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July 23, 2020 Underwood-Backed Legislation to Protect Civil Rights, Reverse Administration's Muslim Travel Bans Passes the House Rep. Lauren Underwood
July 23, 2020 Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $10 Million for Head Start Programs in the City of Chicago Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 22, 2020 Casten Announces Federal Grant for Westmont Fire Department Rep. Sean Casten
July 22, 2020 Quigley Provision to Protect Service Members from Covid-19 Passes House Rep. Mike Quigley
July 22, 2020 Quigley Statement on Trump Deploying Federal Agents to Chicago Rep. Mike Quigley
July 22, 2020 Rep. García Joins 24 Members of Congress to Stop Trump from Excluding Immigrants from Census Count Rep. Chuy Garcia
July 22, 2020 Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General, and the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Harris, Booker, Wyden, Merkley Demand Answers from Attorney General Barr and Acting Secretary Wolf on Deployment of Anonymous Federal Agents in American Cities Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 22, 2020 Letter to Chad F. Wolf, Acting Secretary of Department of Homeland Security, Mark A. Morgan, Acting Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, and Matthew T. Albence, Acting Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Duckworth Joins Harris, Colleagues to Demand Answers on Federal Law Enforcement Presence in American Cities Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 22, 2020 Letter to Attorney William Barr, Attorney General and Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Rep. Kirkpatrick Joins Colleagues in Demanding Answers About Deployment of Unidentified Federal Law Enforcement Personnel and Ongoing Actions in Portland Rep. Bill Foster, ...
July 22, 2020 Require Federal Coronavirus Preparedness Rep. Brad Schneider
July 22, 2020 Foster Statement on Passage of NO BAN Act Rep. Bill Foster
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "My statement with @SenDuckworth on the Trump Administration's announcement of an expansion of Operation Legend--DOJ's violent crime reduction initiative--to Chicago:" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "More Americans have died from #COVID19 in the last three months than in the Korean, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghan wars combined. And yet the White House and Senate Republicans are arguing we don't need more funds for testing." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Schneider Amendments to support Veteran Entrepreneurs and Fight Domestic Terror included in Final Passage of National Defense Authorization Act Rep. Brad Schneider
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "After a flawed distribution of funds provided by Congress, I called @SecAzar to push HHS to release critical funding--more than $739M--to hospitals in Illinois that are treating the most #COVID19 patients & addressing disparities." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "I applaud the House for passing the #NoBanAct today--it's now up to the Senate to do the same. President Trump's discriminatory ban on the entry into the US of citizens from Muslim & African nations has no place in this country and must be undone immediately." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Durbin, Duckworth Statement On Expansion Of DOJ Operation Legend To Chicago Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 22, 2020 Letter to Alex Azar, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and Gary Disbrow, Acting Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority - Congressman Krishnamoorthi, Porter, Inquire On BARDA And HHS Funding For Clinical Trials In Preventative COVID-19 Immune Globulin (COVID-IG) Injections Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
July 22, 2020 Under Questioning by Underwood, FEMA Administrator Gaynor Fails to Clearly Address Agency's Coronavirus Response, Despite Alarming Rise in Cases Nationally Rep. Lauren Underwood
July 22, 2020 Sens. Cruz, Menendez, Colleagues Re-Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Honor the Legacy of Cuban Dissident Oswaldo Payá Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 22, 2020 Quigley Provision to Protect Service Members from COVID-19 Passes House Rep. Mike Quigley
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "With cases spiking nationwide & a potential #COVID19 resurgence this fall, we can't afford another PPE & testing shortage. I'm joining my colleagues to urge the President to use resources already approved by Congress to increase PPE production & boost testing capacity." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Durbin Attempts To Pass Legislation To Protect Immigrant Workers & Children In The Green Card Backlog Sen. Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Durbin Speaks With FDA Commissioner About COVID-19 Vaccine Development Sen. Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "While many universities are reverting to online learning this fall to protect students, faculty, & staff during the #COVID19 pandemic, it doesn't change the fact that many college students are newly eligible voters who are in need of vital information about their voting options." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Duckworth, Durbin Introduce Legislation to Block Federal Paramilitary Occupations in Chicago or Any American City with Senators Merkley & Wyden Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 21, 2020 Letter to Speaker Pelosi, Leader Hoyer, Majority Whip Clyburn, and Chairman Neal - Pappas Leads Call to Support America's Trucking Industry Rep. Danny Davis, ...
