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June 12, 2018 Tweet - "Yet another aspect of racial inequality today: health disparities. We must do more to tackle structural issues -- trauma and toxic stress, food access, economic opportunity, and healthy neighborhoods." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 12, 2018 Tweet - "It is better for the leaders of nations with nuclear weapons to exchange positive words than hurl insults. But the meeting in Singapore did not produce an agreement, nor any credible plan to remove the nuclear threat from the Korean Peninsula." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 12, 2018 Tweet - "Today we remember the 49 lives lost at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando 2 years ago. We must #HonorThemWithAction that can help prevent these senseless massacres and put a stop to gun violence in our communities." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 11, 2018 Tweet - "The internet doesn't belong to @AjitPaiFCC and @realDonaldTrump. We need to #SaveTheInternet." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 11, 2018 Murphy, Duckworth Amendment Prohibits War With North Korea Without Congressional Authorization Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 11, 2018 Schakowsky Statement On The Supreme Court's Assault On Voting Rights Rep. Jan Schakowsky
June 11, 2018 Tweet - "In the 21st century, access to a free and open internet isn't a privilege, it's a right. I'm fighting for #NetNeutrality to protect that right by forcing a vote in the House." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 11, 2018 Casten Condemns High Court's Inaction, Offers Policy Fixes to Voter Disenfranchisement Rep. Sean Casten
June 11, 2018 Tweet - "Sec DeVos' own staff found deadbeat #4profit accreditor ACICS failed to meet requirements for federal recognition, she reinstated them anyway. She continues to side with corporate and #4profit interests over students and taxpayers." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 11, 2018 Tweet - "#NetNeutrality protects small businesses and innovators in our district by ensuring they have a level playing field online. The @FCC repeal will gut those protections. #SaveTheInternet." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 11, 2018 Tweet - "#NetNeutrality means consumers -- not big corporations-- choose what websites and applications we see online. Today, the @FCC's repeal of #NetNeutrality goes into effect, but the fight for a free and open internet continues in the House. #SaveTheInternet." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 10, 2018 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi To President Trump: Less Tweeting, More Studying For Negotiations At North Korea Summit Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 8, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Clarify Testimony on Gun Violence and School Safety Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
June 8, 2018 Durbin, Duckworth Highlight Illinois Priorities Included In Transportation, Housing And Urban Development FY19 Funding Bill Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 8, 2018 Duckworth Statement on Upcoming Singapore Summit Between Donald Trump & Kim Jong Un Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 8, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Majority Leader, the Hon. Steve Scalise, House Majority Whip - Repair and Protect Medicare Part D Rep. Mike Bost, ...
June 8, 2018 Tweet - "#OTD 112 years ago, the #AntiquitiesAct was signed by President Roosevelt & since used to create over 150 national monuments. I'm proud to stand with the millions of Americans who love and cherish our national #MonumentsForAll." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 8, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House of Representatives - Urges Speaker Ryan to Cancel August Recess Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
June 8, 2018 As Reports Increase Of Border Patrol Agents Tearing Children Away From Their Parents, Gillibrand Introduces Legislation With 31 Senate Colleagues To Halt Separation Of Immigrant Families Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 8, 2018 Feinstein, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Halt Separation of Immigrant Families Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 7, 2018 Letter to the Hon. John Carter, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security and the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Jayapal, Thompson, and Lofgren Lead 108 Lawmakers Urging Appropriators to Stop DHS from Separating Families Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "The #PaycheckFairnessAct would close loopholes in the #EqualPayAct. Women & their families need #equalpay now." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump's policy of separating young children from their parents isn't just cruel and immoral, it's also ineffective. Why? Because these families are fleeing for their lives so nothing will stop them." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "When Republicans in Congress decide that our children are worth more than the approval of the @NRA, we can begin to fix this crisis." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "Judicial nominee Ryan Bounds' own bar association called his writings racist, misogynistic, homophobic & disparaging of survivors of sexual assault & abuse. He hid these writings from Oregon's judicial selection committee & he doesn't have the support of his home-state senators." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 Rep. Bill Foster
June 7, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Uphold American Values, End Cruel Policy of Separating Children from Parents at the Border Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 7, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House - With T-4 Days, Murray, Cantwell Urge Speaker Ryan to Immediately Schedule Vote on Senate-Passed Resolution to #SaveNetNeutrality Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 7, 2018 Rush and Duckworth Introduce Blair Holt Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2018 Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 7, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Pruitt, EPA Administrator - Withdraw "Transparency Rule" That Will Damage Environmental Protection Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
June 7, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy - Stop Bailout of Coal Plants on the Backs of American Consumers Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
