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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. Jan Schakowsky, ...
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 - "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 - "The #PaycheckFairnessAct would close loopholes in the #EqualPayAct. Women & their families need #equalpay now."
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
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
Duckworth, Van Hollen Introduce Bill to Modernize Nation's Aging Water Infrastructure
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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. 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
Letter to Ajit Pai - Improve Rural Broadband Support for Cellphone Service
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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
Davis, LaHood Bill to Designate Route 66 as a National Historic Trail Passes House
Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
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
June 6, 2018
Tweet - "Taking a softer stance on payday lenders is like chumming the water for sharks. Easing restrictions on lenders that prey on our society's most vulnerable will only cause further financial hardship on American families. Mr. Mulvaney should know better."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019--Motion to Proceed
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
Immigrant Heritage Month
Rep. Brad Schneider
June 6, 2018
Celebrating Pride Month
Rep. Robin Kelly
June 6, 2018
Durbin, Duckworth, Bustos Statements on New Mission & Continued Activation of Thomson Prison
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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
Water Resources Development Act of 2018
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 6, 2018
Water Resources Development Act of 2018
Rep. Mike Bost
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 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jim Mattis, Secretary of Defense - End Transgender Ban in the Military
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
June 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. David Kautter, Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Calling for an End to Immigration Raids at Work
Rep. Danny Davis, ...
June 5, 2018
Tweet - "#4profit colleges enroll 9% of our students, but account for 33% of all student loan defaults. How can that be? They are charging too much and providing too little. They mislead these students into debt."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 5, 2018
Tweet - "Make no mistake: Under President Trump, separating families fleeing persecution has become official U.S. policy. It's extreme, cruel, un-American, and has to stop."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 5, 2018
Tweet - "Remember Brian Benczkowski? He represented Russia's Alfa Bank and was a top staffer to then-Senator Sessions. Senate Republicans plan to vote next week to confirm him to head the DOJ Criminal Division."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 5, 2018
CNBC - The Only Way the US can Safely Move Forward with Self-Driving Cars
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 5, 2018
Bost Praises New Steel Jobs at Granite City Works
Rep. Mike Bost
June 5, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin and Illinois Congressional Delegation Help Secure $132 Million Federal Grant for 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 5, 2018
Tweet - "NIH funding creates jobs, supports medical breakthroughs, and saves lives. That's why I will always fight for medical research funding."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Rep. Adriano Espaillat Leads Congressional Call For Secretary DeVos to Correct Testimony and Uphold Obligation to Serve All Students
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
June 4, 2018
Rep. Krishnamoorthi on Giuliani Claims of Presidential Immunity: "It's a Dark Day When the President's Lawyer Publicly Muses That the President Could Shoot James Comey and Pardon Himself for the Hit Without Being Subject to Prosecution"
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 4, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump - Conditions For Any Deal With North Korea
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 4, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Scott Gottlieb, M.D. Commissioner, FDA - Information On Epipen Shortages
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018
Letter to James H. Miller, President and CEO, Meridian Medical Technologies, Inc., - Information On Epipen Shortages
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018
Tweet - "We know children & teens are more likely to pick up that first cigarette if they see it normalized on the big screen. @SenMarkey & I are asking the film industry to heed the Surgeon General's call & take action that can help prevent youth smoking. https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-leads-call-to-reduce-smoking-in-movies-geared-toward-children-and-teens "
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018
Durbin & Markey Introduce New Legislation To Protect Children's Online Privacy
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 4, 2018
Tweet - "In today's era of "big data,' kids are using the internet every day without fully understanding the consequences. Kids are growing up with screens in their hands and internet companies are now vacuuming up their personal data."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018
Tweet - "In today's #MasterpieceCakeshop ruling, #SCOTUS acknowledged that LGBTQ people are equal and have a right to be free from the indignity of discrimination. #OpenToAll"
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018
Letter to Charles Rivkin, Chairman and CEO, Motion Picture Association of America - Reduce Smoking In Movies Geared Toward Children & Teens
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 4, 2018
Letter to Secretary DeVos, Department of Education - Protect Students & taxpayers In Potential Transfer Of Predatory For-Profit DeVry University To Cogswell Education
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 1, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kristjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Honorable Jeff Sessions, Attorney General for the Department of Justice - House Judiciary Dems Demand Answers from DHS & DOJ Following Surge of Immigrant Family Separations at the Border
Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
June 1, 2018
Schakowsky statement on Ambassador Friedman's comments
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
June 1, 2018
Tweet - "Immigrant families fleeing violence and danger from their home countries should not have to experience more suffering in this country by being torn apart from their loved ones. Today I stand in solidarity with thousands of Americans who understand that #FamiliesBelongTogether"
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 1, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kevin J. McIntyre, Federal Regulatory Commission Chairman - Let States Determine Clean Energy Resource Policies
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
May 31, 2018
Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Stop Raising Health Care Costs
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
May 31, 2018
Tweet - "President Trump's trade war will not end well. Such recklessness alienates our allies and puts American farmers, businesses, and consumers on the hook to lose big."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Date
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Politician
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.Jan Schakowsky, ...
