>> i don't know, senator durbin, and i would be reluctant to speak for either one of them. this is obviously a difficult area of the law, an area in which there are great stakes and where people and judges feel their responsibilities as very heavy and appropriately so. as i suggested to you, i do think that the constitutionality of the death penalty generalcy is precedent. i think senator stevens agreed with that. he did not think that it was appropriate to do what justice marshall had done which is dissent in every death penalty case. >> when you clerked for justice marshall. his views on the death penalty were well known. can you recall conversations with him on the subject when you were a clerk? >> well, they were well known. and his clerks had as a kind of special responsibility, and justice brennan's clerk as well. and clerks carry out the vision of the people for whom they work. and justice marshall and justice brennan did believe that the death penalty was unconstitutional in all its applications. but more specifically, i think viewed themselves as having a special r

senator durbin? >> thanks a lot, mr. chairman and let me say at the outset i believe that you and senator sessions have handled this nomination in the best traditions of the united states senate with decorum, thoughtful consideration and i believe giving every member, both sides of the table, an opportunity to ask most important questions they can imagine for a lifetime appointment to the highest supreme court in the land. you've done it again, mr. chairman. i want to thank senator sessions for complimenting you in that effort and also want to say a word about one of our colleagues here and that's senator specter. this is the third time i've considered -- been on this panel to consider a supreme court nomination with senator specter a member of the panel and sat in different chairs in different places but never failed to have thoughtful and insightful observations about what is an historic decision here. this is likely to be the last supreme court nomination for you, senator specter but i want you to know here's one fan

chairman, may i yield to senator durbin and take a turn? >> sir, go ahead, senator durbin. >> well, thanks, senator specter, an thanks to the panel for your testimony, all of you. i want to especially thank ms. ledbetter and mr. gross, hearings are so technical, so legal, i'm sure at the e of the day, a lot of people think thisill never affect me, but each of you has a story about how it affected you personally and i thank you very much for doing that. ms. ledbetter, we met before, and i congratula you for not giving up after the supreme court. i was there when president obama signed the ledbetter bill and was proud to be a part of that. having worked with the farm bureau, i'm sorry were you a victim of age discrimination and sorrth supreme court, supposed to be a non-activist court, decided to invent a legal theory to deny you recovery. i think that's unfortunate. ms. gibbons, 1 years ago i was up in prince william sound, right after the spill and saw it. never forget it, as long as i live and i, too, share your skepticism of the promises

. >>> el dream act fue escrito hace 10 años y co pra pa' durbin dijo que quiere asegurar que sea el primerm act si no que lo apoyen trabajo con toda la gente que quiere hacer lo mejor buscando el momento correcto, la legislación ampara a quienes entraron con 15 años o menos y este en la universidad o en el servicio militar. >>> se sistema que representan a un millón de estudiantes indocumentados. >>> según el congreso analizar posibilidad de presentar el dream act como legislación independiente univision. >>> el estado de utah donde se publicó lista de supuesto inmigrantes ipd q mentados piensan qué hacer con los extranjero para eso preguntaron usted qué haría con los indocumentados veamos. >>> la mesa redonda sobre inmigración estaba planeada antes de este incidente de la lista de inmigrantes a raíz de esta situación el tema despertó más interés. >>> he visto cosas muy fea con la lista, muy racista, pero para mi esto es un buen paso. >>> dueños de empresas políticos y representantes de sectores comunidad estuvieron representados convocados por el gobernador de utah, el gobierno federal ha