June 7, 2018 Seniors Task Force Statement on the 2018 Medicare and Social Security Trustees Reports Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "I opposed Ms. Ohlhausen's nomination to be a federal judge. She has never tried a case. The practical experience of actually trying cases should be a basic qualification that the Committee looks for in selecting judges who will preside over trials. It's the @SenJohnKennedy test." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018 Letter to William Evanina, Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center - Request Threat Assessment Due To President Trump's Reckless Cell Phone Usage Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 7, 2018 Durbin, Duckworth Statement On Nomination Of Martha Pacold, Mary Rowland & Steven Seeger To Serve As U.S. District Judges For The Northern District of Illinois Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 7, 2018 US House Passes Congressman Krishnamoorthi's Bipartisan Amendment To Strengthen The U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Recruitment And Training Programs Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 7, 2018 Duckworth, Van Hollen Introduce Bill to Modernize Nation's Aging Water Infrastructure Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 7, 2018 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi On EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt: "Eat Lunch In Your Office Or At Chick-Fil-A" Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 7, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Release Findings on Atrocities Against Rohingyas Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 6, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Honorable Alex Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Concerns Over Abuses in the H-2B Visa Program that Threaten American Workers Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 6, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Kevin Yoder, Chairman, and the Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Protecting DREAMers From Deportation Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 6, 2018 Durbin, Duckworth, Bustos Statements on New Mission & Continued Activation of Thomson Prison Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 6, 2018 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019--Motion to Proceed Sen. Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018 Immigrant Heritage Month Rep. Brad Schneider
June 6, 2018 Celebrating Pride Month Rep. Robin Kelly
June 6, 2018 Letter to Donald McGahn, White House Counsel - House Judiciary Dems Send Letter to White House Counsel Mcgahn About Trump's Extraordinary View of the Pardon Power Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
June 6, 2018 Water Resources Development Act of 2018 Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 6, 2018 Tweet - "AG Sessions is *choosing* to separate children from their parents at the border. That's not a law -- that's the policy of this Administration to intimidate those lawfully seeking asylum in our country." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018 Tweet - "Across America there is revulsion to the idea of separating small children from their parents. This policy is causing serious trauma to children and we need your voices now to tell President Trump to end this stain on America immediately." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018 Tweet - "I support this commutation and urge @realDonaldTrump to support my bipartisan sentencing reform bill with @ChuckGrassley. It would repeal the unjust law that leaves thousands of others like Alice Johnson still serving life sentences for nonviolent drug offenses." Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
June 12, 2018 Tweet - "Yet another aspect of racial inequality today: health disparities. We must do more to tackle structural issues -- trauma and toxic stress, food access, economic opportunity, and healthy neighborhoods." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 12, 2018 Tweet - "It is better for the leaders of nations with nuclear weapons to exchange positive words than hurl insults. But the meeting in Singapore did not produce an agreement, nor any credible plan to remove the nuclear threat from the Korean Peninsula." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 12, 2018 Tweet - "Today we remember the 49 lives lost at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando 2 years ago. We must #HonorThemWithAction that can help prevent these senseless massacres and put a stop to gun violence in our communities." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 11, 2018 Tweet - "The internet doesn't belong to @AjitPaiFCC and @realDonaldTrump. We need to #SaveTheInternet." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 11, 2018 Murphy, Duckworth Amendment Prohibits War With North Korea Without Congressional Authorization Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 11, 2018 Schakowsky Statement On The Supreme Court's Assault On Voting Rights Rep.Jan Schakowsky
June 11, 2018 Tweet - "In the 21st century, access to a free and open internet isn't a privilege, it's a right. I'm fighting for #NetNeutrality to protect that right by forcing a vote in the House." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 11, 2018 Casten Condemns High Court's Inaction, Offers Policy Fixes to Voter Disenfranchisement Rep.Sean Casten
June 11, 2018 Tweet - "Sec DeVos' own staff found deadbeat #4profit accreditor ACICS failed to meet requirements for federal recognition, she reinstated them anyway. She continues to side with corporate and #4profit interests over students and taxpayers." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 11, 2018 Tweet - "#NetNeutrality protects small businesses and innovators in our district by ensuring they have a level playing field online. The @FCC repeal will gut those protections. #SaveTheInternet." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 11, 2018 Tweet - "#NetNeutrality means consumers -- not big corporations-- choose what websites and applications we see online. Today, the @FCC's repeal of #NetNeutrality goes into effect, but the fight for a free and open internet continues in the House. #SaveTheInternet." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 10, 2018 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi To President Trump: Less Tweeting, More Studying For Negotiations At North Korea Summit Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 8, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Clarify Testimony on Gun Violence and School Safety Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
June 8, 2018 Durbin, Duckworth Highlight Illinois Priorities Included In Transportation, Housing And Urban Development FY19 Funding Bill Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 8, 2018 Duckworth Statement on Upcoming Singapore Summit Between Donald Trump & Kim Jong Un Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 8, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Majority Leader, the Hon. Steve Scalise, House Majority Whip - Repair and Protect Medicare Part D Rep.Mike Bost, ...
