| July 10, 2019
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Tweet - "Our intelligence agencies are spending millions of dollars to stop the Russians from making a mockery of the 2020 election. Unfortunately, Leader McConnell is blocking critical, comprehensive election security legislation that would help to assure every vote will be counted."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 10, 2019
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Tweet - "Today, I met with @AmerAcadPeds President-Elect Dr. Sally Goza, to talk about the heart-breaking situation at our southern border."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 10, 2019
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Durbin, Grassley Vow To Continue Push To Require Disclosure Of Drug Prices In TV Ads
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| July 10, 2019
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Executive Calendar
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 10, 2019
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Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019
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Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
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| July 9, 2019
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Menendez, Democrats Introduce Health Care Bill of Rights
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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| July 9, 2019
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Letter to Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon - Pallone & Schakowsky Question Amazon's Oversight of Fake Online Product Reviews
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Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
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| July 9, 2019
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Underwood Statement on Continued Assault on Americans' Access to Quality, Affordable Health Care
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Rep. Lauren Underwood
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| July 9, 2019
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Bipartisan Bill to Help Communities Like Wiscasset with Stranded Nuclear Waste Introduced in the Senate
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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| July 9, 2019
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Tweet - "I agree with @SenSchumer -- Secretary Acosta should resign."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 9, 2019
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Tweet - "Today, Leader McConnell has scheduled a vote on a nominee to fill a California-based judicial seat in the 9th Circuit. Unfortunately, that nominee, Daniel Bress, is a Washington, DC lawyer who has barely lived in California since high school."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 9, 2019
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Durbin, Duckworth Help Introduce Health Care Bill Of Rights
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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| July 9, 2019
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Durbin Statement On Trump Administration Lawsuit Against The Affordable Care Act
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 9, 2019
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Tweet - "Tonight, baseball's best players compete at the #AllStarGame. Baseball fans deserve the best, too. It's time for @MLB to extend safety netting at all major league ballparks to the foul poles. Let's not wait until next season. Increased fan safety is a win for everyone."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 9, 2019
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Tweet - "The Affordable Care Act helped 20 million Americans gain health insurance, including more than 1 million in IL alone -- cutting the uninsured rate in our state in half. Today, Republicans are going to court to attempt to overturn the entire ACA & rip coverage away from millions."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 8, 2019
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CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Raja Krishamoorthi
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Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
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| July 8, 2019
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Underwood Introduces the Counter Terrorist Network Act
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Rep. Lauren Underwood
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| July 8, 2019
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Tweet - "I've always believed that it's impossible to understand the issues facing our criminal justice system without seeing prisons firsthand. That's why I'd urge my fellow lawmakers to take the @FAMMFoundation #VisitAPrison challenge and visit a prison in the next twelve months."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 8, 2019
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Tweet - "We know why President Trump wants to put the citizenship question on the census: to discourage Hispanic-Americans from answering the questionnaire. The DOJ must print the census without the citizenship question so every person in the U.S. is counted."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 8, 2019
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Tweet - "Former IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan knows the importance of states being able to protect their students from unscrupulous and predatory student loan servicers."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 8, 2019
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Letter to Steven Dillingham, Director and Census Bureau - Murray, Cantwell, Colleagues Urge Census Bureau to Provide Language Support for Southeast Asian Communities
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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| July 8, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Illinois Congressional Delegation Urges USDA To Support State's Request For Disaster Declaration
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Rep. Lauren Underwood, ...
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| July 6, 2019
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Tweet - "These tragedies will continue if violent extremism is left unchecked. The Senate should immediately pass my Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 6, 2019
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Tweet - "Brazilian President Bolsonaro is threatening our planet with these reckless and selfish Amazon deforestation policies. Sadly, our President has emboldened this kind of behavior by repeatedly denying the science behind climate change."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 5, 2019
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100th Anniversary of the East St. Louis American Legion Post 53
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Rep. Mike Bost
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| July 3, 2019
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MSNBC "Hardball with Chris Matthews" - Transcript: Trump: "Department of Justice reverses course."
