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Aug. 27, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration has forced another cop from the beat when it comes to protecting students from predatory #4profit colleges, loan servicers, and repayment scams. It is shameful. I thank Mr. Frotman for his hard work and years of service on behalf of students & taxpayers.Senator Dick Durbin added,"
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 26, 2018
Casten Celebrates Women's Equality Day, Assails Peter Roskam's Abysmal Record
Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 26, 2018
Schakowsky Statement on Women's Equality Day 2018
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Aug. 26, 2018
Schakowsky Statement on the Passing of Senator John McCain
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Aug. 26, 2018
Tweet - "I'm heartbroken for Jacksonville. No community should have to suffer from such senseless gun violence. When will Congress have the courage to stand up to the NRA and pass meaningful reforms to help prevent these shootings in America?"
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 25, 2018
Duckworth Statement On Passing Of American Hero John McCain
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 25, 2018
Tweet - "It may not be the biggest news story of the week but one of the most surprising: an evening tweet from Pres Trump praising an unnamed (Durbin-@ChuckGrassley) amendment which would require Pharma to disclose the price of their drugs on all of their ads."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 25, 2018
Tweet - "Pharma tells you every detail in their ads about their high priced drugs EXCEPT the price. New Durbin-Grassley amendment would require honest price disclosure on all ads."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 24, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - EPW Democrats Press Judiciary Chairman Grassley for Kavanaugh Documents on Environmental Matters
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 24, 2018
Letter to the President Donald Trump - Support the Nicaraguan People by Making Additional Global Magnitsky Designations
Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
Aug. 24, 2018
Tweet - "We are at the threshold of a constitutional crisis. Rushing ahead with a hearing on Judge Kavanaugh -- who has argued a sitting President shouldn't be investigated -- would be a mistake."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 24, 2018
Davis Statement Opposing Trump Administration Plans for Arming Educators
Rep. Danny Davis
Aug. 24, 2018
Tweet - "Yesterday the Senate passed a 5.4% increase for @NIH funding. We can't stop there - in order to make a real difference, investments to our medical research agencies must be sustained year after year."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 24, 2018
Tweet - "This is an absolute outrage. The U.S. must stand for progress on human rights and women's rights in Saudi Arabia, and the Saudis must unconditionally release all political prisoners without delay."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 24, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Engel Leads Bipartisan Group Pushing for Justice for Victims of Mass Atrocities in Burma
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 24, 2018
Senate Passes Funding Bill That Includes Durbin Priority Of Increased Medical Research Funding
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 24, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary - Judiciary Committee Democrats Call for Postponement of Kavanaugh Hearing
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 24, 2018
Letter to The Hon. Robert Goodlatte, Chairman of The House Judiciary Committee - House Judiciary Dems Demand Goodlatte Bring the Committee Into Session; Request Meeting with DOJ on Cohen's Guilty Plea & Demand Hearings on Trump's Abuse of Pardon Power
Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
Aug. 24, 2018
Deaths From Gun Violence
Rep. Robin Kelly
Aug. 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex M. Azar II, HHS and the Hon. Seema Verma, CMS - Concern with Administration's Push for Medicaid Work Requirements
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Illinois Federation of Teachers Endorses Democrat Lauren Underwood in Il-14 Congressional Race
Rep. Lauren Underwood
Aug. 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - House Democrats Urge Epa Chief to Suspend Efforts to Weaken Safety Standards for Chemical Facilities
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Merkley, Durbin Introduce Bill to Protect Students from Worthless Degrees, Overturn Devos Giveaway to Predatory For-Profit Colleges
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Roskam Threatens Social Security & Medicare
Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 23, 2018
Durbin-Grassley Amendment Passes Senate to Take on Big Pharma
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. John Barrasso, Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works - Democratic Senators Call for Hearing on Trump Fuel Economy Emissions Standards Roll-back
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - In Bipartisan Effort, Senators Murray, Blunt, Heitkamp, Grassley Urge EPA to Boost Biodiesel, Support Jobs
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Durbin Statement On Meeting With Judge Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court Nominee
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018
Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh was strident during the investigation of President Clinton. Years later while working in the Bush WH, he changed his tune on presidential investigations. In light of the verdicts and guilty pleas this week, the American people deserve to know where he stands."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018
Tweet - "The Administration and Senate Republicans have refused to disclose any documents from the 35 months that Judge Kavanaugh spent as Staff Secretary in the White House, a time when many controversial issues of constitutional importance were debated and decided."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018
Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh today acknowledged that he was involved in many of these issues, including same-sex marriage, abortion, executive power, detainees, torture, Supreme Court nominations, warrantless wiretapping, and more."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, and the Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member - Keep Anti-Environment Policy Riders Out of Senate Farm Bill Conference Report
