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Senator Durbin is married to Loretta Schaefer Durbin. They have three children and one grandchild.

Senator Durbin is married to Loretta Schaefer Durbin. They have three children and one grandchild.

==Interest group ratings==  

==Interest group ratings==

Based on the ratings from interest groups, Dick Durbin has a very [[liberal]] platform.  

Based on the ratings from interest groups, Dick Durbin has a very [[liberal]] platform.  

*Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating an anti-life voting record  

*Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating an anti-life voting record  

==Controversy==

==Controversy==

Senator Durbin made a statement In 2005 morally equating U.S. treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, (zero killed, a few died of suicide) with prisoner treatment by Pol Pot (200,000 killed, 1,500,000 died). He later apologized for his comments. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,160275,00.html Durbin Apologizes for Nazi, Gulag, Pol Pot Remarks], Sharon Kehnemui Liss, ''[[Fox News Channel|Fox News]]'', June 22, 2005</ref>

Senator Durbin made a statement In 2005 morally equating U.S. treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, (zero killed, a few died of suicide) with prisoner treatment by Pol Pot (200,000 killed, 1,500,000 died). He later apologized for his comments.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,160275,00.html Durbin Apologizes for Nazi, Gulag, Pol Pot Remarks], Sharon Kehnemui Liss, ''[[Fox News Channel|Fox News]]'', June 22, 2005</ref>

<blockquote>"If I read this to you and did not tell you that it was an FBI agent describing what Americans had done to prisoners in their control, you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime — Pol Pot or others — that had no concern for human beings."</blockquote>

<blockquote>"If I read this to you and did not tell you that it was an FBI agent describing what Americans had done to prisoners in their control, you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime — Pol Pot or others — that had no concern for human beings."</blockquote>

==Sources==

==Sources==

*[http://durbin.senate.gov/aboutrjd.cfm Richard J. Durbin Biography]]

*[http://durbin.senate.gov/aboutrjd.cfm Richard J. Durbin Biography]

==References==

==References==

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==External Links==

==External links==

*[http://durbin.senate.gov/ Official U.S. Senate Website]

*[http://durbin.senate.gov/ Official U.S. Senate Website]

*Durbin Compares U.S. Troops to Nazis, Soviets, & Pol Pot, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7FaSEQ-fKc]

*Durbin Compares U.S. Troops to Nazis, Soviets, & Pol Pot, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7FaSEQ-fKc]