July 21, 2020 Duckworth Statement on Trump Order to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants from Census Count for Congressional Districts Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 21, 2020 House Passes National Defense Authorization With Rep. Krishnamoorthi's Amendment Requiring Pentagon To Report On Efforts To Meet Military's Prescription Supply Needs And How They Can Be Emulated In Civilian Markets Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 21, 2020 Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 1044 Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "Senator McConnell's "red line" on liability immunity for businesses will not make America safer. It would make the current situation even worse. Our top priority must be protecting workers and families from #COVID19--not protecting businesses from being held accountable." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 VIDEO: Though PhRMA Claims COVID-19 Vaccine Will Be Sold at No Profit, Drug Companies Tell Schakowsky a Different Story Rep. Jan Schakowsky
July 21, 2020 US House Passes Bipartisan National Defense Authorization Including Congressman Krishnamoorthi's Legislation Urging China To End Its Military Aggression Toward India Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 21, 2020 Letter to Michael R. Pence, Vice President of the United States, and Peter T. Gaynor, Administrator of Federal Emergency Management Agency - Van Hollen, Cardin Call on Trump Administration to Help Secure Access to PPE to Conduct November Election Safely During Pandemic Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "The next #COVID19 relief package must include funding for the E-rate program to help close the #HomeworkGap. Education should be the great equalizer--we cannot afford to allow the 16 million+ students with limited internet access to fall behind their peers." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "If @realDonaldTrump actually wants to help reduce violence in American communities, he wouldn't be sending in secret police with unmarked vehicles to snatch people off the street. That will only undermine local efforts & exacerbate existing tensions." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 US House Agrees To Consider Congressman Krishnamoorthi's Bipartisan Amendment Urging The Chinese Government To Halt Military Aggression Along The Line Of Actual Control With India Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "Article I, Section 2 and the 14th Amendment in the Constitution explicitly require the federal government to conduct a census that counts the "whole number of persons in each State.'" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "Hats off to Washington @Nationals for inviting Dr. Anthony Fauci to throw out the first pitch Thursday night. A friend for many years, Dr. Fauci is in fact one of our most honored medical leaders." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "Going to the Senate floor to discuss the towering legacy of my dear friend, and a true American hero--John Lewis--and to discuss @SenateDems priorities for the next federal coronavirus relief package. Watch live here:" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump is once again using xenophobic language to try and distract from his horrendous response to #COVID19. 140,000+ Americans have died and tens of millions are unemployed--no amount of race baiting from the President is going to make us forget that." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "I stand with @chicagosmayor . We do not need a Portland style federal intervention in Chicago. There are ways Washington can help, but they do not include secret federal police in unmarked vehicles." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "An over-militarized police force will not make our communities safer. I'll be joining @SenBrianSchatz today in his bipartisan effort to #DemilitarizeThePolice. I hope enough of our colleagues--on both sides of the aisle--will join us." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "Spoke with @MayorBowser this morning about the status of #COVID19 in our nation's capital, the #BlackLivesMatter demonstrations here in DC, & and my support for #DCstatehood to give 700,000+ Washingtonians the full representation they deserve." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "The last time the Senate took up #COVID19 related legislation was March 26--what has Sen. McConnell been waiting for? CARES Act unemployment benefits expire this month. Cases are spiking across the country. Did Senate Republicans believe this virus would just go away on its own?" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "The right to peacefully protest is fundamental to our democracy, and Americans should be able to exercise this right without the threat or use of force by members of law enforcement. The behavior of federal officers in Portland over the past week has been extremely disturbing." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Durbin Statement On President Trump's Memorandum Seeking To Exclude Undocumented Immigrants From Census Count For Congressional Apportionment Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Durbin, Duckworth Announce More Than $739 Million In Hospital Funding For COVID-19 Care In Illinois Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 21, 2020 With Federal Benefits Set To Expire This Month, Durbin Calls On Senator McConnell To Bring House-Passed House Heroes Act To The Floor Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Durbin Introduces Bill To Combat Opioid Addiction As Nation Sees Rise In Overdose Deaths Amid COVID-19 Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Date Title Politician