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Rep. Mike Quigley
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| July 3, 2019
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Letter to Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary at the US Department of Homeland Security, Matthew Albence, Acting Director at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Mark Morgan, Acting Commissioner at US Customs and Border Protection - Illinois Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi And Jesus "Chuy" Garcia Launch Inquiry To Ensure DHS Uses Funds To Strengthen Conditions For Migrant Children And Families
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Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
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| July 3, 2019
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Congressman Krishnamoorthi Strongly Supports Oversight Committee Investigation Of Detestable CBP Facebook Group Posts
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Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
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| July 3, 2019
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Letter to Carlos Cordeiro, U.S. Soccer President - Democratic Women's Caucus Leadership Demands Answers About Gender Discrimination and Unequal Pay for U.S. Women's National Soccer Team
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Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
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| July 3, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States Government Accountability Office - Duckworth, Durbin, Fischer & Bustos Call For GAO Review of "Move Over" Laws to Better Protect First Responders
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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| July 3, 2019
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Tweet - "In April, I visited the Del Norte Processing Center in El Paso. I will never forget what I saw there. The cruelty of this Administration is hard to overstate. America is better than this."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 3, 2019
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Durbin Calls On Congress To Protect And Strengthen The ACA, Not Undermine It
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 2, 2019
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Underwood Works to Combat Robocalls
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Rep. Lauren Underwood
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| July 2, 2019
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Foster Introduces Resolution to Allow DREAMers to Serve in Military
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Rep. Bill Foster
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| July 2, 2019
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Congressman Jesus "Chuy" García Applauds Removal of Citizenship Question from 2020 Census
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Rep. Chuy Garcia
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| July 2, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services - Democrats Urge HHS Secretary to End Restrictions on Using Fetal Tissue for Scientific Research
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Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
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| July 2, 2019
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Young, Duckworth, Risch Legislation to Increase Investment in Small Businesses
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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| July 2, 2019
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Tweet - "Next week 20 Republican states & the Trump Admin will go to court in an attempt -- once again -- to eliminate the Affordable Care Act. If the President has his way we could return to the dark days where insurance companies discriminate against patients with pre-existing conditions."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 2, 2019
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Tweet - "This is good news for our democracy. I'm glad the Trump Administration finally decided to abandon its partisan, underhanded effort to add a citizenship question to the census."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 2, 2019
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Tweet - "This afternoon I visited @SIUE WE CARE Clinic in my hometown of East St. Louis. It's a nurse-managed primary clinic that serves patients of all ages and works with community partners to decrease health disparities and promote health"
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 1, 2019
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President Trump Signs LaHood Legislation to Reform IRS into Law
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Rep. Darin LaHood
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| July 1, 2019
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Freshman Lawmakers Unveil Task Force Sentry: Bipartisan Group Working to Prevent Foreign Interference in U.S. Elections
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Rep. Lauren Underwood
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| July 1, 2019
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Congresswoman Schakowsky Reintroduces Bill to Protect Drinking Water From Fracking
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Rep. Jan Schakowsky
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| July 1, 2019
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Brown, Senate Democrats Press OSHA, McDonald's Leadership to Take Action to Protect Employees from Workplace Violence
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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| July 1, 2019
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Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Stop Hot Car Deaths
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Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
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| July 1, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Cassidy Presses for Access to Life-Saving Devices
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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| July 1, 2019
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Tweet - "Betsy Devos can always be trusted to come down on the side of corporate greed over quality education. Her defense of federal subsidies for the worst performing for profit schools gives students and taxpayers the shaft and her corporate buddies a windfall. Sadly, it's no surprise."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 1, 2019
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Cortez Masto, Colleagues Honor Anniversary of Title Ix, Landmark Civil Rights Law Prohibiting Discrimination in Education on The Basis of Sex
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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| June 30, 2019
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Tweet - "President Obama created #DACA to give 790k young people a chance to be a part of America's future. President Trump tried to end it as part of his failed "get tough" strategy. Now the Supreme Court has agreed to President Trump's request to step in."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| June 30, 2019
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Tweet - "Trump-Devos revocation of Obama rule terminating federal subsidies to the worst performing for-profit schools means deeper debt for students at the expense of taxpayers. I will call on the Senate to take a stand on this clear choice between students and greedy for-profit schools."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| June 29, 2019
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Duckworth Stresses Importance of Diversity in Leadership at National Organization of Black Elected Legislative (Nobel) Women Conference in Chicago