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Tweet - "Today, Republicans held a vote to defund Planned Parenthood on the Senate floor, and it failed. I voted no on behalf of the millions of women who use it for their health care needs."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's health care policies are raising premium costs on Americans. Don't take my word for it, just read this nonpartisan report that has the facts:"
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018
Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh worked in the Bush WH for 5 years, 35 months as Staff Secretary. He called that time "formative" for his career as a judge. The Judiciary Committee has ZERO documents from his 35 months as Staff Secretary. It's a black hole in his record. #WhatAreTheyHiding"
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018
Casten up With First TV Ad of General Election
Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 22, 2018
Congressman Krishnamoorthi: "We Cannot Allow The President To Derail Mueller's Investigation With Secret, Preemptive Pardons"
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Aug. 22, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen M. Nielsen - Under Your Leadership, Immigration Crisis Grows Worse By The Day
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 22, 2018
Tweet - "In 2010, the public was able to see 99% of Justice Kagan's record from her time in the Clinton White House. Fast forward to 2018, and the public has seen only 2% of Judge Kavanaugh's record from his time in the Bush White House. #WhatAreTheyHiding"
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018
Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense, and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Abandon Rollback of Military Lending Oversight
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 22, 2018
Tweet - "The pharmaceutical industry spends $6 billion on direct-to-consumer advertisements, steering patients to buy more expensive, sometimes unnecessary drugs. What is left out of these ads? The price tag."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's anti-immigrant agenda has provoked the worst immigration crisis in modern times. Under Secretary Nielsen's leadership, this crisis gets worse by the day."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018
Tweet - "Secretary DeVos isn't holding the for-profit college industry accountable, she's just making it harder for the students who are lured into their traps."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018
Another Out-Of-District Debate in The Books
Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 22, 2018
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018
Congressman LaHood Statement on Peoria County's 1Q Wage Gain
Rep. Darin LaHood
Aug. 22, 2018
Schakowsky Statement on President Trump's Culture of Corruption
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Aug. 22, 2018
Durbin, Dem Senators Take Action To Stop Trump-Devos Elimination Of Student Borrower Protections
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 21, 2018
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 21, 2018
Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh worked in the Bush White House for 5 years. 2% of his records from that time have been made public -- and those were cherrypicked for release by Kavanaugh's former deputy, a Republican lawyer. Does that sound fair, transparent, and objective? #WhatAreTheyHiding"
Sen. Dick Durbin
Date
Title
Politician
Aug. 27, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration has forced another cop from the beat when it comes to protecting students from predatory #4profit colleges, loan servicers, and repayment scams. It is shameful. I thank Mr. Frotman for his hard work and years of service on behalf of students & taxpayers.Senator Dick Durbin added,"
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 26, 2018
Casten Celebrates Women's Equality Day, Assails Peter Roskam's Abysmal Record
Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 26, 2018
Schakowsky Statement on Women's Equality Day 2018
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
Aug. 26, 2018
Schakowsky Statement on the Passing of Senator John McCain
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
Aug. 26, 2018
Tweet - "I'm heartbroken for Jacksonville. No community should have to suffer from such senseless gun violence. When will Congress have the courage to stand up to the NRA and pass meaningful reforms to help prevent these shootings in America?"
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 25, 2018
Duckworth Statement On Passing Of American Hero John McCain
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 25, 2018
Tweet - "It may not be the biggest news story of the week but one of the most surprising: an evening tweet from Pres Trump praising an unnamed (Durbin-@ChuckGrassley) amendment which would require Pharma to disclose the price of their drugs on all of their ads."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 25, 2018
Tweet - "Pharma tells you every detail in their ads about their high priced drugs EXCEPT the price. New Durbin-Grassley amendment would require honest price disclosure on all ads."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 24, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - EPW Democrats Press Judiciary Chairman Grassley for Kavanaugh Documents on Environmental Matters
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 24, 2018
Letter to the President Donald Trump - Support the Nicaraguan People by Making Additional Global Magnitsky Designations
Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
Aug. 24, 2018
Tweet - "We are at the threshold of a constitutional crisis. Rushing ahead with a hearing on Judge Kavanaugh -- who has argued a sitting President shouldn't be investigated -- would be a mistake."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 24, 2018
Davis Statement Opposing Trump Administration Plans for Arming Educators
Rep.Danny Davis
Aug. 24, 2018
Tweet - "Yesterday the Senate passed a 5.4% increase for @NIH funding. We can't stop there - in order to make a real difference, investments to our medical research agencies must be sustained year after year."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 24, 2018
Tweet - "This is an absolute outrage. The U.S. must stand for progress on human rights and women's rights in Saudi Arabia, and the Saudis must unconditionally release all political prisoners without delay."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 24, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Engel Leads Bipartisan Group Pushing for Justice for Victims of Mass Atrocities in Burma
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 24, 2018
Senate Passes Funding Bill That Includes Durbin Priority Of Increased Medical Research Funding
