Dirksen
Americannoun
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They need a sizable guaranteed income, great health care and a comfortable living until they freeze in a blank stare and drool from a podium in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
From Salon • Aug. 15, 2025
Burke left the Dirksen Federal Courthouse without comment.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2023
Police said 12 people had been arrested for illegally protesting inside the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2023
To complete the setback levee project in West Sacramento, the city had to relocate roughly a dozen households near the river, said Paul Dirksen, the flood protection planner for the city.
From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2023
In need of advice, he called his old senate colleague Everett Dirksen, a Republican from Illinois.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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