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Dec. 14, 2017 Tweet - "Glad to meet with the head of Azerbaijan's last independent media outlet, Mehman Aliyev, of the Turan Information Agency." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2017 Tweet - "Calling on @FCC Chairman Pai to abandon his plan to repeal the agency's #netneutrality rules, which would give internet providers the ability to freely block or slow down consumers' access to the internet." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2017 Tweet - "Senate Republicans now have a lame duck problem. The Senate should not take another vote on the #GOPTaxScam until Senator-elect Jones is seated. Senate Republicans must respect Alabama's decision." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, the Hon. Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee - Expand Educator Expense Deduction in Final Tax Bill Rep. Mike Bost, ...
Dec. 13, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Peter Roskam, Rep. of the 6th District of Illinois, the Hon. John Shimkus, Rep. of the 15th District of Illinois - Put Middle-Income Illinoisans Ahead of Large Corporations as Tax Bill Conferees Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 13, 2017 Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense - Release Contracts Between For-Profit Colleges & Military Installations Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 13, 2017 Duckworth Statement on Military Transgender Ban Court Ruling Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Dec. 13, 2017 Bipartisan Schneider Amendment to Help Prevent Iranian Human Rights Abuses Passes House of Representatives Rep. Brad Schneider
Dec. 13, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Don't Kill Net Neutrality Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 13, 2017 Tweet - "It's time for Congress to get serious about addressing for-profit colleges. We've been bystanders for too long as for-profit colleges have taken advantage of veterans, service members, and their families." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2017 Schakowsky introduces the PEER Act Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Dec. 13, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States - Oversight of Federal Government Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
Dec. 13, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, and the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader - Not to Restrict Gun Violence Research in Appropriations Package Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 12, 2017 Durbin-Harris Legislation To Prevent Discharge Of Non-Citizen Military Personnel Signed Into Law Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 12, 2017 Congressman Krishnamoorthi On The Election Of Doug Jones: "Majority Leader McConnell Must Not Be Allowed To Treat Senator-Elect Jones The Way He Treated Judge Merrick Garland" Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Dec. 12, 2017 Letter to Ms. Kathleen Hartnett White, Texas Public Policy Foundation - CEQ Nominee to Submit New and Original Answers Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 12, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, and the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader - Urge Bipartisan Budget Negotiations & Forgo Partisan Funding Bill That Would Underfund Efforts To Combat the Opioid Epidemic, Security Agencies like the FBI, Cancer Research, Veterans Healthcare, Rural Infrastructure & More Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 12, 2017 Letter to Scott Pruitt, Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, Doug Lamont, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works - Move Forward with Bubbly Creek Restoration Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 12, 2017 Tweet - "Between 1993 & 2015, DEA allowed production of oxycodone to increase 39-fold and hydrocodone to increase 12-fold. With higher quotas, opioid prescriptions soared -- from 76 million in 1991 to 245 million in 2014 -- and overdose deaths quadrupled to more than 33,000 in 2015." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 12, 2017 Tweet - "I called foul a month ago when Brett Talley came before Judiciary Committee -- an unqualified, right-wing ideologue who also did not disclose his marriage to a senior White House lawyer -- a potential conflict of interest #CourtsMatter" Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 12, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Trey Gowdy, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Hon. Elijah Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - Members of the Democratic Women's Working Group Request Congressional Investigation Into Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against President Trump Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
Dec. 12, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Citing Unknown Impacts on Students and Schools, Senators Murray and Cantwell Demand Delay of Net Neutrality Decision Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 12, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Abandon Plan to Repeal Net Neutrality Rules Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 11, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Minority Leader, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, Majority Leader, the Hon. Steny Hoyer, Democratic Whip - Restoring biodiesel tax credit Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
Dec. 11, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Charles Schumer, Orrin Hatch, Ron Wyden, Paul Ryan, Nancy Pelosi, Kevin Brady, and Richard Neal - Oppose Tax Bill Provision that would Raise Taxes Substantially on Graduate Students and Hurt Our Economic Future Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 11, 2017 Letter to Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor - 46 Democrats Urge Administration to Extend New Tip-Pooling Regulations Comment Period Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 11, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of Office of Management and Budget - Additional Federal Opioid Relief Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 10, 2017 Tweet - "The United States must promote human rights around the world, but we also have a responsibility to look in the mirror and speak out when human rights are violated at home. #HumanRightsDay" Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 8, 2017 Waters and 36 Current and Former Members of Congress File Amicus Brief in Support of Acting CFPB Director Leandra English Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 8, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Consider Importance of Net Neutrality Rules for Small Businesses Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 8, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Hon. Richard Neal, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee - O'halleran Leads Bipartisan Letter Opposing Cuts to Critical Access Hospitals Rep. Danny Davis, ...
