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Dick Durbin, the Senate's No. 2 Democrat, won't seek reelection, says 'it's time to pass the torch'

  • Bias Rating

    -24% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -60% Medium Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -6% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : But in my heart I know it's time to pass the torch.
60% : In the early 2000s, he introduced the DREAM Act, which would give immigrants in the U.S. illegally who grew up in the country a pathway toward U.S. citizenship.
44% : Obama responded with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, which has covered about 830,000 immigrants, according to Durbin's office.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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