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June 12, 2019 Tweet - "Three years have passed since the #Pulse Nightclub shooting. Unfortunately, little has changed in our nation's gun laws since this devastating attack on the LGBTQ community." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 12, 2019 Tweet - "On #WorldDayAgainstChildLabor, we should be rethinking our labor practices and working to fix the gaps in U.S. law that allow for the exploitation of child labor." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 12, 2019 Tweet - "This @washingtonpost editorial is exactly right. "It is a dereliction of duty for Congress and the administration not to take up on a most urgent basis the defense of the nation's democratic process." Why is Sen. McConnell ignoring these threats?" Sen. Dick Durbin
June 12, 2019 Tweet - "I was back on the Senate floor today to once again call on Sen. McConnell to bring the House-passed #DreamAndPromiseAct to the floor for a vote. The eyes of hundreds of thousands of #Dreamers are on Washington and the Senate right now, but all they see is a legislative graveyard." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 12, 2019 Tweet - "Thought of Acting FDA Commissioner Sharpless last week when I saw this full page ad in Politico. So I sent him a note urging him to do his job & protect our children." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 12, 2019 Senator Hassan Joins Colleagues in Introducing Comprehensive Legislation to Address Skyrocketing Prescription Drug Prices Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 12, 2019 Executive Session Sen. Dick Durbin
June 12, 2019 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 Rep. Bill Foster
June 12, 2019 Hurd, Kelly Bill to Improve Cybersecurity of IoT Devices Gains Momentum Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
June 12, 2019 Tweet - "Is there any humanitarian concern for children on the other side of the aisle? If there was, Sen. McConnell would bring the bipartisan, House-passed #DreamAndPromiseAct to the floor for a vote. End the legislative graveyard & fix the #DACA crisis President Trump created." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 12, 2019 Net Neutrality Sen. Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Matsui, Jeffries, Schakowsky, Lamb Relaunch Task Force on Aging and Families Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 11, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Daniel Coats, Director of National Intelligence - As Part of Inquiry Into White House Efforts to Suppress Climate Change Testimony, House Intelligence Committee Democrats Demand Answers from DNI Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
June 11, 2019 Letter to Andrew Wheeler, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Klobuchar, Duckworth Lead Letter Urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Cease Issuing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) "Hardship' Waivers Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 11, 2019 Huffman, 53 Lawmakers to Army Corps of Engineers : Block the Proposed Pebble Mine Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
June 11, 2019 Cloture Motion Sen. Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Democratic Caucus Relaunches Task Force on Aging and Families Rep. Jan Schakowsky
June 11, 2019 García and Espaillat Announce Language to Keep USCIS from Closing International Offices Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
June 11, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Robert Lighthizer, U.S. Trade Representative - Members of Congress Push For Removal of Wine Tariffs Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 11, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Kathy Kraninger, Director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau - Waters, Velázquez and 63 Democrats Blast CFPB's HMDA Rollback Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
June 11, 2019 Tweet - "What we're seeing at our borders is not just bad luck. Make no mistake -- President Trump takes pride in being the most anti-immigrant president in modern history and his border security strategy is a cruel and dismal failure. Let's look at the "highlights." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Letter to Steve Easterbrook, Chief Executive Order of McDonald's Corporation - Duckworth, Blumenthal, Brown, Harris, Klobuchar, Sanders, Van Hollen & Warren Demand McDonald's Improve Sexual Harassment Policies at Locations Across the Country Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 11, 2019 Durbin, Capito, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Address Childhood Trauma Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 11, 2019 Tweet - "I went to the Senate floor today to talk about my trip last weekend to Alton and Winchester to see first-hand the effects of the severe flooding there. It did my heart proud to see how many folks have stepped up to fill sandbags and help their neighbors in this time of need." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Duckworth, Hastings Introduce Bill Requiring DoD to Update Forms Containing Racially or Ethnically Insensitive Terminology Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 11, 2019 Duckworth, Portman, Booker, Schatz, Markey & King Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Address Predatory Phone Rates in Criminal Justice System Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 11, 2019 Tweet - "I'm deeply concerned by the UAE's treatment of Ahmed Mansoor, the human rights activist detained as a political prisoner since 2017. Throughout that time, Mr. Mansoor been denied many of the same rights he fought for as an activist -- leading to his own arrest." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Letter to Andrew Wheeler, Administrator to the Environmental Protection Agency - Duckworth, Durbin and Klobuchar Urge Trump Administration to Stop Undermining Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) by Abusing 'Hardship' Waivers Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 11, 2019 Cloture Motion Sen. Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Climate Health Program Rep. Brad Schneider
June 11, 2019 Midwest Floods Sen. Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Tweet - "Net Neutrality is essential to a free and open internet. Unfortunately, Leader McConnell would rather bury another bill in his legislative graveyard than allow a vote on the #SaveTheInternetAct." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Cloture Motion Sen. Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment Sen. Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Cloture Motion Sen. Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Tweet - "The Trump Administration's decision to cut assistance to Guatemala & indifference to anti-corruption efforts were short-sighted & undermined attempts to address the underlying causes of poverty there. The next President of Guatemala must be committed to addressing these issues." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Conditions of Migrant Detention Facilities Are Inhumane Rep. Chuy Garcia
June 11, 2019 Durbin: President Trump Is Most Anti-Immigrant President In History & Weakest On Border Security Sen. Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions Sen. Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Cloture Motion Sen. Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Hearing of the Worker and Family Support Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Davis, Hearing on Responsible Fatherhood Rep. Danny Davis
June 11, 2019 Portman, Duckworth Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Address Predatory Phone Rates in Criminal Justice System Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 10, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States - Foster Leads Illinois Delegation Letter Requesting GAO Review of Federal Fund Distribution Rep. Sean Casten, ...
