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July 3, 2018
Tweet - "The government has a legal & moral obligation to ensure that each of these kids can be located by, and quickly reunited with, his or her parents. The Trump Administration took these children away from their parents. They must fully comply with the court's order and reunite them."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 2, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Secretary for the U.S. Department of Commerce - Feinstein, Schatz, Nelson, Colleagues Call on On Secretary Ross To Provide More Answers On Origin Of Census Citizenship Question
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 2, 2018
Tweet - "136 mayors from 34 different states -- both Democrats and Republicans -- agree that #FamiliesBelongTogether. It's time for the Trump Administration to listen to the overwhelming majority of Americans who want zero tolerance to end. https://filemanager.capwiz.com/filemanager/file-mgr/usmayors/USCM_Letter_on_Family_Reunification_07022018__1_.pdf "
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 2, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Diminishing Alliances While Embracing Adversaries
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 2, 2018
Tweet - "The Supreme Court affects every American. We've already seen President Trump stacking courts with nominees far outside the mainstream. The highest court in the land shouldn't be a tool of ideological agendas. #CourtsMatter #WhatsAtStake."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 1, 2018
CNN "State of the Union" - Transcript: Interview With Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 1, 2018
Fox News "Fox News Sunday" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Dick Durbin
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018
Bill Foster for Congress's Statement on the Families Belong Together Rally
Rep. Bill Foster
June 30, 2018
Tweet - "It's heartening to see this outpouring of support for immigrant families who've been impacted by this administration's cruel policies. The message is clear: #FamiliesBelongTogether"
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018
CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Dick Durbin
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018
Tweet - "With the worst drug crisis in our nation's history, ICE and DHS should spend their resources on keeping drugs out and stopping drug money from being exported to gangs and cartels south of the border."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018
Tweet - "ICE should be deporting dangerous felons, not toddlers and immigrant families fleeing danger. #FamiliesBelongTogether"
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018
Tweet - "It's clear that ICE is unprepared and seemingly unwilling to reunite the infants and kids they forcibly removed at the border. We need a different solution to this humanitarian crisis."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "Hundreds of infants and toddlers have been taken from their parents by our government, but ICE can only match ten parents to their child as of now. Cruelty and incompetence at work by the Trump Administration."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "Any meeting with President Putin must begin with "Do not ever interfere in America's democracy again. We know you did it and I trust the expertise our intelligence community over your word any day.""
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "Disappointed with Morocco's unjust sentencing of journalists, including Hamid Al Mahdaoui of @BadilInfo and Mohamed Al Asrihi of Rif24, to prison simply for covering local protests."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "It was clear from my meeting yesterday that the Administration is working harder to stop the court-ordered reunification of these families than returning the kids. In the well-worn words of President Trump: sad."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Letter to Mr. John Kelly, Acting DHS Inspector General - Call for Investigation into Potentially Unlawful Actions by DHS at the Borders
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
June 29, 2018
Senate passes Durbin, Roberts Farm Bill Amendment To Support Rural EMS Agencies
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "Cities and towns across America feel the heavy toll gun violence takes on their community daily. Chicago - a city I'm proud to represent -- has suffered greatly from this scourge. The Republican complacency to act on this epidemic has to end."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "Calling on the Administration for a public accounting of the progress of reuniting children with their parents. Every day of delay is a bad day for these kids and their parents."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "Hundreds of infants and toddlers have been taken from their parents by our government, but ICE can only match ten parents to their child as of now. Cruelty and incompetence at work by the Trump Administration."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "I received a briefing yesterday where Trump officials refused to commit to reuniting families. They could not say how many families have been separated and said they only have plans to reunite 10 parents in their custody with children under 5. Outrageous."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Letter to Donald Trump - Comply With Court Order, Reunite Families Separated By Trump's "Zero Tolerance" Policy
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 28, 2018
Letter to Mr. James - Prevent Foxconn Flooding Impact
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 28, 2018
Summary Of The FY19 Defense Appropriations Bill
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 28, 2018
Reps. Sewell and LaHood Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Ambulance Services, Combat Ambulance Fraud
Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
June 28, 2018
Ernst, Duckworth, Black, Cohen Advocate for WWII U.S. Army Ranger Congressional Gold Medal
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 28, 2018
Six Month Anniversary of Trump Tax Scam
Rep. Sean Casten
June 28, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Help Reintroduce Legislation To Increase Transparency in America's Campaign Finance System
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 28, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, the Honorable Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Honorable Jefferson Sessions, Attorney General - Answers on Trump Administration's Zero Tolerance Policy, Plans to Reunite Families
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 28, 2018
Letter to Matt Oczkowski, Data Propria President - E&C Dems Want Assurances Data Propria Isn't Using Improperly Obtained Cambridge Analytica Data
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 28, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education, and the Hon. Jeff Sessions, US Attorney General - Demand Answers Regarding Unaccompanied Minors in Administration's Custody
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
June 28, 2018
Duckworth Votes for Farm Bill to Support Farmers, Working Illinoisans & Families
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 28, 2018
Tweet - "Russia attacked American democracy, so naturally President Trump wants to visit with Putin and kiss the ring. Disrespecting our NATO allies and flattering our enemies is a terrible strategy for American foreign policy."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 28, 2018
Tweet - "Heartbroken to once again hear of another mass shooting tragedy in America, this time at a newspaper in Annapolis. When will the Republicans who control Congress have the courage to buck the NRA and act on gun safety bills to stop the next shooting?"