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 24, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary - Judiciary Committee Democrats Call for Postponement of Kavanaugh Hearing
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 24, 2018
Letter to The Hon. Robert Goodlatte, Chairman of The House Judiciary Committee - House Judiciary Dems Demand Goodlatte Bring the Committee Into Session; Request Meeting with DOJ on Cohen's Guilty Plea & Demand Hearings on Trump's Abuse of Pardon Power
Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
Aug. 24, 2018
Deaths From Gun Violence
Rep.Robin Kelly
Aug. 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex M. Azar II, HHS and the Hon. Seema Verma, CMS - Concern with Administration's Push for Medicaid Work Requirements
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Illinois Federation of Teachers Endorses Democrat Lauren Underwood in Il-14 Congressional Race
Rep.Lauren Underwood
Aug. 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - House Democrats Urge Epa Chief to Suspend Efforts to Weaken Safety Standards for Chemical Facilities
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Merkley, Durbin Introduce Bill to Protect Students from Worthless Degrees, Overturn Devos Giveaway to Predatory For-Profit Colleges
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Roskam Threatens Social Security & Medicare
Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 23, 2018
Durbin-Grassley Amendment Passes Senate to Take on Big Pharma
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. John Barrasso, Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works - Democratic Senators Call for Hearing on Trump Fuel Economy Emissions Standards Roll-back
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - In Bipartisan Effort, Senators Murray, Blunt, Heitkamp, Grassley Urge EPA to Boost Biodiesel, Support Jobs
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Durbin Statement On Meeting With Judge Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court Nominee
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018
Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh was strident during the investigation of President Clinton. Years later while working in the Bush WH, he changed his tune on presidential investigations. In light of the verdicts and guilty pleas this week, the American people deserve to know where he stands."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018
Tweet - "The Administration and Senate Republicans have refused to disclose any documents from the 35 months that Judge Kavanaugh spent as Staff Secretary in the White House, a time when many controversial issues of constitutional importance were debated and decided."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018
Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh today acknowledged that he was involved in many of these issues, including same-sex marriage, abortion, executive power, detainees, torture, Supreme Court nominations, warrantless wiretapping, and more."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, and the Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member - Keep Anti-Environment Policy Riders Out of Senate Farm Bill Conference Report
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Tweet - "Today, Republicans held a vote to defund Planned Parenthood on the Senate floor, and it failed. I voted no on behalf of the millions of women who use it for their health care needs."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's health care policies are raising premium costs on Americans. Don't take my word for it, just read this nonpartisan report that has the facts:"
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018
Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh worked in the Bush WH for 5 years, 35 months as Staff Secretary. He called that time "formative" for his career as a judge. The Judiciary Committee has ZERO documents from his 35 months as Staff Secretary. It's a black hole in his record. #WhatAreTheyHiding"
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018
Casten up With First TV Ad of General Election
Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 22, 2018
Congressman Krishnamoorthi: "We Cannot Allow The President To Derail Mueller's Investigation With Secret, Preemptive Pardons"
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Aug. 22, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen M. Nielsen - Under Your Leadership, Immigration Crisis Grows Worse By The Day
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 22, 2018
Tweet - "In 2010, the public was able to see 99% of Justice Kagan's record from her time in the Clinton White House. Fast forward to 2018, and the public has seen only 2% of Judge Kavanaugh's record from his time in the Bush White House. #WhatAreTheyHiding"
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018
Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense, and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Abandon Rollback of Military Lending Oversight
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 22, 2018
Tweet - "The pharmaceutical industry spends $6 billion on direct-to-consumer advertisements, steering patients to buy more expensive, sometimes unnecessary drugs. What is left out of these ads? The price tag."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's anti-immigrant agenda has provoked the worst immigration crisis in modern times. Under Secretary Nielsen's leadership, this crisis gets worse by the day."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018
Tweet - "Secretary DeVos isn't holding the for-profit college industry accountable, she's just making it harder for the students who are lured into their traps."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018
Another Out-Of-District Debate in The Books
Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 22, 2018
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018
Congressman LaHood Statement on Peoria County's 1Q Wage Gain
Rep.Darin LaHood
Aug. 22, 2018
Schakowsky Statement on President Trump's Culture of Corruption
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
Aug. 22, 2018
Durbin, Dem Senators Take Action To Stop Trump-Devos Elimination Of Student Borrower Protections
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 21, 2018
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 21, 2018
Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh worked in the Bush White House for 5 years. 2% of his records from that time have been made public -- and those were cherrypicked for release by Kavanaugh's former deputy, a Republican lawyer. Does that sound fair, transparent, and objective? #WhatAreTheyHiding"
Sen.Dick Durbin
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