Durbin defends shutdown vote, says it wasn’t coordinated with Schumer; No. 2 Senate Democrat said he couldn’t justify ‘playing with other people’s lives’
By Brenden MooreCapitol News Illinois bmoore@capitolnewsillinois.com Saying that he could not justify “playing with other people’s lives” as millions of Americans went without their paychecks and benefits, Sen. Dick Durbin on Thursday defended his vote to reopen the government earlier this week after a record-long federal government shutdown that stretched more