July 23, 2020 Underwood-Backed Legislation to Protect Civil Rights, Reverse Administration's Muslim Travel Bans Passes the House Rep.Lauren Underwood
July 23, 2020 Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $10 Million for Head Start Programs in the City of Chicago Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 22, 2020 Casten Announces Federal Grant for Westmont Fire Department Rep.Sean Casten
July 22, 2020 Quigley Provision to Protect Service Members from Covid-19 Passes House Rep.Mike Quigley
July 22, 2020 Quigley Statement on Trump Deploying Federal Agents to Chicago Rep.Mike Quigley
July 22, 2020 Rep. García Joins 24 Members of Congress to Stop Trump from Excluding Immigrants from Census Count Rep.Chuy Garcia
July 22, 2020 Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General, and the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Harris, Booker, Wyden, Merkley Demand Answers from Attorney General Barr and Acting Secretary Wolf on Deployment of Anonymous Federal Agents in American Cities Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 22, 2020 Letter to Chad F. Wolf, Acting Secretary of Department of Homeland Security, Mark A. Morgan, Acting Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, and Matthew T. Albence, Acting Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Duckworth Joins Harris, Colleagues to Demand Answers on Federal Law Enforcement Presence in American Cities Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 22, 2020 Letter to Attorney William Barr, Attorney General and Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Rep. Kirkpatrick Joins Colleagues in Demanding Answers About Deployment of Unidentified Federal Law Enforcement Personnel and Ongoing Actions in Portland Rep.Bill Foster, ...
July 22, 2020 Require Federal Coronavirus Preparedness Rep.Brad Schneider
July 22, 2020 Foster Statement on Passage of NO BAN Act Rep.Bill Foster
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "My statement with @SenDuckworth on the Trump Administration's announcement of an expansion of Operation Legend--DOJ's violent crime reduction initiative--to Chicago:" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "More Americans have died from #COVID19 in the last three months than in the Korean, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghan wars combined. And yet the White House and Senate Republicans are arguing we don't need more funds for testing." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Schneider Amendments to support Veteran Entrepreneurs and Fight Domestic Terror included in Final Passage of National Defense Authorization Act Rep.Brad Schneider
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "After a flawed distribution of funds provided by Congress, I called @SecAzar to push HHS to release critical funding--more than $739M--to hospitals in Illinois that are treating the most #COVID19 patients & addressing disparities." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "I applaud the House for passing the #NoBanAct today--it's now up to the Senate to do the same. President Trump's discriminatory ban on the entry into the US of citizens from Muslim & African nations has no place in this country and must be undone immediately." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Durbin, Duckworth Statement On Expansion Of DOJ Operation Legend To Chicago Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 22, 2020 Letter to Alex Azar, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and Gary Disbrow, Acting Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority - Congressman Krishnamoorthi, Porter, Inquire On BARDA And HHS Funding For Clinical Trials In Preventative COVID-19 Immune Globulin (COVID-IG) Injections Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
July 22, 2020 Under Questioning by Underwood, FEMA Administrator Gaynor Fails to Clearly Address Agency's Coronavirus Response, Despite Alarming Rise in Cases Nationally Rep.Lauren Underwood
July 22, 2020 Sens. Cruz, Menendez, Colleagues Re-Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Honor the Legacy of Cuban Dissident Oswaldo Payá Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 22, 2020 Quigley Provision to Protect Service Members from COVID-19 Passes House Rep.Mike Quigley
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "With cases spiking nationwide & a potential #COVID19 resurgence this fall, we can't afford another PPE & testing shortage. I'm joining my colleagues to urge the President to use resources already approved by Congress to increase PPE production & boost testing capacity." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Durbin Attempts To Pass Legislation To Protect Immigrant Workers & Children In The Green Card Backlog Sen.Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Durbin Speaks With FDA Commissioner About COVID-19 Vaccine Development Sen.Dick Durbin
July 22, 2020 Tweet - "While many universities are reverting to online learning this fall to protect students, faculty, & staff during the #COVID19 pandemic, it doesn't change the fact that many college students are newly eligible voters who are in need of vital information about their voting options." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Duckworth, Durbin Introduce Legislation to Block Federal Paramilitary Occupations in Chicago or Any American City with Senators Merkley & Wyden Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 21, 2020 Letter to Speaker Pelosi, Leader Hoyer, Majority Whip Clyburn, and Chairman Neal - Pappas Leads Call to Support America's Trucking Industry Rep.Danny Davis, ...