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 28, 2018
Senate Appropriations Committee Passes Funding Bill That Includes Durbin Priority Of Increased Medical Research Funding
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 28, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General, the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen Secretary of Homeland Security, the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Comply with Injunction, Reunite Families Separated at Border
Rep. Danny Davis, ...
June 28, 2018
Vote Explanation
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 28, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Announce $12,800 for Public Safety Improvements in Aledo, Illinois
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 27, 2018
Letter to Secretary Alex M. Azar II, Department of Health and Human Services, and Director Scott Lloyd, Office of Refugee Resettlement - Answers Regarding Allegations of Abuse Toward Migrant Children in Custody
Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
June 27, 2018
Sean Casten Supports American Unions
Rep. Sean Casten
June 27, 2018
Bost Statement On Defeat Of Immigration Reform
Rep. Mike Bost
June 27, 2018
Bost Statement On Janus v. AFSCME Ruling
Rep. Mike Bost
June 27, 2018
Foster Statement On Border Security and Immigration Reform Act
Rep. Bill Foster
June 27, 2018
Foster Statement on Janus v. AFSCME Decision
Rep. Bill Foster
June 27, 2018
Duckworth Statement on Janus v AFSCME Supreme Court Decision
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 27, 2018
Improve Our Healthcare System
Rep. Brad Schneider
June 27, 2018
Statement On Justice Kennedy Retirement
Rep. Brad Schneider
June 27, 2018
Statement On Supreme Court Ruling In Janus V. AFSCME
Rep. Brad Schneider
Date
Title
Politician
July 3, 2018
Tweet - "The government has a legal & moral obligation to ensure that each of these kids can be located by, and quickly reunited with, his or her parents. The Trump Administration took these children away from their parents. They must fully comply with the court's order and reunite them."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 2, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Secretary for the U.S. Department of Commerce - Feinstein, Schatz, Nelson, Colleagues Call on On Secretary Ross To Provide More Answers On Origin Of Census Citizenship Question
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 2, 2018
Tweet - "136 mayors from 34 different states -- both Democrats and Republicans -- agree that #FamiliesBelongTogether. It's time for the Trump Administration to listen to the overwhelming majority of Americans who want zero tolerance to end. https://filemanager.capwiz.com/filemanager/file-mgr/usmayors/USCM_Letter_on_Family_Reunification_07022018__1_.pdf "
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 2, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Diminishing Alliances While Embracing Adversaries
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 2, 2018
Tweet - "The Supreme Court affects every American. We've already seen President Trump stacking courts with nominees far outside the mainstream. The highest court in the land shouldn't be a tool of ideological agendas. #CourtsMatter #WhatsAtStake."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 1, 2018
CNN "State of the Union" - Transcript: Interview With Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 1, 2018
Fox News "Fox News Sunday" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Dick Durbin
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018
Bill Foster for Congress's Statement on the Families Belong Together Rally
Rep.Bill Foster
June 30, 2018
Tweet - "It's heartening to see this outpouring of support for immigrant families who've been impacted by this administration's cruel policies. The message is clear: #FamiliesBelongTogether"
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018
CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Dick Durbin
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018
Tweet - "With the worst drug crisis in our nation's history, ICE and DHS should spend their resources on keeping drugs out and stopping drug money from being exported to gangs and cartels south of the border."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018
Tweet - "ICE should be deporting dangerous felons, not toddlers and immigrant families fleeing danger. #FamiliesBelongTogether"
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018
Tweet - "It's clear that ICE is unprepared and seemingly unwilling to reunite the infants and kids they forcibly removed at the border. We need a different solution to this humanitarian crisis."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "Hundreds of infants and toddlers have been taken from their parents by our government, but ICE can only match ten parents to their child as of now. Cruelty and incompetence at work by the Trump Administration."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "Any meeting with President Putin must begin with "Do not ever interfere in America's democracy again. We know you did it and I trust the expertise our intelligence community over your word any day.""