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 - "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 - "The #PaycheckFairnessAct would close loopholes in the #EqualPayAct. Women & their families need #equalpay now."
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
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
Duckworth, Van Hollen Introduce Bill to Modernize Nation's Aging Water Infrastructure
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
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.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
Letter to Ajit Pai - Improve Rural Broadband Support for Cellphone Service
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
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
Davis, LaHood Bill to Designate Route 66 as a National Historic Trail Passes House
Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
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
June 6, 2018
Tweet - "Taking a softer stance on payday lenders is like chumming the water for sharks. Easing restrictions on lenders that prey on our society's most vulnerable will only cause further financial hardship on American families. Mr. Mulvaney should know better."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019--Motion to Proceed
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
Immigrant Heritage Month
Rep.Brad Schneider
June 6, 2018
Celebrating Pride Month
Rep.Robin Kelly
June 6, 2018
Durbin, Duckworth, Bustos Statements on New Mission & Continued Activation of Thomson Prison
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
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
Water Resources Development Act of 2018
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 6, 2018
Water Resources Development Act of 2018
Rep.Mike Bost
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 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jim Mattis, Secretary of Defense - End Transgender Ban in the Military
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
June 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. David Kautter, Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Calling for an End to Immigration Raids at Work
Rep.Danny Davis, ...
June 5, 2018
Tweet - "#4profit colleges enroll 9% of our students, but account for 33% of all student loan defaults. How can that be? They are charging too much and providing too little. They mislead these students into debt."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 5, 2018
Tweet - "Make no mistake: Under President Trump, separating families fleeing persecution has become official U.S. policy. It's extreme, cruel, un-American, and has to stop."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 5, 2018
Tweet - "Remember Brian Benczkowski? He represented Russia's Alfa Bank and was a top staffer to then-Senator Sessions. Senate Republicans plan to vote next week to confirm him to head the DOJ Criminal Division."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 5, 2018
CNBC - The Only Way the US can Safely Move Forward with Self-Driving Cars
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 5, 2018
Bost Praises New Steel Jobs at Granite City Works
Rep.Mike Bost
June 5, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin and Illinois Congressional Delegation Help Secure $132 Million Federal Grant for 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 5, 2018
Tweet - "NIH funding creates jobs, supports medical breakthroughs, and saves lives. That's why I will always fight for medical research funding."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Rep. Adriano Espaillat Leads Congressional Call For Secretary DeVos to Correct Testimony and Uphold Obligation to Serve All Students
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
June 4, 2018
Rep. Krishnamoorthi on Giuliani Claims of Presidential Immunity: "It's a Dark Day When the President's Lawyer Publicly Muses That the President Could Shoot James Comey and Pardon Himself for the Hit Without Being Subject to Prosecution"
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 4, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump - Conditions For Any Deal With North Korea
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 4, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Scott Gottlieb, M.D. Commissioner, FDA - Information On Epipen Shortages
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018
Letter to James H. Miller, President and CEO, Meridian Medical Technologies, Inc., - Information On Epipen Shortages
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018
Tweet - "We know children & teens are more likely to pick up that first cigarette if they see it normalized on the big screen. @SenMarkey & I are asking the film industry to heed the Surgeon General's call & take action that can help prevent youth smoking. https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-leads-call-to-reduce-smoking-in-movies-geared-toward-children-and-teens "
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018
Durbin & Markey Introduce New Legislation To Protect Children's Online Privacy
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 4, 2018
Tweet - "In today's era of "big data,' kids are using the internet every day without fully understanding the consequences. Kids are growing up with screens in their hands and internet companies are now vacuuming up their personal data."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018
Tweet - "In today's #MasterpieceCakeshop ruling, #SCOTUS acknowledged that LGBTQ people are equal and have a right to be free from the indignity of discrimination. #OpenToAll"
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018
Letter to Charles Rivkin, Chairman and CEO, Motion Picture Association of America - Reduce Smoking In Movies Geared Toward Children & Teens
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 4, 2018
Letter to Secretary DeVos, Department of Education - Protect Students & taxpayers In Potential Transfer Of Predatory For-Profit DeVry University To Cogswell Education
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 1, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kristjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Honorable Jeff Sessions, Attorney General for the Department of Justice - House Judiciary Dems Demand Answers from DHS & DOJ Following Surge of Immigrant Family Separations at the Border
Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
June 1, 2018
Schakowsky statement on Ambassador Friedman's comments
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
June 1, 2018
Tweet - "Immigrant families fleeing violence and danger from their home countries should not have to experience more suffering in this country by being torn apart from their loved ones. Today I stand in solidarity with thousands of Americans who understand that #FamiliesBelongTogether"
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 1, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kevin J. McIntyre, Federal Regulatory Commission Chairman - Let States Determine Clean Energy Resource Policies
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
May 31, 2018
Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Stop Raising Health Care Costs
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
May 31, 2018
Tweet - "President Trump's trade war will not end well. Such recklessness alienates our allies and puts American farmers, businesses, and consumers on the hook to lose big."
Sen.Dick Durbin
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