July 21, 2020 Duckworth Statement on Trump Order to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants from Census Count for Congressional Districts Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 21, 2020 House Passes National Defense Authorization With Rep. Krishnamoorthi's Amendment Requiring Pentagon To Report On Efforts To Meet Military's Prescription Supply Needs And How They Can Be Emulated In Civilian Markets Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 21, 2020 Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 1044 Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "Senator McConnell's "red line" on liability immunity for businesses will not make America safer. It would make the current situation even worse. Our top priority must be protecting workers and families from #COVID19--not protecting businesses from being held accountable." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 VIDEO: Though PhRMA Claims COVID-19 Vaccine Will Be Sold at No Profit, Drug Companies Tell Schakowsky a Different Story Rep.Jan Schakowsky
July 21, 2020 US House Passes Bipartisan National Defense Authorization Including Congressman Krishnamoorthi's Legislation Urging China To End Its Military Aggression Toward India Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 21, 2020 Letter to Michael R. Pence, Vice President of the United States, and Peter T. Gaynor, Administrator of Federal Emergency Management Agency - Van Hollen, Cardin Call on Trump Administration to Help Secure Access to PPE to Conduct November Election Safely During Pandemic Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "The next #COVID19 relief package must include funding for the E-rate program to help close the #HomeworkGap. Education should be the great equalizer--we cannot afford to allow the 16 million+ students with limited internet access to fall behind their peers." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "If @realDonaldTrump actually wants to help reduce violence in American communities, he wouldn't be sending in secret police with unmarked vehicles to snatch people off the street. That will only undermine local efforts & exacerbate existing tensions." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 US House Agrees To Consider Congressman Krishnamoorthi's Bipartisan Amendment Urging The Chinese Government To Halt Military Aggression Along The Line Of Actual Control With India Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "Article I, Section 2 and the 14th Amendment in the Constitution explicitly require the federal government to conduct a census that counts the "whole number of persons in each State.'" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "Hats off to Washington @Nationals for inviting Dr. Anthony Fauci to throw out the first pitch Thursday night. A friend for many years, Dr. Fauci is in fact one of our most honored medical leaders." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "Going to the Senate floor to discuss the towering legacy of my dear friend, and a true American hero--John Lewis--and to discuss @SenateDems priorities for the next federal coronavirus relief package. Watch live here:" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump is once again using xenophobic language to try and distract from his horrendous response to #COVID19. 140,000+ Americans have died and tens of millions are unemployed--no amount of race baiting from the President is going to make us forget that." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "I stand with @chicagosmayor . We do not need a Portland style federal intervention in Chicago. There are ways Washington can help, but they do not include secret federal police in unmarked vehicles." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "An over-militarized police force will not make our communities safer. I'll be joining @SenBrianSchatz today in his bipartisan effort to #DemilitarizeThePolice. I hope enough of our colleagues--on both sides of the aisle--will join us." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "Spoke with @MayorBowser this morning about the status of #COVID19 in our nation's capital, the #BlackLivesMatter demonstrations here in DC, & and my support for #DCstatehood to give 700,000+ Washingtonians the full representation they deserve." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "The last time the Senate took up #COVID19 related legislation was March 26--what has Sen. McConnell been waiting for? CARES Act unemployment benefits expire this month. Cases are spiking across the country. Did Senate Republicans believe this virus would just go away on its own?" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "The right to peacefully protest is fundamental to our democracy, and Americans should be able to exercise this right without the threat or use of force by members of law enforcement. The behavior of federal officers in Portland over the past week has been extremely disturbing." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Durbin Statement On President Trump's Memorandum Seeking To Exclude Undocumented Immigrants From Census Count For Congressional Apportionment Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Durbin, Duckworth Announce More Than $739 Million In Hospital Funding For COVID-19 Care In Illinois Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 21, 2020 With Federal Benefits Set To Expire This Month, Durbin Calls On Senator McConnell To Bring House-Passed House Heroes Act To The Floor Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Durbin Introduces Bill To Combat Opioid Addiction As Nation Sees Rise In Overdose Deaths Amid COVID-19 Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
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