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. >> senator durbin asked about mandatory sentencing guidelines, the death penalty, and treatment of enemy combatants. republican senator tom coburn talks about the role of judges and the commerce clause. this is one hour. >> thank you, mr. chairman. miss kagan, welcome. you are probably aware of the fact that, about 12 years ago, then majority leader began a tradition -- bank goodness it became a tradition -- thank good became a tradition -- thank good is that it

act i think we've had bipartisan support again earlier there was a bipartisan letter from senators durbin and lugar saying that this should stop the deportation of dream eligible students and we should enact this law before the election so that i would say this is all a great discussion but it's also it does highlight the issue and i think it does again as we've discussed over and over that it highlights the need for immigration reform in the country but when it comes to arizona there's something about this law that i think is coming out now and that is that now president obama owns it when there's more violence if there's more violence if there's more drug activity if there's more in the who now represent fifty percent of the crime illegal immigrants in maricopa county where phoenix is he owns this because he stepped in when his federal government said we can't process the illegal immigrants that they stepped in and said you can't do anything about it either state of arizona even though you're willing to be responsible now he owns it when there's more violence it's on president obama's h

chairman, may i yield to senator durbin and take a turn >> sir, go ahead, senator durbin. >> well, thanks, senator specter, an thanks to the panel for your testimony, all of you. i want to especially thank ms. ledbetter and mr. gross, hearings are so technical, so legal, i'm sure at the end of the day, a lot of people think this will never affect me, but each of you has a story about how it affected you personally and i thk you vermuch for doing that. ms. ledbetter, we met before, and i congratulate you for not giving up after the supreme court. i was there when present obama signed the ledbetter bill and was proud to be a part of that. ving worked with the farm bureau, i'm sorry were you a victim of age discrimination a sorry e supreme court, supposed to be a non-activist court, decided to invent a legal theoryo deny you recovery. i think that's unfortunate. ms. gions, 1 years ago i was up in prince william sound, right afte the spill and saw it. never forget it, as long as i live and i, too, share your skepticism of the promises made on the corporateide and know we need have a court sys

i'd like to thank the sponsor of the senate bill, senators durbin of illinois, sessions of alabama, and/orin hatch of utah who came together to pass this bipartisan legislation. there are many members of the house who worked tirelessly over the years to reform this disparity, including chairman of the judiciary committee, mr. conyers, sheila jackson lee, maxine waters, charlie rangel and mel watt. on pass of the organizations and members of congress who support s. 1789, i urge my colleagues to support the legislation and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, those who fail to learn the lessons of history often pay a price. unfortunately, the real cost usually falls on others. in the 1980's america faced an epidemic created by a new potent form of cocaine known as crack. its abuse spread through major cities and across the country at a stunning speed. along with crack came gu

and finally, i want to thank senators durbin and cardin for their remarks in justice marshall in the hearing. i conder it a real privilege after i became a united states senator to meet justice marshall. and to get a chance to talk with him. and i was deeply disappointed, this giant of american law whose life was devoted to all americans was a subject of despairagement during these proceedings. he should not be by the texas law review, elena kagan recalled how justice marshall's law clerks had tried to get her rely to allow an appeal to proceed then on a discrimination claim. she wrote at that 80-year-old justice referred to his years trying civil rights cases. said all he could hope for is that a court would not rule against you for legitimate reasons, but that you could not expect the court to bend the rules in your favor. and i agree with him on that. that's why i voted for many justices of the supreme court, and many judges, who might not share my philosophy, but i know that they'll be fair. and i will always use the same thumbnail idea that, if i walked into their courtroom, as

coal and senator durbin to see that this miscaurge of justice is corrected. while times have been bad for most americans, it has been worst for our american indian friends. during the economic downturn of the early 1980's, when way was traveling this country, they gave me a place to live. i was a guest on the land of navajos. over the years, i have worked along side many tribes. i know them to be hard-working honorable people. this act deprives them of an opportunity to regain the dignity and justice they are owed. as a member of this body, i'm in a position to return to my navajo hosts. that's why i'm a co-sponsor of mr. kildee's bill, which will make the necessary amendments to the indian reorganization act. thank you, madam speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kansas is recognized for five minutes. mr. duncan: i ask unanimous consent to claim the time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. duncan: request to address the house for five minutes. mr. duncan: i spent 7.5 years