Dec. 8, 2017 Tweet - "I talked to @greta about how Congress must sanction the Myanmar military for their act of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya people." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 8, 2017 Schakowsky, DeGette Respond to Republicans Launching Yet Another Witch Hunt Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 8, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Hon. Ron Wyden, Ranking Member, the Hon. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Hon. Richard Neal, Ranking Member - Protect k-12, Higher Education in Tax Reform Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 8, 2017 Letter to the Hon. David Shulkin, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Nationwide Review of VA Providers Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Tweet - "Today, @StudentLegalNet filed a class action lawsuit against Dream Center Education Holdings -- owner of predatory #4profit colleges, Art Institutes, that misrepresented its accreditation status to thousands of students, including in IL." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 7, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Hon. Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance - Messer Pushes to Repeal Obamacare Individual Mandate in Final Tax Bill Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, and the Hon Nita M. Lowey - Ensure 2020 Census Can Count Everyone Rep. Danny Davis, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Letter to Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce - Duckworth & Durbin Urge Commerce Department to Complete Investigation on Foreign Steel's Impact on National Security Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Dec. 7, 2017 Foster Statement on Vote Against Continuing Resolution Rep. Bill Foster
Dec. 7, 2017 Tweet - "Met with Alex Azar, President Trump's nominee to be Secretary of @HHSgov. First and foremost, I urged him to oppose Republican ACA sabotage efforts and instead work to protect health insurance coverage for all Americans." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 7, 2017 Tweet - "Make no mistake--Republicans in Washington are on a mission to cut Medicare and Medicaid next if their plan to cut taxes for the wealthy passes. Another way to tackle the deficit is not to explode it by more than $1.4 trillion in the first place." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 7, 2017 Schakowsky statement on the Republican Continuing Resolution Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Dec. 7, 2017 Durbin, Cassidy Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Support Leading Rehab Facilities Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Letter to Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee - Include Death Tax Repeal in Tax Reform Bill During Conference Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Hon. Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee - Tax Reform and Higher Education Rep. Mike Bost, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Congressman Krishnamoorthi: Chairman Gowdy Is Wrong In Refusing To Meet With Whistleblower On Flynn Plan To Build Russian Nuclear Reactors In The Middle East Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Dec. 7, 2017 Letter to Ryan A. Fisher, Acting Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Army (Civil Works) - Brandon Road Study and Asian Carp Effect on Great Lakes Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Tweet - "After receiving huge tax cuts from President Trump's #GOPTaxScam, corporations continue to put profits over investments in creating jobs and higher wages for U.S. workers. Another broken promise." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 7, 2017 Kelly, CBC Chair Introduce Legislation to Restore Government's Ability to Study Gun Violence Rep. Robin Kelly
Date Title Politician
Dec. 14, 2017 Tweet - "Glad to meet with the head of Azerbaijan's last independent media outlet, Mehman Aliyev, of the Turan Information Agency." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2017 Tweet - "Calling on @FCC Chairman Pai to abandon his plan to repeal the agency's #netneutrality rules, which would give internet providers the ability to freely block or slow down consumers' access to the internet." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2017 Tweet - "Senate Republicans now have a lame duck problem. The Senate should not take another vote on the #GOPTaxScam until Senator-elect Jones is seated. Senate Republicans must respect Alabama's decision." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, the Hon. Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee - Expand Educator Expense Deduction in Final Tax Bill Rep.Mike Bost, ...
Dec. 13, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Peter Roskam, Rep. of the 6th District of Illinois, the Hon. John Shimkus, Rep. of the 15th District of Illinois - Put Middle-Income Illinoisans Ahead of Large Corporations as Tax Bill Conferees Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 13, 2017 Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense - Release Contracts Between For-Profit Colleges & Military Installations Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 13, 2017 Duckworth Statement on Military Transgender Ban Court Ruling Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Dec. 13, 2017 Bipartisan Schneider Amendment to Help Prevent Iranian Human Rights Abuses Passes House of Representatives Rep.Brad Schneider
Dec. 13, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Don't Kill Net Neutrality Rep.Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 13, 2017 Tweet - "It's time for Congress to get serious about addressing for-profit colleges. We've been bystanders for too long as for-profit colleges have taken advantage of veterans, service members, and their families." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2017 Schakowsky introduces the PEER Act Rep.Jan Schakowsky
Dec. 13, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States - Oversight of Federal Government Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
Dec. 13, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, and the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader - Not to Restrict Gun Violence Research in Appropriations Package Rep.Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 12, 2017 Durbin-Harris Legislation To Prevent Discharge Of Non-Citizen Military Personnel Signed Into Law Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 12, 2017 Congressman Krishnamoorthi On The Election Of Doug Jones: "Majority Leader McConnell Must Not Be Allowed To Treat Senator-Elect Jones The Way He Treated Judge Merrick Garland" Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Dec. 12, 2017 Letter to Ms. Kathleen Hartnett White, Texas Public Policy Foundation - CEQ Nominee to Submit New and Original Answers Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 12, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, and the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader - Urge Bipartisan Budget Negotiations & Forgo Partisan Funding Bill That Would Underfund Efforts To Combat the Opioid Epidemic, Security Agencies like the FBI, Cancer Research, Veterans Healthcare, Rural Infrastructure & More Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 12, 2017 Letter to Scott Pruitt, Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, Doug Lamont, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works - Move Forward with Bubbly Creek Restoration Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 12, 2017 Tweet - "Between 1993 & 2015, DEA allowed production of oxycodone to increase 39-fold and hydrocodone to increase 12-fold. With higher quotas, opioid prescriptions soared -- from 76 million in 1991 to 245 million in 2014 -- and overdose deaths quadrupled to more than 33,000 in 2015." