"The banks—hard to believe in a time when we're facing a banking crisis—that many of the banks created—are still the most powerful lobby on Capitol Hill. And they frankly own the place."
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Democratic Party (United States) politiciansLawyers from IllinoisMembers of the United States House of RepresentativesMembers of the United States SenateCatholics from the United States
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Interview by Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal, PBS, May 8, 2009.
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Dick Durbin
Richard Joseph Durbin (born November 21, 1944) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Illinois, a seat he was first elected to in 1996. He has been the Senate Democratic Whip since 2005, the second-highest position in the Democratic leadership in the U.S. Senate.
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