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July 18, 2018
Schneider Statement On ICE Resolution
Rep. Brad Schneider
July 18, 2018
Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh must also answer whether he would support the existing special counsel investigation into Russia's attack on our democracy. His record shows serious cause for concern."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 18, 2018
Executive Calendar
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 18, 2018
Tweet - "Senate Republicans just rubber-stamped another extreme, Federalist Society-approved judicial nominee to the federal appellate bench: 39-year-old Andrew Oldham"
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 18, 2018
Foster Statement On ICE Resolution
Rep. Bill Foster
July 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - 54 Members of Congress Join Reps. Frankel, Torres, Roybal-allard in Letter Opposing Anti-immigrant State Department Nominee
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 17, 2018
Letter to David Sinski, Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights - Look Into Allegations Of Physical & Emotional Abuse At Chicago Facility
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - 7 Sen. Tina Smith Leads Effort to Extend Humanitarian Protections For Somali Nationals Living in Minnesota, Across the Country
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 16, 2018
Letter to Chairmen McCain and Thorberry, and Ranking Members Reed and Smith - Dingell Urges Congressional Leaders to Expand Restraining Orders in Military
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
July 14, 2018
Letter to President Donald J. Trump - Do Not Meet Putin Alone
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 13, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - 83 Members of Congress Urge the Administration to Extend and Redesignate Temporary Protected Status for Somalia
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 13, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alexander Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Demands Transparency in HHS' Use of DNA Testing to Reunite Separated Families
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
July 13, 2018
Tweet - "With more than 65 million people around the world forcibly displaced from their homes, the Trump Administration is doing everything in its power to prevent innocent victims of war and brutal gang violence from seeking safe haven in our country. This does not reflect our values."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 12, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $7 Million for Northwest Illinois Head Start Programs
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 12, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Announce Nearly $6 Million for Southern Illinois Head Start Programs
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 12, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $9 Million for Central Illinois Head Start Programs
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 12, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Announce Nearly $3 Million for Chicagoland Head Start Programs
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 12, 2018
Duckworth Votes Against Paul Ney to be U.S. Department of Defense General Counsel
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 12, 2018
Senate Democratic Women Warn Supreme Court Nominee Would Roll Back Reproductive Rights
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 11, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Trey Gowdy, Chairman of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee - Hearing on Trump Administration's Inhumane Child Separation Policy
Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "Yesterday, the Trump Administration notified the court that it has identified 102 separated children under the age of five -- and that only four of these children were reunited with their parents before the deadline."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration continues to try to shift the blame for this humanitarian crisis onto Congress, when in reality this is, as a federal court found, "a chaotic circumstance of the government's own making.""
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "The Administration's real plan is not to reunite these families but to undermine the Flores settlement, a legally-binding agreement in place for over 20 years that protects the best interests of detained children."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Executive Session
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's goal is clear -- in the midst of the world's worst refugee crisis, they want to make the situation for families fleeing persecution as painful as possible -- in order to deter them from seeking safe haven in our country."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "Let me be just as clear. This Senator will do everything in his power to stop legislation that would authorize the Trump Administration to throw migrant children in jail and throw away the key. It is immoral and un-American."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Glaring Inaccuracies In HHS Secretary Azar's Testimony On Child Separation
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 11, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senator Murray Calls Out Glaring Inaccuracies in Trump Health Secretary Azar's Testimony on Child Separation
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "At best, HHS Secretary Azar's testimony on Trump's child separation policy two weeks ago was misleading. At worst, it was flat out inaccurate. He must come back and provide Congress with truthful answers."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Schneider Statement On Supreme Court Nomination
Rep. Brad Schneider
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "Brett Kavanaugh would be the deciding vote on this Court to change the rules in America for the next generation."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "If Justice Kennedy was a swing vote on the Supreme Court, Judge Kavanaugh would swing the Supreme Court to the far right #WhatsAtStake."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Concerns About Judge Kavanaugh
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 10, 2018
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi: Nomination Of Judge Kavanaugh To Supreme Court "Deeply Disturbing"
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "The stakes for this SCOTUS nomination are historic. Critical rights, freedoms, and protections are hanging in the balance. #WhatsAtStake."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Schakowsky Statement On President Trump's Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
July 10, 2018
CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview With Illinois Senator Richard Durbin
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "BREAKING: The Trump Administration says that ONLY FOUR of 102 separated children under age 5 were reunited before today's court's deadline. They can't even identify the parent of one toddler and have made no effort to contact 12 parents who ICE deported."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Bost Statement On Nomination Of Judge Brett Kavanaugh To Supreme Court
Rep. Mike Bost
July 10, 2018
Foster Statement On Visit to Detention Center for Immigrant Children
Rep. Bill Foster
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh has a record on the bench of consistently favoring big business and undermining protections for consumers, workers, women, and the environment."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "And in light of the ongoing Russia investigation, is it a coincidence that President Trump picked a nominee who has expressed staunch opposition to criminal investigations of sitting Presidents?"