and finally, i want to thank senators durbin and cardin for their remarks in justice marshall in the hearing. i consider it a real privilege after i became a united states senator to meet justice marshall. and to get a chance to talk with him. and i was deeply disappointed, this giant of american law whose life was devoted to all americans was a subject of despairagement during these proceedings. he should not be by the texas law review, elena kagan recalled how justice marshall's law clerks had tried to get her rely to allow an appeal to proceed then on a discrimination claim. she wrote at that 80-year-old justice referred to his years trying civil rights cases. said all he could hope for is that a court would not rule against you for legitimate reasons, but that you could not expect the court to bend the rules in your favor. and i agree with him on that. that's why i voted for many justices of the supreme court, and many judges, who might not share my philosophy, but i know that they'll be fair. and i will always use the same thumbnail idea that, if i walked into their courtroom, a

let us hear what two united states senators have to say about this -- senator dick durbin and then followed by massachusetts, brown. >> 1.2 million americans in the month of june will lose their unemployment benefits because not one single republican will vote to to help americans who lost jobs through no fault of their own. where they would find permission to spend money on so many things, when it comes to investing in american families who have fallen on hard times, they turn a deaf ear. that, to me, is sad and unfortunate. >> of course, we want to help people hurting through unemployment insurance, of course we want to have medicaid reimbursements to help struggling states, but, to use our checking account or do we use the credit card? i am in favor of using the checking account by using an allocated stimulus dollars, finding other moneys that are in the so-called slush funds that have not been used for years and years and still are available, or cutting across the board from various entities to come up with the money we need to fund these programs. host: two views from the senate floor

caller: i have called durbin's office. ironically enough, after mr.ernanke and their furniture crisis, he was being grilled by the senate. the poor man had just performed a miracle by keeping us from going into a depression. i call them and i said, "good god. tell this people to lay off. he saved our butts." i was very passionate during that call. i follow politics a lot and i am very frustrated by, you know, the fact that i am a republican. i am a liberal republican. i am probably the only liberal republican in town because i believe in helping poor people. i think it is terrible they have not extended the unemployment. that is another issue you talked about this morning. for heaven's sake, there are a lot of people who need jobs and are trying to get jobs. all of our teachers are off this summer. they go to school 190 days a year in our area. how can we educate our work force? host: we're going to move on to minneapolis, minnesota. on our line for independence. thank you for waiting. caller: hello? thank you for having me today. i am naturally kind

we have seen a detailed proposals put on the table from senators reid, schumer, menendez, leahy, durbin of which talk about immigration reform and how to fix it. in march of this year you have senator gramm, a leading republican from south carolina, put a proposal on this -- on the table and now he is back tracking. yesterday, the president was serious. at some point, the grownups have to come to the table. host: and we have a line for qarizadah setup 202-628-0184. let's see some comments from obama about immigration. >> obviously, the problem is greatest along our southern border, but it is not restricted to that part of the country. in fact, because we do not do a very good job of tracking who comes in and out, large numbers of avoiding immigration simply by overstaying their visas. the result is immense -- an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the united states. host: this idea of porous borders, what you think should be done to deal with the border situation? guest: we need to have a strong border. we need to have a secure border. in our studies of what border policy lo

the other issue is this durbin amendment to, which will cut back on the income that banks get from the feed the merchants have paid for the use of the above cards. that -- for the use of the debit cards. that is a real problem host: senators on both sides of the house of they wanted to make sure that community banks were differentiated from the larger banks in the bill that was a signed into law. how did that actually play out. what was included in the act to make sure that they were separated out? guest: banks that were 10 billion in size will be regulated for their consumer compliance. the last minute paid for, the increase on deposit and insurance, the ratio for the fdic, strengthening the fdic will be paid for over $10 billion. the collins amendment was an amendment to require capital ended grandfather some community banks under $15 billion in size in terms of the holding company. those are just some examples that come to mind. the senators are working this week on another bill with a $10 billion provision. host: let's look of some of the numbers when it comes to committee banks. n

