Local Durbin Statement on House Republicans’ Decision to Walk Away from Debt Talks with the White House by Gary Kopycinski on July 25, 2011 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Local: Park Forest’s Sandra Zoellner Retires After 21 Years of Service June 17, 2026 Save the date for The Prairie Party at theNate June 17, 2026 Governors State Has New Soccer Complex and New Men’s Coach June 17, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2011. Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement Friday after House Republicans walked away from debt talks with the White House: