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Dec. 13, 2018 Tweet - "Security efforts by the Department of Homeland Security could be compromised in a government shutdown. No matter what President Trump thinks, a shutdown is not good for the country and it won't make America safer." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Coalition Calls on Administration To Reject Renegotiation of Agreement To Allow Deportation of Vietnamese Refugees Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 13, 2018 Duckworth Votes to End U.S. Military's Unauthorized Support of Saudi Arabia's Brutal Military Campaign in Yemen Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Dec. 13, 2018 Tweet - "This debate and vote were long overdue. Not another taxpayer dollar or American life should be put on the line in support of this Saudi-led disaster in Yemen." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2018 Tweet - "Not only was the war in Yemen never authorized by the elected representatives of the American people -- it is a humanitarian disaster. An estimated 85,000 children have already died of malnutrition. And in a country of 28 million, nearly half are facing famine." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2018 Tweet - "The alternatives available to victims of harassment and discrimination in Congress were in obvious need of reform. Congressional staff who experience harassment and discrimination will now have access to improved support and protections, and there will be clear accountability." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2018 Durbin Statement On Passage Of Sexual Harassment Bill Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2018 Durbin Statement On Senate Passage Of Resolution To Halt Unauthorized U.S. Military Involvement In Yemen Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2018 Letter to Donald Trump - Durbin Pushes President Trump To Prioritize Addressing Chicago Gun Violence In Next Year's Budget Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2018 Rep Lieu Celebrates Passage of Bipartisan Bicameral Bill to Honor Chinese-American Wwii Veterans Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 13, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Bernard L. McNamee, Commissioner, FERC - Call for FERC Commissioner McNamee's Recusal from Future Discussions Involving Potential Subsidization of Coal, Nuclear Plants Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 13, 2018 Senator Duckworth to Serve on Senate Armed Services Committee Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Dec. 13, 2018 Tweet - "A wall won't stop fentanyl but scanning devices and more customs officers will." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Lawmakers Push President to Act on Climate Change Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 13, 2018 Letter to the President - Senate Democrats Urge White House to Continue Nuclear Arms Control Negotiations Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 13, 2018 Foster Announces Bipartisan National Labs Caucus Rep. Bill Foster
Dec. 13, 2018 Tweet - "How will we fight the drug epidemic in America, and stop the fentanyl coming into our country that is killing our children, when the President is fixated on a wall? We need modern technology and more customs officers." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2018 Senator Warren's Accountable Capitalism Act Moves Forward as Representatives Luján, Pocan, Lynch, Boyle, and Schakowsky Introduce House Companion Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 13, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie - Expanded Coverage for Agent Orange-Related Ailements Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 12, 2018 Foster Endorses Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House Rep. Bill Foster
Dec. 12, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Michael Pompeo, Secretary of State - Potential Closure of Chicago's Refugee Resettlement Agencies Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 12, 2018 Quigley Supports Select Committee on Green New Deal Rep. Mike Quigley
Dec. 12, 2018 Quigley Applauds Passage of Bipartisan Bill Aimed at Reversing Rising Maternal Mortality Rates Rep. Mike Quigley
Dec. 12, 2018 LaHood Votes in Support of Final Passage of the Farm Bill Rep. Darin LaHood
Dec. 12, 2018 PBS "News Hour" - Transcript: Sens. Grassley, Durbin on "Smarter' Criminal Law, Bipartisanship Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 12, 2018 Durbin, Duckworth, Kelly Statement On Report Of Additional Manganese Source In Southeast Chicago Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 12, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump says we have to shut down our government if he doesn't get $5 billion for a wasteful and ineffective wall. We need modern technology to stop the drug cartels from importing the poison killing our kids, not a medieval solution like a wall from sea to shining sea." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 12, 2018 Tweet - "The Department of Education should rescind its reinstatement of deadbeat #4profit college accreditor ACICS. Students and taxpayers stand to lose if this company is allowed to keep propping up predatory #4profit institutions." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 12, 2018 Tweet - "I joined Senate and House Democrats asking for a briefing on Sec. Pompeo's meeting with the Ecuadorian Foreign Minister. We need to know when Julian Assange's hiding at the Ecuadorian embassy will finally end and who he might have met with while there." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 12, 2018 Tweet - "Secretary Pompeo discredits himself, the State Department, and our nation with his false statements this morning on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. To argue the Crown Prince wasn't involved in this murder is to ignore the obvious and intelligence collected." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 12, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin, Kelly Statement on Report of Additional Manganese Source in Southeast Chicago Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Dec. 12, 2018 Senate Passes Durbin, Duckworth Resolution Honoring Victims Of Shooting At Mercy Hospital Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 12, 2018 Senate & House Lawmakers Release Updated First Step Act Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 12, 2018 Durbin: A Border Wall Will Not Reduce Cartel Violence Or Stop Fentanyl From Flooding Into Our Country Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 11, 2018 Duckworth Meets with Retired Mineworkers From Southern Illinois Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Dec. 11, 2018 Duckworth Votes for Farm Bill to Support Farmers & Illinois Families Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Dec. 11, 2018 Senate Passes Durbin, Roberts Legislation To Support Rural EMS Agencies As Part Of Final Farm Bill Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 11, 2018 Durbin: Democrats Want Border Security, But Will Not Support Administration's Hardline Anti-Immigrant Agenda Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 11, 2018 Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers Who Deliver Infants Early Reauthorization Act of 2018 Rep. Danny Davis
Dec. 11, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration requested only $44 million for modern technology that can stop deadly fentanyl from crossing our border & is currently being used to screen only 18% of incoming border traffic, but $5 billion to build a medieval wall that a ladder or tunnel would thwart." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 11, 2018 Tweet - "The Senate just passed the Farm Bill - which includes my bill with @SenPatRoberts that will provide new funding for rural fire and EMS agencies to fight the opioid epidemic, address chronic disease & emergency challenges, and strengthen their workforce." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 11, 2018 Tweet - "Senate Republicans just voted to confirm a circuit court nominee, Jonathan Kobes, who was rated "not qualified" to serve in this position by the non-partisan American Bar Association. Why are Republicans pushing unqualified judges?" Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 11, 2018 Tweet - "They are called guardians for a reason. This year, @TIME honors journalists at home and abroad for relentlessly pursuing the truth in the face of unprecedented attacks from those who wish to silence them." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 11, 2018 Tweet - "Democrats support border security and we stand ready to work on bipartisan immigration reform legislation. But we are not going to support the Trump Administration's hardline anti-immigrant agenda." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 11, 2018 Sickle Cell Disease and Other Heritable Blood Disorders Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2018 Rep. Danny Davis, ...
Dec. 11, 2018 Prioritize Issues That Matter Rep. Brad Schneider
Dec. 11, 2018 Tweet - "Hiding this report on Wells Fargo's shady business practices is another example of how the Trump Administration has sided with large, powerful companies over hardworking students. Students deserve to know the dangers associated with Wells Fargo." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 10, 2018 Representatives McEachin, Schneider Introduced P.A.R.I.S. Climate Act Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
Dec. 10, 2018 Tweet - "Teachers across the country relied on TEACH grants to pay for their education in return for teaching a high-need subject in a low income school. They upheld their end of the bargain but many had their grants converted to loans." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 10, 2018 Tweet - "For years Big Pharma flooded the market with excessive painkillers - causing addiction & overdose. But that's changing thanks to a bill I passed this year w/@SenJohnKennedy. Today DEA issued lower & reasonable opioid production quotas for 2019. This will help fight the epidemic." Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
Dec. 13, 2018 Tweet - "Security efforts by the Department of Homeland Security could be compromised in a government shutdown. No matter what President Trump thinks, a shutdown is not good for the country and it won't make America safer." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Coalition Calls on Administration To Reject Renegotiation of Agreement To Allow Deportation of Vietnamese Refugees Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 13, 2018 Duckworth Votes to End U.S. Military's Unauthorized Support of Saudi Arabia's Brutal Military Campaign in Yemen Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Dec. 13, 2018 Tweet - "This debate and vote were long overdue. Not another taxpayer dollar or American life should be put on the line in support of this Saudi-led disaster in Yemen." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2018 Tweet - "Not only was the war in Yemen never authorized by the elected representatives of the American people -- it is a humanitarian disaster. An estimated 85,000 children have already died of malnutrition. And in a country of 28 million, nearly half are facing famine." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2018 Tweet - "The alternatives available to victims of harassment and discrimination in Congress were in obvious need of reform. Congressional staff who experience harassment and discrimination will now have access to improved support and protections, and there will be clear accountability." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2018 Durbin Statement On Passage Of Sexual Harassment Bill Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2018 Durbin Statement On Senate Passage Of Resolution To Halt Unauthorized U.S. Military Involvement In Yemen Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2018 Letter to Donald Trump - Durbin Pushes President Trump To Prioritize Addressing Chicago Gun Violence In Next Year's Budget Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2018 Rep Lieu Celebrates Passage of Bipartisan Bicameral Bill to Honor Chinese-American Wwii Veterans Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 13, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Bernard L. McNamee, Commissioner, FERC - Call for FERC Commissioner McNamee's Recusal from Future Discussions Involving Potential Subsidization of Coal, Nuclear Plants Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 13, 2018 Senator Duckworth to Serve on Senate Armed Services Committee Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Dec. 13, 2018 Tweet - "A wall won't stop fentanyl but scanning devices and more customs officers will." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Lawmakers Push President to Act on Climate Change Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 13, 2018 Letter to the President - Senate Democrats Urge White House to Continue Nuclear Arms Control Negotiations Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 13, 2018 Foster Announces Bipartisan National Labs Caucus Rep.Bill Foster
