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July 31, 2020
Tweet - "Senate Republicans let enhanced unemployment expire today without any extension in place. That means as many as 800,000 Illinoisans will lose $600 per week in the middle of this pandemic. Here are a few of their stories: [thread]"
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2020
Tweet - "This morning I was joined by a few of the more than 800,000 Illinoisans claiming unemployment benefits to highlight the need for the continuation of enhanced unemployment for Americans who have lost their jobs due to the pandemic."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2020
Tweet - ". @SenateGOP let CARES Act unemployment benefits expire today because they believe that the problem with our economy is not the millions who are unemployed, it's that we're giving them too much money & they won't go back to work. That's not an urban legend--it's an urban lie."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2020
Durbin Calls For Resignation Of Principal Deputy Under Secretary Of Education Diane Auer Jones
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2020
Tweet - "Illinoisans--our state is experiencing yet another rise in #COVID19 cases. Please continue to follow CDC guidelines, wear your mask, and social distance whenever possible. This virus is far from beaten & your actions could save lives."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2020
Tweet - "As school districts decide between online & in-person learning, science must drive their decision making--not Presidential pressure. I'm leading 24 colleagues in urging Senate leadership to reject the President's desire to condition school funding on resuming in-person learning."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Durbin, Hirono, Colleagues To McConnell: Immigrants Are Essential & Deserve Support In COVID-19 Relief Legislation
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 31, 2020
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2021
Rep. Brad Schneider
July 31, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader, the Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Baldwin, Colleagues Urge Senate to Reject Conditioning Federal Funds to Schools on Re-Opening In-Person
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 30, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Blumenauer Leads 100+ Bipartisan Members of Congress in Urging Relief for Independent Restaurants
Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
July 30, 2020
Foster Unique Patient ID Amendment Adopted by House
Rep. Bill Foster
July 30, 2020
LaHood Votes to Improve Infrastructure Resources for Illinois Waterways
Rep. Darin LaHood
July 30, 2020
Letter to the Hon. John Barrasso, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and the Hon. Thomas Carper, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Van Hollen, Democrats Call on Epw Chairman Barrasso to Hold Oversight Hearings on Abuse of Authority to Protect Federal Property
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 30, 2020
Tweet - ". @SenDuckworth & I spoke w/IL senior living facility CEOs about the difficulties they face in securing PPE. Months into this crisis, the Trump Admin still doesn't have a plan to ensure testing & PPE for frontline workers & vulnerable communities. Our seniors are suffering for it."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 30, 2020
Tweet - "It didn't have to be this way. President Trump has failed the American people. He refuses responsibility and promotes quack cures to distract from his own shortcomings. This Presidency will be remembered as a tragic, national disgrace."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 30, 2020
Tweet - "If @SenateGOP don't get their act together soon, our economy is going to keep plummeting to new record lows. Their petty, partisan squabbling is Washington at its worst. It's time to realize what's at stake here--we must come together to right this ship before it's too late."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 30, 2020
Tweet - "Joining @Morning_Joe shortly to discuss @SenateDems priorities for the next #COVID19 relief package and how the Republican proposal falls short. Tune in."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 30, 2020
Tweet - "More than 150,000 Americans are dead because of COVID-19 and this Administration's failed response. It didn't have to be the "way it is." And it doesn't have to go on--President Trump has the power to save lives, but first he has to accept that responsibility."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 30, 2020
Letter to Ben Carson, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development - Wexton Leads Bicameral Response to Trump Administration's Anti-Trans Equal Access Rule Change
Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
July 30, 2020
Tweet - "Millions of Americans are relying on enhanced unemployment benefits to put food on the table and keep a roof over their head. If we don't extend these benefits, this already bad economic crisis will get even worse. #ExtendUI"
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 30, 2020
Tweet - "The President doesn't have the power to delay an election & he knows it. Instead of trying to distract from his failures by delegitimizing upcoming election, Pres. Trump should focus on building an effective response to pandemic that has killed 150k Americans & devastated econ."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 30, 2020
The Hill - Preventing the disappearance of America's rural hospitals
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 30, 2020
Tweet - "At some point, Sen. McConnell is going to have to swallow his pride & sit down with Democrats to negotiate a federal #COVID19 relief deal on a bipartisan basis. In times of crisis, leaders are supposed to rise to the occasion--it's time for Sen. McConnell to do just that."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 30, 2020
Tweet - "Join me on Facebook Live where I am answering questions about COVID-19 and my priorities for the next round of federal relief legislation."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 30, 2020
Tweet - "No subtly here. This is so overtly racist that the President might as well come out and say that he wants to bring back redlining. His own past would suggest he never wanted it to go away in the first place."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Date