June 8, 2018 Tweet - "#OTD 112 years ago, the #AntiquitiesAct was signed by President Roosevelt & since used to create over 150 national monuments. I'm proud to stand with the millions of Americans who love and cherish our national #MonumentsForAll." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 8, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House of Representatives - Urges Speaker Ryan to Cancel August Recess Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
June 8, 2018 As Reports Increase Of Border Patrol Agents Tearing Children Away From Their Parents, Gillibrand Introduces Legislation With 31 Senate Colleagues To Halt Separation Of Immigrant Families Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 8, 2018 Feinstein, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Halt Separation of Immigrant Families Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 7, 2018 Letter to the Hon. John Carter, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security and the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Jayapal, Thompson, and Lofgren Lead 108 Lawmakers Urging Appropriators to Stop DHS from Separating Families Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "The #PaycheckFairnessAct would close loopholes in the #EqualPayAct. Women & their families need #equalpay now." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump's policy of separating young children from their parents isn't just cruel and immoral, it's also ineffective. Why? Because these families are fleeing for their lives so nothing will stop them." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "When Republicans in Congress decide that our children are worth more than the approval of the @NRA, we can begin to fix this crisis." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "Judicial nominee Ryan Bounds' own bar association called his writings racist, misogynistic, homophobic & disparaging of survivors of sexual assault & abuse. He hid these writings from Oregon's judicial selection committee & he doesn't have the support of his home-state senators." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 Rep.Bill Foster
June 7, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Uphold American Values, End Cruel Policy of Separating Children from Parents at the Border Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 7, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House - With T-4 Days, Murray, Cantwell Urge Speaker Ryan to Immediately Schedule Vote on Senate-Passed Resolution to #SaveNetNeutrality Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 7, 2018 Rush and Duckworth Introduce Blair Holt Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2018 Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 7, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Pruitt, EPA Administrator - Withdraw "Transparency Rule" That Will Damage Environmental Protection Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
June 7, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy - Stop Bailout of Coal Plants on the Backs of American Consumers Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
June 7, 2018 Seniors Task Force Statement on the 2018 Medicare and Social Security Trustees Reports Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "I opposed Ms. Ohlhausen's nomination to be a federal judge. She has never tried a case. The practical experience of actually trying cases should be a basic qualification that the Committee looks for in selecting judges who will preside over trials. It's the @SenJohnKennedy test." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018 Letter to William Evanina, Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center - Request Threat Assessment Due To President Trump's Reckless Cell Phone Usage Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 7, 2018 Durbin, Duckworth Statement On Nomination Of Martha Pacold, Mary Rowland & Steven Seeger To Serve As U.S. District Judges For The Northern District of Illinois Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 7, 2018 US House Passes Congressman Krishnamoorthi's Bipartisan Amendment To Strengthen The U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Recruitment And Training Programs Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 7, 2018 Duckworth, Van Hollen Introduce Bill to Modernize Nation's Aging Water Infrastructure Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 7, 2018 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi On EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt: "Eat Lunch In Your Office Or At Chick-Fil-A" Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 7, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Release Findings on Atrocities Against Rohingyas Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 6, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Honorable Alex Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Concerns Over Abuses in the H-2B Visa Program that Threaten American Workers Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 6, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Kevin Yoder, Chairman, and the Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Protecting DREAMers From Deportation Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 6, 2018 Durbin, Duckworth, Bustos Statements on New Mission & Continued Activation of Thomson Prison Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 6, 2018 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019--Motion to Proceed Sen.Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018 Immigrant Heritage Month Rep.Brad Schneider
June 6, 2018 Celebrating Pride Month Rep.Robin Kelly
June 6, 2018 Letter to Donald McGahn, White House Counsel - House Judiciary Dems Send Letter to White House Counsel Mcgahn About Trump's Extraordinary View of the Pardon Power Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
June 6, 2018 Water Resources Development Act of 2018 Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 6, 2018 Tweet - "AG Sessions is *choosing* to separate children from their parents at the border. That's not a law -- that's the policy of this Administration to intimidate those lawfully seeking asylum in our country." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018 Tweet - "Across America there is revulsion to the idea of separating small children from their parents. This policy is causing serious trauma to children and we need your voices now to tell President Trump to end this stain on America immediately." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018 Tweet - "I support this commutation and urge @realDonaldTrump to support my bipartisan sentencing reform bill with @ChuckGrassley. It would repeal the unjust law that leaves thousands of others like Alice Johnson still serving life sentences for nonviolent drug offenses." Sen.Dick Durbin
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