Dec. 13, 2018 Tweet - "How will we fight the drug epidemic in America, and stop the fentanyl coming into our country that is killing our children, when the President is fixated on a wall? We need modern technology and more customs officers." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2018 Senator Warren's Accountable Capitalism Act Moves Forward as Representatives Luján, Pocan, Lynch, Boyle, and Schakowsky Introduce House Companion Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 13, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie - Expanded Coverage for Agent Orange-Related Ailements Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 12, 2018 Foster Endorses Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House Rep.Bill Foster
Dec. 12, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Michael Pompeo, Secretary of State - Potential Closure of Chicago's Refugee Resettlement Agencies Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 12, 2018 Quigley Supports Select Committee on Green New Deal Rep.Mike Quigley
Dec. 12, 2018 Quigley Applauds Passage of Bipartisan Bill Aimed at Reversing Rising Maternal Mortality Rates Rep.Mike Quigley
Dec. 12, 2018 LaHood Votes in Support of Final Passage of the Farm Bill Rep.Darin LaHood
Dec. 12, 2018 PBS "News Hour" - Transcript: Sens. Grassley, Durbin on "Smarter' Criminal Law, Bipartisanship Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 12, 2018 Durbin, Duckworth, Kelly Statement On Report Of Additional Manganese Source In Southeast Chicago Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 12, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump says we have to shut down our government if he doesn't get $5 billion for a wasteful and ineffective wall. We need modern technology to stop the drug cartels from importing the poison killing our kids, not a medieval solution like a wall from sea to shining sea." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 12, 2018 Tweet - "The Department of Education should rescind its reinstatement of deadbeat #4profit college accreditor ACICS. Students and taxpayers stand to lose if this company is allowed to keep propping up predatory #4profit institutions." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 12, 2018 Tweet - "I joined Senate and House Democrats asking for a briefing on Sec. Pompeo's meeting with the Ecuadorian Foreign Minister. We need to know when Julian Assange's hiding at the Ecuadorian embassy will finally end and who he might have met with while there." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 12, 2018 Tweet - "Secretary Pompeo discredits himself, the State Department, and our nation with his false statements this morning on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. To argue the Crown Prince wasn't involved in this murder is to ignore the obvious and intelligence collected." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 12, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin, Kelly Statement on Report of Additional Manganese Source in Southeast Chicago Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Dec. 12, 2018 Senate Passes Durbin, Duckworth Resolution Honoring Victims Of Shooting At Mercy Hospital Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 12, 2018 Senate & House Lawmakers Release Updated First Step Act Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 12, 2018 Durbin: A Border Wall Will Not Reduce Cartel Violence Or Stop Fentanyl From Flooding Into Our Country Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 11, 2018 Duckworth Meets with Retired Mineworkers From Southern Illinois Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Dec. 11, 2018 Duckworth Votes for Farm Bill to Support Farmers & Illinois Families Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Dec. 11, 2018 Senate Passes Durbin, Roberts Legislation To Support Rural EMS Agencies As Part Of Final Farm Bill Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 11, 2018 Durbin: Democrats Want Border Security, But Will Not Support Administration's Hardline Anti-Immigrant Agenda Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 11, 2018 Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers Who Deliver Infants Early Reauthorization Act of 2018 Rep.Danny Davis
Dec. 11, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration requested only $44 million for modern technology that can stop deadly fentanyl from crossing our border & is currently being used to screen only 18% of incoming border traffic, but $5 billion to build a medieval wall that a ladder or tunnel would thwart." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 11, 2018 Tweet - "The Senate just passed the Farm Bill - which includes my bill with @SenPatRoberts that will provide new funding for rural fire and EMS agencies to fight the opioid epidemic, address chronic disease & emergency challenges, and strengthen their workforce." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 11, 2018 Tweet - "Senate Republicans just voted to confirm a circuit court nominee, Jonathan Kobes, who was rated "not qualified" to serve in this position by the non-partisan American Bar Association. Why are Republicans pushing unqualified judges?" Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 11, 2018 Tweet - "They are called guardians for a reason. This year, @TIME honors journalists at home and abroad for relentlessly pursuing the truth in the face of unprecedented attacks from those who wish to silence them." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 11, 2018 Tweet - "Democrats support border security and we stand ready to work on bipartisan immigration reform legislation. But we are not going to support the Trump Administration's hardline anti-immigrant agenda." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 11, 2018 Sickle Cell Disease and Other Heritable Blood Disorders Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2018 Rep.Danny Davis, ...
Dec. 11, 2018 Prioritize Issues That Matter Rep.Brad Schneider
Dec. 11, 2018 Tweet - "Hiding this report on Wells Fargo's shady business practices is another example of how the Trump Administration has sided with large, powerful companies over hardworking students. Students deserve to know the dangers associated with Wells Fargo." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 10, 2018 Representatives McEachin, Schneider Introduced P.A.R.I.S. Climate Act Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
Dec. 10, 2018 Tweet - "Teachers across the country relied on TEACH grants to pay for their education in return for teaching a high-need subject in a low income school. They upheld their end of the bargain but many had their grants converted to loans." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 10, 2018 Tweet - "For years Big Pharma flooded the market with excessive painkillers - causing addiction & overdose. But that's changing thanks to a bill I passed this year w/@SenJohnKennedy. Today DEA issued lower & reasonable opioid production quotas for 2019. This will help fight the epidemic." Sen.Dick Durbin
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