June 10, 2019 Letter to Kevin Burns, CEO of JUUL Labs, Inc. - Chairman Krishnamoorthi Of The Subcommittee On Economic And Consumer Policy Opens Investigation Into JUUL's Role In The Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 10, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs - Norcross, Brown Lead Bipartisan Letter Pushing Back Against Department Of Veterans Affairs' Union-Busting Efforts Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
June 10, 2019 Tweet - "Responding to violence in our communities requires us to recognize the impact that traumatic experiences can have on our children. Trauma - such as witnessing violence, abuse, or a drug overdose - can harm brain development & cause emotional scars that follow a child for life." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 10, 2019 Durbin, Cohen: Congress Must Close Loophole That Encourages For-Profit Colleges To Target Veterans & Service Members Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 10, 2019 Tweet - "100 years ago today, Illinois joined Wisconsin and Michigan as the first states to ratify the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote. As we celebrate this historic day, we honor the brave suffragettes who continue to serve as an inspiration to so many of us." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 10, 2019 Tweet - "It's unacceptable that 56 years have passed since the passage of the Equal Pay Act and we're still struggling to close the wage gap. #MomsEqualPayDay is a reminder that Congress needs to pass the #PaycheckFairness Act to address this problem and help working mothers." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 10, 2019 Tweet - "Climate change is a legitimate threat to our national security and yet, this Administration continues to ignore the facts and science behind it time and time again." Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
June 12, 2019 Tweet - "Three years have passed since the #Pulse Nightclub shooting. Unfortunately, little has changed in our nation's gun laws since this devastating attack on the LGBTQ community." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 12, 2019 Tweet - "On #WorldDayAgainstChildLabor, we should be rethinking our labor practices and working to fix the gaps in U.S. law that allow for the exploitation of child labor." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 12, 2019 Tweet - "This @washingtonpost editorial is exactly right. "It is a dereliction of duty for Congress and the administration not to take up on a most urgent basis the defense of the nation's democratic process." Why is Sen. McConnell ignoring these threats?" Sen.Dick Durbin
June 12, 2019 Tweet - "I was back on the Senate floor today to once again call on Sen. McConnell to bring the House-passed #DreamAndPromiseAct to the floor for a vote. The eyes of hundreds of thousands of #Dreamers are on Washington and the Senate right now, but all they see is a legislative graveyard." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 12, 2019 Tweet - "Thought of Acting FDA Commissioner Sharpless last week when I saw this full page ad in Politico. So I sent him a note urging him to do his job & protect our children." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 12, 2019 Senator Hassan Joins Colleagues in Introducing Comprehensive Legislation to Address Skyrocketing Prescription Drug Prices Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 12, 2019 Executive Session Sen.Dick Durbin
June 12, 2019 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 Rep.Bill Foster
June 12, 2019 Hurd, Kelly Bill to Improve Cybersecurity of IoT Devices Gains Momentum Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
June 12, 2019 Tweet - "Is there any humanitarian concern for children on the other side of the aisle? If there was, Sen. McConnell would bring the bipartisan, House-passed #DreamAndPromiseAct to the floor for a vote. End the legislative graveyard & fix the #DACA crisis President Trump created." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 12, 2019 Net Neutrality Sen.Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Matsui, Jeffries, Schakowsky, Lamb Relaunch Task Force on Aging and Families Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 11, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Daniel Coats, Director of National Intelligence - As Part of Inquiry Into White House Efforts to Suppress Climate Change Testimony, House Intelligence Committee Democrats Demand Answers from DNI Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
June 11, 2019 Letter to Andrew Wheeler, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Klobuchar, Duckworth Lead Letter Urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Cease Issuing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) "Hardship' Waivers Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 11, 2019 Huffman, 53 Lawmakers to Army Corps of Engineers : Block the Proposed Pebble Mine Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
June 11, 2019 Cloture Motion Sen.Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Democratic Caucus Relaunches Task Force on Aging and Families Rep.Jan Schakowsky
June 11, 2019 García and Espaillat Announce Language to Keep USCIS from Closing International Offices Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
June 11, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Robert Lighthizer, U.S. Trade Representative - Members of Congress Push For Removal of Wine Tariffs Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 11, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Kathy Kraninger, Director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau - Waters, Velázquez and 63 Democrats Blast CFPB's HMDA Rollback Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