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "Disappointed with Morocco's unjust sentencing of journalists, including Hamid Al Mahdaoui of @BadilInfo and Mohamed Al Asrihi of Rif24, to prison simply for covering local protests."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "It was clear from my meeting yesterday that the Administration is working harder to stop the court-ordered reunification of these families than returning the kids. In the well-worn words of President Trump: sad."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Letter to Mr. John Kelly, Acting DHS Inspector General - Call for Investigation into Potentially Unlawful Actions by DHS at the Borders
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
June 29, 2018
Senate passes Durbin, Roberts Farm Bill Amendment To Support Rural EMS Agencies
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "Cities and towns across America feel the heavy toll gun violence takes on their community daily. Chicago - a city I'm proud to represent -- has suffered greatly from this scourge. The Republican complacency to act on this epidemic has to end."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "Calling on the Administration for a public accounting of the progress of reuniting children with their parents. Every day of delay is a bad day for these kids and their parents."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "Hundreds of infants and toddlers have been taken from their parents by our government, but ICE can only match ten parents to their child as of now. Cruelty and incompetence at work by the Trump Administration."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "I received a briefing yesterday where Trump officials refused to commit to reuniting families. They could not say how many families have been separated and said they only have plans to reunite 10 parents in their custody with children under 5. Outrageous."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Letter to Donald Trump - Comply With Court Order, Reunite Families Separated By Trump's "Zero Tolerance" Policy
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 28, 2018
Letter to Mr. James - Prevent Foxconn Flooding Impact
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 28, 2018
Summary Of The FY19 Defense Appropriations Bill
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 28, 2018
Reps. Sewell and LaHood Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Ambulance Services, Combat Ambulance Fraud
Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
June 28, 2018
Ernst, Duckworth, Black, Cohen Advocate for WWII U.S. Army Ranger Congressional Gold Medal
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 28, 2018
Six Month Anniversary of Trump Tax Scam
Rep.Sean Casten
June 28, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Help Reintroduce Legislation To Increase Transparency in America's Campaign Finance System
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 28, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, the Honorable Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Honorable Jefferson Sessions, Attorney General - Answers on Trump Administration's Zero Tolerance Policy, Plans to Reunite Families
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 28, 2018
Letter to Matt Oczkowski, Data Propria President - E&C Dems Want Assurances Data Propria Isn't Using Improperly Obtained Cambridge Analytica Data
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 28, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education, and the Hon. Jeff Sessions, US Attorney General - Demand Answers Regarding Unaccompanied Minors in Administration's Custody
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
June 28, 2018
Duckworth Votes for Farm Bill to Support Farmers, Working Illinoisans & Families
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 28, 2018
Tweet - "Russia attacked American democracy, so naturally President Trump wants to visit with Putin and kiss the ring. Disrespecting our NATO allies and flattering our enemies is a terrible strategy for American foreign policy."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 28, 2018
Tweet - "Heartbroken to once again hear of another mass shooting tragedy in America, this time at a newspaper in Annapolis. When will the Republicans who control Congress have the courage to buck the NRA and act on gun safety bills to stop the next shooting?"
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 28, 2018
Senate Appropriations Committee Passes Funding Bill That Includes Durbin Priority Of Increased Medical Research Funding
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 28, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General, the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen Secretary of Homeland Security, the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Comply with Injunction, Reunite Families Separated at Border
Rep.Danny Davis, ...
June 28, 2018
Vote Explanation
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 28, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Announce $12,800 for Public Safety Improvements in Aledo, Illinois
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 27, 2018
Letter to Secretary Alex M. Azar II, Department of Health and Human Services, and Director Scott Lloyd, Office of Refugee Resettlement - Answers Regarding Allegations of Abuse Toward Migrant Children in Custody
Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
June 27, 2018
Sean Casten Supports American Unions
Rep.Sean Casten
June 27, 2018
Bost Statement On Defeat Of Immigration Reform
Rep.Mike Bost
June 27, 2018
Bost Statement On Janus v. AFSCME Ruling
Rep.Mike Bost
June 27, 2018
Foster Statement On Border Security and Immigration Reform Act
Rep.Bill Foster
June 27, 2018
Foster Statement on Janus v. AFSCME Decision
Rep.Bill Foster
June 27, 2018
Duckworth Statement on Janus v AFSCME Supreme Court Decision
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 27, 2018
Improve Our Healthcare System
Rep.Brad Schneider
June 27, 2018
Statement On Justice Kennedy Retirement
Rep.Brad Schneider
June 27, 2018
Statement On Supreme Court Ruling In Janus V. AFSCME
Rep.Brad Schneider
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