The Senate Judiciary Committee's top Democrat, Richard Durbin, says he'll hold up nominations over a "precedent" set by VP JD ...

Durbin derailed the Trump administration's hopes of quickly confirming U.S. attorney nominations this week, by announcing he would block the confirmation of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of ...

The resolution passed in advance of the Committee’s executive business meeting on Thursday, where eight bipartisan bills in ...

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) is employing a tactic previously used by the GOP as he holds up the confirmation process for one of ...

A new battle is stirring on Capitol Hill as Senate Democrats have threatened to not move forward with confirmations of ...

Chuck Grassley's criminal justice overhaul efforts ... a Republican, and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois. If it becomes law, it would shorten mandatory minimum sentences for ...