June 11, 2019 Tweet - "What we're seeing at our borders is not just bad luck. Make no mistake -- President Trump takes pride in being the most anti-immigrant president in modern history and his border security strategy is a cruel and dismal failure. Let's look at the "highlights." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Letter to Steve Easterbrook, Chief Executive Order of McDonald's Corporation - Duckworth, Blumenthal, Brown, Harris, Klobuchar, Sanders, Van Hollen & Warren Demand McDonald's Improve Sexual Harassment Policies at Locations Across the Country Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 11, 2019 Durbin, Capito, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Address Childhood Trauma Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 11, 2019 Tweet - "I went to the Senate floor today to talk about my trip last weekend to Alton and Winchester to see first-hand the effects of the severe flooding there. It did my heart proud to see how many folks have stepped up to fill sandbags and help their neighbors in this time of need." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Duckworth, Hastings Introduce Bill Requiring DoD to Update Forms Containing Racially or Ethnically Insensitive Terminology Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 11, 2019 Duckworth, Portman, Booker, Schatz, Markey & King Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Address Predatory Phone Rates in Criminal Justice System Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 11, 2019 Tweet - "I'm deeply concerned by the UAE's treatment of Ahmed Mansoor, the human rights activist detained as a political prisoner since 2017. Throughout that time, Mr. Mansoor been denied many of the same rights he fought for as an activist -- leading to his own arrest." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Letter to Andrew Wheeler, Administrator to the Environmental Protection Agency - Duckworth, Durbin and Klobuchar Urge Trump Administration to Stop Undermining Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) by Abusing 'Hardship' Waivers Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 11, 2019 Cloture Motion Sen.Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Climate Health Program Rep.Brad Schneider
June 11, 2019 Midwest Floods Sen.Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Tweet - "Net Neutrality is essential to a free and open internet. Unfortunately, Leader McConnell would rather bury another bill in his legislative graveyard than allow a vote on the #SaveTheInternetAct." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Cloture Motion Sen.Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment Sen.Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Cloture Motion Sen.Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Tweet - "The Trump Administration's decision to cut assistance to Guatemala & indifference to anti-corruption efforts were short-sighted & undermined attempts to address the underlying causes of poverty there. The next President of Guatemala must be committed to addressing these issues." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Conditions of Migrant Detention Facilities Are Inhumane Rep.Chuy Garcia
June 11, 2019 Durbin: President Trump Is Most Anti-Immigrant President In History & Weakest On Border Security Sen.Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions Sen.Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Cloture Motion Sen.Dick Durbin
June 11, 2019 Hearing of the Worker and Family Support Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Davis, Hearing on Responsible Fatherhood Rep.Danny Davis
June 11, 2019 Portman, Duckworth Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Address Predatory Phone Rates in Criminal Justice System Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 10, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States - Foster Leads Illinois Delegation Letter Requesting GAO Review of Federal Fund Distribution Rep.Sean Casten, ...
June 10, 2019 Letter to Kevin Burns, CEO of JUUL Labs, Inc. - Chairman Krishnamoorthi Of The Subcommittee On Economic And Consumer Policy Opens Investigation Into JUUL's Role In The Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 10, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs - Norcross, Brown Lead Bipartisan Letter Pushing Back Against Department Of Veterans Affairs' Union-Busting Efforts Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
June 10, 2019 Tweet - "Responding to violence in our communities requires us to recognize the impact that traumatic experiences can have on our children. Trauma - such as witnessing violence, abuse, or a drug overdose - can harm brain development & cause emotional scars that follow a child for life." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 10, 2019 Durbin, Cohen: Congress Must Close Loophole That Encourages For-Profit Colleges To Target Veterans & Service Members Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 10, 2019 Tweet - "100 years ago today, Illinois joined Wisconsin and Michigan as the first states to ratify the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote. As we celebrate this historic day, we honor the brave suffragettes who continue to serve as an inspiration to so many of us." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 10, 2019 Tweet - "It's unacceptable that 56 years have passed since the passage of the Equal Pay Act and we're still struggling to close the wage gap. #MomsEqualPayDay is a reminder that Congress needs to pass the #PaycheckFairness Act to address this problem and help working mothers." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 10, 2019 Tweet - "Climate change is a legitimate threat to our national security and yet, this Administration continues to ignore the facts and science behind it time and time again." Sen.Dick Durbin
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