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 12, 2017 Tweet - "I called foul a month ago when Brett Talley came before Judiciary Committee -- an unqualified, right-wing ideologue who also did not disclose his marriage to a senior White House lawyer -- a potential conflict of interest #CourtsMatter" Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 12, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Trey Gowdy, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Hon. Elijah Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - Members of the Democratic Women's Working Group Request Congressional Investigation Into Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against President Trump Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
Dec. 12, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Citing Unknown Impacts on Students and Schools, Senators Murray and Cantwell Demand Delay of Net Neutrality Decision Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 12, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Abandon Plan to Repeal Net Neutrality Rules Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 11, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Minority Leader, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, Majority Leader, the Hon. Steny Hoyer, Democratic Whip - Restoring biodiesel tax credit Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
Dec. 11, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Charles Schumer, Orrin Hatch, Ron Wyden, Paul Ryan, Nancy Pelosi, Kevin Brady, and Richard Neal - Oppose Tax Bill Provision that would Raise Taxes Substantially on Graduate Students and Hurt Our Economic Future Rep.Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 11, 2017 Letter to Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor - 46 Democrats Urge Administration to Extend New Tip-Pooling Regulations Comment Period Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 11, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of Office of Management and Budget - Additional Federal Opioid Relief Rep.Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 10, 2017 Tweet - "The United States must promote human rights around the world, but we also have a responsibility to look in the mirror and speak out when human rights are violated at home. #HumanRightsDay" Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 8, 2017 Waters and 36 Current and Former Members of Congress File Amicus Brief in Support of Acting CFPB Director Leandra English Rep.Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 8, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Consider Importance of Net Neutrality Rules for Small Businesses Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 8, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Hon. Richard Neal, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee - O'halleran Leads Bipartisan Letter Opposing Cuts to Critical Access Hospitals Rep.Danny Davis, ...
Dec. 8, 2017 Tweet - "I talked to @greta about how Congress must sanction the Myanmar military for their act of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya people." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 8, 2017 Schakowsky, DeGette Respond to Republicans Launching Yet Another Witch Hunt Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 8, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Hon. Ron Wyden, Ranking Member, the Hon. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Hon. Richard Neal, Ranking Member - Protect k-12, Higher Education in Tax Reform Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 8, 2017 Letter to the Hon. David Shulkin, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Nationwide Review of VA Providers Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Tweet - "Today, @StudentLegalNet filed a class action lawsuit against Dream Center Education Holdings -- owner of predatory #4profit colleges, Art Institutes, that misrepresented its accreditation status to thousands of students, including in IL." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 7, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Hon. Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance - Messer Pushes to Repeal Obamacare Individual Mandate in Final Tax Bill Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, and the Hon Nita M. Lowey - Ensure 2020 Census Can Count Everyone Rep.Danny Davis, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Letter to Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce - Duckworth & Durbin Urge Commerce Department to Complete Investigation on Foreign Steel's Impact on National Security Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Dec. 7, 2017 Foster Statement on Vote Against Continuing Resolution Rep.Bill Foster
Dec. 7, 2017 Tweet - "Met with Alex Azar, President Trump's nominee to be Secretary of @HHSgov. First and foremost, I urged him to oppose Republican ACA sabotage efforts and instead work to protect health insurance coverage for all Americans." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 7, 2017 Tweet - "Make no mistake--Republicans in Washington are on a mission to cut Medicare and Medicaid next if their plan to cut taxes for the wealthy passes. Another way to tackle the deficit is not to explode it by more than $1.4 trillion in the first place." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 7, 2017 Schakowsky statement on the Republican Continuing Resolution Rep.Jan Schakowsky
Dec. 7, 2017 Durbin, Cassidy Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Support Leading Rehab Facilities Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Letter to Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee - Include Death Tax Repeal in Tax Reform Bill During Conference Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Hon. Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee - Tax Reform and Higher Education Rep.Mike Bost, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Congressman Krishnamoorthi: Chairman Gowdy Is Wrong In Refusing To Meet With Whistleblower On Flynn Plan To Build Russian Nuclear Reactors In The Middle East Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Dec. 7, 2017 Letter to Ryan A. Fisher, Acting Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Army (Civil Works) - Brandon Road Study and Asian Carp Effect on Great Lakes Rep.Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Tweet - "After receiving huge tax cuts from President Trump's #GOPTaxScam, corporations continue to put profits over investments in creating jobs and higher wages for U.S. workers. Another broken promise." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 7, 2017 Kelly, CBC Chair Introduce Legislation to Restore Government's Ability to Study Gun Violence Rep.Robin Kelly
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