Title
Politician
July 31, 2020
Tweet - "Senate Republicans let enhanced unemployment expire today without any extension in place. That means as many as 800,000 Illinoisans will lose $600 per week in the middle of this pandemic. Here are a few of their stories: [thread]"
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2020
Tweet - "This morning I was joined by a few of the more than 800,000 Illinoisans claiming unemployment benefits to highlight the need for the continuation of enhanced unemployment for Americans who have lost their jobs due to the pandemic."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2020
Tweet - ". @SenateGOP let CARES Act unemployment benefits expire today because they believe that the problem with our economy is not the millions who are unemployed, it's that we're giving them too much money & they won't go back to work. That's not an urban legend--it's an urban lie."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2020
Durbin Calls For Resignation Of Principal Deputy Under Secretary Of Education Diane Auer Jones
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2020
Tweet - "Illinoisans--our state is experiencing yet another rise in #COVID19 cases. Please continue to follow CDC guidelines, wear your mask, and social distance whenever possible. This virus is far from beaten & your actions could save lives."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2020
Tweet - "As school districts decide between online & in-person learning, science must drive their decision making--not Presidential pressure. I'm leading 24 colleagues in urging Senate leadership to reject the President's desire to condition school funding on resuming in-person learning."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Durbin, Hirono, Colleagues To McConnell: Immigrants Are Essential & Deserve Support In COVID-19 Relief Legislation
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 31, 2020
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2021
Rep.Brad Schneider
July 31, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader, the Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Baldwin, Colleagues Urge Senate to Reject Conditioning Federal Funds to Schools on Re-Opening In-Person
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 30, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Blumenauer Leads 100+ Bipartisan Members of Congress in Urging Relief for Independent Restaurants
Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
July 30, 2020
Foster Unique Patient ID Amendment Adopted by House
Rep.Bill Foster
July 30, 2020
LaHood Votes to Improve Infrastructure Resources for Illinois Waterways
Rep.Darin LaHood
July 30, 2020
Letter to the Hon. John Barrasso, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and the Hon. Thomas Carper, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Van Hollen, Democrats Call on Epw Chairman Barrasso to Hold Oversight Hearings on Abuse of Authority to Protect Federal Property
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 30, 2020
Tweet - ". @SenDuckworth & I spoke w/IL senior living facility CEOs about the difficulties they face in securing PPE. Months into this crisis, the Trump Admin still doesn't have a plan to ensure testing & PPE for frontline workers & vulnerable communities. Our seniors are suffering for it."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 30, 2020
Tweet - "It didn't have to be this way. President Trump has failed the American people. He refuses responsibility and promotes quack cures to distract from his own shortcomings. This Presidency will be remembered as a tragic, national disgrace."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 30, 2020
Tweet - "If @SenateGOP don't get their act together soon, our economy is going to keep plummeting to new record lows. Their petty, partisan squabbling is Washington at its worst. It's time to realize what's at stake here--we must come together to right this ship before it's too late."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 30, 2020
Tweet - "Joining @Morning_Joe shortly to discuss @SenateDems priorities for the next #COVID19 relief package and how the Republican proposal falls short. Tune in."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 30, 2020
Tweet - "More than 150,000 Americans are dead because of COVID-19 and this Administration's failed response. It didn't have to be the "way it is." And it doesn't have to go on--President Trump has the power to save lives, but first he has to accept that responsibility."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 30, 2020
Letter to Ben Carson, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development - Wexton Leads Bicameral Response to Trump Administration's Anti-Trans Equal Access Rule Change
Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
July 30, 2020
Tweet - "Millions of Americans are relying on enhanced unemployment benefits to put food on the table and keep a roof over their head. If we don't extend these benefits, this already bad economic crisis will get even worse. #ExtendUI"
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 30, 2020
Tweet - "The President doesn't have the power to delay an election & he knows it. Instead of trying to distract from his failures by delegitimizing upcoming election, Pres. Trump should focus on building an effective response to pandemic that has killed 150k Americans & devastated econ."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 30, 2020
The Hill - Preventing the disappearance of America's rural hospitals
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 30, 2020
Tweet - "At some point, Sen. McConnell is going to have to swallow his pride & sit down with Democrats to negotiate a federal #COVID19 relief deal on a bipartisan basis. In times of crisis, leaders are supposed to rise to the occasion--it's time for Sen. McConnell to do just that."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 30, 2020
Tweet - "Join me on Facebook Live where I am answering questions about COVID-19 and my priorities for the next round of federal relief legislation."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 30, 2020
Tweet - "No subtly here. This is so overtly racist that the President might as well come out and say that he wants to bring back redlining. His own past would suggest he never wanted it to go away in the first place."
Sen.Dick Durbin
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