ranging corruption probe of powerful statehouse Democrats. 
Sen. Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) plans to make gun control be a top priority for the Senate Judiciary Committee under his leadership. 
Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) had some choice words to describe Sen. Tim Scott's (R., S.C.) police reform bill. 
Sen. Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) ripped his colleague Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) for describing a bill that guarantees medical care for newborns who survive abortion as "politically charged anti-choice legislation" during a testy exchange on the Senate floor Tuesday. Sen. Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) on Tuesday called for the Iowa caucus system to “come to an end.”
This week on the Sunday news shows: An MSNBC guest argued that the media’s focus on interviewing white working-class voters is “dangerous” and “racist,” a Democratic senator took aim at both sides of the aisle for prejudging the impeachment trial, and another MSNBC guest said that military cadets need to be taught that the “OK” hand symbol is not okay.
Disgraced former Sen. Al Franken (D., Minn.) is attempting to make a comeback with a new SiriusXM radio show later this weekend focusing on politics and culture.
Senate Republicans issued a sharp rebuke to several of their Democratic colleagues Thursday in a letter to the clerk of the Supreme Court, accusing them of threatening the independent judiciary. 
Several Senate Democrats have issued a strong threat to the Supreme Court if it does not rule in ways Democrats find favorable: "Heal itself," or face restructuring. 
Democratic congressional leaders held a press conference on Tuesday in which they sided with Iran in an increasingly tense standoff that has pitted the hardline Islamic regime against the Trump administration as it seeks to thwart Tehran's regional terror operations.
Sen. Richard Durbin (D., Ill.) and other top Democrats lashed out at the Trump administration over its efforts to isolate the Iranian regime, claiming in talking points that mirror those from Iranian leadership that President Donald Trump and his national security team are "itching for a confrontation with Iran." 