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Hoyer, Schakowsky, 130 Democrats Write Letter to President Trump to Rescind Illegal Anti-Worker Executive Orders
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 10, 2018
Sean Casten Statement on President Trump Scotus Nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh
Rep. Sean Casten
July 10, 2018
Sean Casten Commits to Protecting Women's Right to Choose
Rep. Sean Casten
July 10, 2018
Durbin Meets With VA Secretary Nominee, Presses For Support Of Quincy Veterans' Home & To Protect Veterans From For-Profit Colleges
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Durbin Statement On President Trump's Supreme Court Nomination Of Brett Kavanaugh
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "Replacing Justice Kennedy's swing vote with a far-right jurist like Judge Kavanaugh could change the rules in America. With a subservient Republican Congress and a far-right Supreme Court, there is a real risk that the worst impulses of the Trump presidency will go unchecked."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 9, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump - Rescind Illegal Anti-Worker Executive Orders
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
July 9, 2018
Duckworth, Heitkamp Introduce Bill to Support Women Entrepreneurs
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Date
Title
Politician
July 18, 2018
Schneider Statement On ICE Resolution
Rep.Brad Schneider
July 18, 2018
Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh must also answer whether he would support the existing special counsel investigation into Russia's attack on our democracy. His record shows serious cause for concern."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 18, 2018
Executive Calendar
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 18, 2018
Tweet - "Senate Republicans just rubber-stamped another extreme, Federalist Society-approved judicial nominee to the federal appellate bench: 39-year-old Andrew Oldham"
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 18, 2018
Foster Statement On ICE Resolution
Rep.Bill Foster
July 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - 54 Members of Congress Join Reps. Frankel, Torres, Roybal-allard in Letter Opposing Anti-immigrant State Department Nominee
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 17, 2018
Letter to David Sinski, Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights - Look Into Allegations Of Physical & Emotional Abuse At Chicago Facility
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - 7 Sen. Tina Smith Leads Effort to Extend Humanitarian Protections For Somali Nationals Living in Minnesota, Across the Country
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 16, 2018
Letter to Chairmen McCain and Thorberry, and Ranking Members Reed and Smith - Dingell Urges Congressional Leaders to Expand Restraining Orders in Military
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
July 14, 2018
Letter to President Donald J. Trump - Do Not Meet Putin Alone
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 13, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - 83 Members of Congress Urge the Administration to Extend and Redesignate Temporary Protected Status for Somalia
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 13, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alexander Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Demands Transparency in HHS' Use of DNA Testing to Reunite Separated Families
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
July 13, 2018
Tweet - "With more than 65 million people around the world forcibly displaced from their homes, the Trump Administration is doing everything in its power to prevent innocent victims of war and brutal gang violence from seeking safe haven in our country. This does not reflect our values."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 12, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $7 Million for Northwest Illinois Head Start Programs
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 12, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Announce Nearly $6 Million for Southern Illinois Head Start Programs
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 12, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $9 Million for Central Illinois Head Start Programs
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 12, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Announce Nearly $3 Million for Chicagoland Head Start Programs
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 12, 2018
Duckworth Votes Against Paul Ney to be U.S. Department of Defense General Counsel
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 12, 2018
Senate Democratic Women Warn Supreme Court Nominee Would Roll Back Reproductive Rights
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 11, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Trey Gowdy, Chairman of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee - Hearing on Trump Administration's Inhumane Child Separation Policy
Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "Yesterday, the Trump Administration notified the court that it has identified 102 separated children under the age of five -- and that only four of these children were reunited with their parents before the deadline."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration continues to try to shift the blame for this humanitarian crisis onto Congress, when in reality this is, as a federal court found, "a chaotic circumstance of the government's own making.""
