Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin at Judiciary Committee hearings in 2018. But there are reasons for hope, Durbin said, as evidenced by the way he has formed lasting friendships with key Republican Senate leaders such as Chuck Grassley and Lindsey Graham. I have a special friendship with Lindsey Graham that has endured through the years and people in Springfield cannot even understand why I say that, Durbin said. But he has helped me and I ve tried to help him if something s right. When I reintroduced the Dream Act I had one lead Republican cosponsor and it was Lindsey Graham. He told me he would do it and he did it.