Local Durbin Statement on Agreement to Raise the Debt Ceiling by Gary Kopycinski on August 1, 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)–August 1, 2011. Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement last night, after an agreement was reached to raise the nation’s debt ceiling and avoid a default on our national debt: