All eyes are on the U.S. Senate as a potential government shutdown looms. Paris Schutz has more on what Sen. Dick Durbin and Illinois members of Congress are planning to do.

Sen. Dick Durbin says the U.S. House of Representatives' bill to cut funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative by 80 percent would severely impact programs created to address ecological problems facing the Great Lakes. Programs to keep Asian carp out of the lakes would be slashed, among others. Elizabeth Brackett has the details. Read a fact sheet.

Sen. Dick Durbin urges all law enforcement agencies to use the federal database resources to track guns found at crime scenes. Elizabeth Brackett has the story. Read Durbin's letter.

Two Illinois senators urge U.S. Attorney nominee Zach Fardon to make Chicago street gangs top priority. Elizabeth Brackett has the details.

Sen. Dick Durbin joins us to discuss the bipartisan immigration bill being considered in Congress, and the latest on the Hill.

Sen. Dick Durbin says sequestration is having an impact on everything, from Head Start programs to the loss of air traffic controllers. Elizabeth Brackett reports.

Sen. Dick Durbin outlines the Senate 'Gang of 8' immigration proposal. Paris Schutz has the latest.

Elizabeth Brackett reports from President Barack Obama's election night headquarters at McCormick Place. Watch the web extra videos.

Sen. Dick Durbin joins us for a frank talk on the presidential election, partisan gridlock, and his own future in the Democratic Party.

Thousands of undocumented immigrants line up at Navy Pier for the chance to gain legal status under the new "deferred action" initiative. Paris Schutz has the story.

Sen. Dick Durbin reacts to the news that the U.S. Supreme Court struck down key parts of an Arizona law that sought to deter illegal immigration. Paris Schutz reports.

Student debt threatens to cripple a generation from making it in America. We talk with Sen. Dick Durbin about this issue, and other examples of gridlock in Washington.

Millions of Americans are likely to see their payroll taxes go up in January. We hear from both Illinois U.S. senators about the prospects for a deal.

A national unrest is brewing amid discontent with the President, Congress and Wall Street. Illinois Senators Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk join Carol Marin for a lengthy discussion about how to turn the country around.