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "The Administration's real plan is not to reunite these families but to undermine the Flores settlement, a legally-binding agreement in place for over 20 years that protects the best interests of detained children."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Executive Session
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's goal is clear -- in the midst of the world's worst refugee crisis, they want to make the situation for families fleeing persecution as painful as possible -- in order to deter them from seeking safe haven in our country."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "Let me be just as clear. This Senator will do everything in his power to stop legislation that would authorize the Trump Administration to throw migrant children in jail and throw away the key. It is immoral and un-American."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Glaring Inaccuracies In HHS Secretary Azar's Testimony On Child Separation
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 11, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senator Murray Calls Out Glaring Inaccuracies in Trump Health Secretary Azar's Testimony on Child Separation
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "At best, HHS Secretary Azar's testimony on Trump's child separation policy two weeks ago was misleading. At worst, it was flat out inaccurate. He must come back and provide Congress with truthful answers."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Schneider Statement On Supreme Court Nomination
Rep.Brad Schneider
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "Brett Kavanaugh would be the deciding vote on this Court to change the rules in America for the next generation."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "If Justice Kennedy was a swing vote on the Supreme Court, Judge Kavanaugh would swing the Supreme Court to the far right #WhatsAtStake."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Concerns About Judge Kavanaugh
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 10, 2018
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi: Nomination Of Judge Kavanaugh To Supreme Court "Deeply Disturbing"
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "The stakes for this SCOTUS nomination are historic. Critical rights, freedoms, and protections are hanging in the balance. #WhatsAtStake."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Schakowsky Statement On President Trump's Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
July 10, 2018
CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview With Illinois Senator Richard Durbin
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "BREAKING: The Trump Administration says that ONLY FOUR of 102 separated children under age 5 were reunited before today's court's deadline. They can't even identify the parent of one toddler and have made no effort to contact 12 parents who ICE deported."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Bost Statement On Nomination Of Judge Brett Kavanaugh To Supreme Court
Rep.Mike Bost
July 10, 2018
Foster Statement On Visit to Detention Center for Immigrant Children
Rep.Bill Foster
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh has a record on the bench of consistently favoring big business and undermining protections for consumers, workers, women, and the environment."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "And in light of the ongoing Russia investigation, is it a coincidence that President Trump picked a nominee who has expressed staunch opposition to criminal investigations of sitting Presidents?"
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Hoyer, Schakowsky, 130 Democrats Write Letter to President Trump to Rescind Illegal Anti-Worker Executive Orders
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 10, 2018
Sean Casten Statement on President Trump Scotus Nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh
Rep.Sean Casten
July 10, 2018
Sean Casten Commits to Protecting Women's Right to Choose
Rep.Sean Casten
July 10, 2018
Durbin Meets With VA Secretary Nominee, Presses For Support Of Quincy Veterans' Home & To Protect Veterans From For-Profit Colleges
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Durbin Statement On President Trump's Supreme Court Nomination Of Brett Kavanaugh
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "Replacing Justice Kennedy's swing vote with a far-right jurist like Judge Kavanaugh could change the rules in America. With a subservient Republican Congress and a far-right Supreme Court, there is a real risk that the worst impulses of the Trump presidency will go unchecked."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 9, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump - Rescind Illegal Anti-Worker Executive Orders
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
July 9, 2018
Duckworth, Heitkamp Introduce Bill to Support Women Entrepreneurs
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
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