At the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois' 2011 Bill of Rights Celebration in Chicago, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) applauded the end of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," but warned that other civil rights issues needed to be addressed.
The Democratic Party has released a one-minute ad accusing a Republican candidate for Congress and former Karl Rove aide of being "the architect of a voter suppression scheme."
President Barack Obama on Monday strongly condemned Iran's crackdown on protesters and called on the Islamic regime to immediately free those "unjustly detained."