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[[Image:Dick Durbin.jpg|thumb|right| Senator Dick Durbin]]
'''Richard J. (Dick) Durbin''' is a [[liberal]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[United States Senate|Senator]] from [[Illinois]]. Senator Durbin was born on November 21, 1944 in [[East St. Louis]], [[Illinois]]. Senator Durbin is the current Assistant Majority Leader for the U.S. Senate.
==Education and Career==
Durbin graduated from [[Georgetown University]] with a B.S. in 1966 and a J.D. in 1969. Durbin was an attorney. He was elected to the U.S. Senate on November 5, 1996 and re-elected in 2002. In 2004, Durbin was elected as Minority Whip. In December 2006 Senator Durbin was elected by his fellow Democratic senators to the post of Assistant Majority Leader, also known as Majority Whip.
==Family==
Senator Durbin is married to Loretta Schaefer Durbin. They have three children and one grandchild.
==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>
<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==
*[http://durbin.senate.gov/aboutrjd.cfm Richard J. Durbin Biography]]
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
==External Links==
*[http://durbin.senate.gov/ Official U.S. Senate Website]
*[http://www.aim.org/wls/author/dick-durbin/ What Liberals Say - Dick Durbin], [[Accuracy In Media]]
[[Category:United States Senators]]
'''Richard J. (Dick) Durbin''' is a [[liberal]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[United States Senate|Senator]] from [[Illinois]]. Senator Durbin was born on November 21, 1944 in [[East St. Louis]], [[Illinois]]. Senator Durbin is the current Assistant Majority Leader for the U.S. Senate.
==Education and Career==
Durbin graduated from [[Georgetown University]] with a B.S. in 1966 and a J.D. in 1969. Durbin was an attorney. He was elected to the U.S. Senate on November 5, 1996 and re-elected in 2002. In 2004, Durbin was elected as Minority Whip. In December 2006 Senator Durbin was elected by his fellow Democratic senators to the post of Assistant Majority Leader, also known as Majority Whip.
==Family==
Senator Durbin is married to Loretta Schaefer Durbin. They have three children and one grandchild.
==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>
<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==
*[http://durbin.senate.gov/aboutrjd.cfm Richard J. Durbin Biography]]
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
==External Links==
*[http://durbin.senate.gov/ Official U.S. Senate Website]
*[http://www.aim.org/wls/author/dick-durbin/ What Liberals Say - Dick Durbin], [[Accuracy In Media]]
[[Category:United States Senators]]