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Podcast: WBEZ News
Episode: Illinois Senator Dick Durbin’s highlight reel of speeches
Description: Since taking office, Dick Durbin will go down as one of the state’s most influential congressional figures.
But the Illinois Democrat was also a master of the floor-speech zinger.
Now that Durbin has announced his retirement, WBEZ’s Dave McKinney looks back at some of the senator’s more memorable stem-winders.
HOST: DIXON