these same cities, including durbin, capetown and johannesburg, now boast major soccer stadiums capable of drawing between 40,000 to 95,000 spectators each. the criminality and opportunity created by the world cup has presented major challenges for the south african government. unfortunately, these challenges will endure long after the cup has been awarded. this resolution urges the south african government to engage in an aggressive, sustained and effective campaign to fight the scurge of trafficking. it urges the government to adopt the pending prevention and combating of trafficking in persons bill and enforce relevant elements of the sexual offenses and child justice act. it urges the government to adopt additional measures to protect vulnerable children and other potential victims from sexual and labor exploittation. it urges the government to prioritize anti-trafficking law enforcement, particularly during the world cup games. and lastly, it encourages the government to prosecute tourists engaging in commercial sexual exploittation. i strongly urge our colleagues to support this t

in the senate and the conference process means a compromise there is in that amendment, as senator durbin put it in, an exemption for any fee set big the federal reserve for small institutions. they, then, feared they would be discriminated against so we amended the amendment. with the participation of the senate, obviously. and there were three provisions that protect smaller institutions, community banks, and credit unions. there's an anti-discrimination provision that says merchants and retailers cannot refuse to accept a debit card on the basis of who issued it, and the federal reserve, the instructions of the federal reserve include making that anti-discrimination work. we can guarantee people we will do it. as the amendment passed the senate, it said the small institutions were exempt but they might have suffered discrimination. they are protected in this bill. that's why the small businesses in illinois have endorsed this bill. i want to talk briefly about what's happened with the tarp. we had the last two republican speakers, one hailed the c.b.o. is an unassailable authority, the

of the things as we move along in this process, we have to keep our eye on action, and as senator durbin talked about the need to have 14 of our fellow commissioners agreed on a point of action, i think it is important for you to talk about this further, and secondly, i want to reinforce whether or not we take the action next year, it is critical to have a plan, because in business we have to operate with some level of clarity and where possible, reduce the uncertainty in world that is becoming increasingly uncertain to manage. >> thank you for drawing attention to this. if you look at page 16, there is a figure that talks about reductions in primary spending or increeses in revenues. you close the fiscal gap under the scenario. it means having a debt ratio at the end of the years. oits factions began last year, t would require -- if it began last year, it would require different patterns of the same ultimate effect. if we wait until 2013, it requires changes of 5.7 g.d.p. if we wait to the end of the decade, we're required to make changes of 7.9 of gdp. 4% of gdp -- that is about $600 b

in the senate and the conference process means a compromise there is in that amendment, as senator durbin put it in, an exemption for any fee set big the federal reserve for small institutions. they, then, feared they would be discriminated against so we amended the amendment. with the participation of the senate, obviously. and there were three provisions that protect smaller institutions, community banks, and credit unions. there's an anti-discrimination provision that says merchants and retailers cannot refuse to accept a debit card on the basis of who issued it, and the federal reserve, the instructions of the federal reserve include making that anti-discrimination work. we can guarantee people we will do it. as the amendment passed the senate, it said the small institutions were exempt but they might have suffered discrimination. they are protected in this bill. that's why the small businesses in illinois have endorsed this bill. i want to talk briefly about what's happened with the tarp. we had the last two republican speakers, one hailed the c.b.o. is an unassailable authority, the

immigration, we have seen a detailed proposals put on the table from senators reid, schume menendez, leahy, durbin, of which talk about immigration reform and how to fix it. in march of this year you have nator gramm, a leading republican from south carolina, put a proposal on this -- on the table and now he is back tracking. yesterday, the president was serious. at some point, the grownups have to come to the table. host: and we have a line for qarizadah setup 202-628-0184. let's see some comments from obama about immigration. >> obviously, the problem is greatest along our southern border, but it is not restricted to that part of the country. in fact, because we do not do a very good job of tracking who comes in and out, large numbers of avoiding immigration simply by overstaying their visas. the result is immense -- an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the united states. host: this idea of porous borders, what you think should be done to deal with the border situation? guest: we need to have a strong border. we need to have a secure border. in our studies of what border policy loo