Dirksen
Americannoun
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By 2029, potential Democratic members of the class of 2026—Roy Cooper, Mr. Brown, Mary Peltola, Josh Turek, Abdul El-Sayed and company—would all be ensconced in the Dirksen, Russell and Hart office buildings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Dirksen actually didn’t actually say the second part of that quote, according to the keepers of the Dirksen archives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
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
“I can identify him, because I know who’s doing this,” he told Dirksen.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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