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth
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| June 28, 2019
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Amendment No. 883 to S. National Defense Authorization Act for
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| June 28, 2019
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Letter to Joseph Lengyel, Chief at the National Guard Bureau, and Scott Rice, Director of the Air National Guard - LaHood, Illinois Lawmakers Urge Air National Guard to Assign Flying Mission to 183rd Wing in Springfield
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Rep. Darin LaHood
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| June 28, 2019
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Congressmen Krishnamoorthi, Walberg, Guthrie And Rush Introduce POW Priority Care Act
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Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
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| June 28, 2019
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Foster Space R&D Amendments Pass House
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Rep. Bill Foster
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| June 28, 2019
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Rep. García's Safe Housing for Families Act Advances Unanimously in Financial Services Committee
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Rep. Chuy Garcia
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| June 28, 2019
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Letter to Jamie Dimon, CEO of Chase - Rep. García, Sen. Warren Write JP Morgan Chase's Jamie Dimon to Raise Alarms About His Decision to Reintroduce Forced Arbitration for Credit Card Users
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Rep. Chuy Garcia
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| June 28, 2019
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Letter to Jamie Dimon, Chief Executive Officer and President of Chase & Co. - Sen. Warren, Rep. García Write JP Morgan Chase's Jamie Dimon to Raise Alarms About His Decision to Reintroduce Forced Arbitration for Credit Card Users
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Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
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| June 28, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communication Commission - Senator Markey Leads Colleagues in Call for Maintaining Strong Children's Television Rules
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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| June 28, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Rep. Ilhan Omar, Members of Congress send a letter to Secretary Mike Pompeo to Protect American Citizens from Human Rights Abuses Abroad
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Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
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| June 28, 2019
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Walberg, Krishnamoorthi, Guthrie, and Rush Introduce POW Priority Care Act
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Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
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| June 28, 2019
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Freshman Lawmakers Unveil Task Force Sentry: Bipartisan Group Working to Prevent Foreign Interference in U.S. Elections
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Rep. Lauren Underwood, ...
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| June 28, 2019
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Senate Passes Bipartisan Bill Expanding Access To Clean, Private Lactation Rooms In Federal Buildings
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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| June 28, 2019
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Tweet - "The @USDA now has granted both my requests with @SenJohnThune to implement new cover crop guidelines and change the hay/graze deadline. This will help more farmers in Illinois and across the United States. #plant19 Our letter here:"
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| June 28, 2019
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Tweet - "I was happy to be at today's ribbon cutting for Centre @ 501. This finished project, and the housing and commercial opportunities it will provide, is great news for our Springfield community."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| June 28, 2019
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Tweet - "The surge in hate crimes & terrorism driven by white supremacists across the country is simply unacceptable. No American should face discrimination or fear for their life because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or any reason whatsoever."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| June 28, 2019
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Tweet - "The result of Secretary DeVos' repeal of the gainful employment rule is not difficult to predict: more students will be exploited by for-profit colleges and more taxpayers dollars will line the pockets of for-profit college executives and investors. It's just that simple."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| June 28, 2019
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Tweet - "The Stonewall Uprising launched the fight for equal rights for LGBTQ Americans. I'm proud to introduce a resolution with @SenDuckworth @SenatorBaldwin @SenSchumer & @Gillibrandny to recognize & honor the 50th anniversary of this historic and important moment. #Stonewall50"
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| June 28, 2019
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Tweet - "The census should stay on schedule. If this administration continues to pursue the citizenship question, they will only further jeopardize our ability to conduct a full, fair, and accurate census. This is more important than partisan politics."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| June 28, 2019
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Recognizing the 10th World Tamil Conference
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Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
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| June 28, 2019
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Tweet - "President Obama created #DACA to give 790k young people a chance to be a part of America's future. President Trump tried to end it as part of his failed "get tough" strategy. Now the Supreme Court has agreed to President Trump's request to step in."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| June 28, 2019
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Letter to General Joseph L. Lengyel, Chief of the National Guard Bureau and Lieutenant General L. Scott Rice, Director of the Air National Guard - Durbin, Duckworth, Davis, Bustos, LaHood, Bost Urge Air National Guard To Assign Flying Mission To 183d Wing In Springfield
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| June 28, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce - Durbin, Duckworth: Census Should Stay On Schedule, Omit Citizenship Question
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| June 28, 2019
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Durbin Statement On Senate Vote To Prohibit Funds For Military Operation Against Iran
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| June 28, 2019
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Tweet - "President Trump's policy with regards to Iran -- directed by Mr. Bolton & Sec. Pompeo -- seems to have only increased regional tensions, incentivized Iran to restart its nuclear program, and encouraged another reckless Middle Eastern war."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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