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April 5, 2018 Letter to Thomas D. Homan, Acting Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Policy Allowing Increased Detention of Pregnant Women Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 5, 2018 Democrats Meet with Millennials in Elgin on College Costs, "Dreamers' Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
April 4, 2018 Tweet - "When the President tweets about major shifts in U.S. policy, his Administration then scrambles to both defend and walk back his comments. This is one of the many, many reasons why the United States government should not be run via Twitter." Sen. Dick Durbin
April 3, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Alex M. Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Maintain LGBTQ Questions on Data Collection Surveys Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 2, 2018 Tweet - "The only person the country needs on the "DACA bandwagon" is the President. He's rejected deal after deal to save the program he unilaterally chose to end." Sen. Dick Durbin
April 2, 2018 Tweet - "The President is blaming everyone under the sun, but he only has to look in the mirror to find the person who turned down six different bipartisan DACA deals from Congress - a few that included funding for his useless wall. This is a crisis of his own creation." Sen. Dick Durbin
March 30, 2018 LaHood, Krishnamoorthi deliver bipartisan message at Bradley Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
March 29, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security and the Hon. Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State - Chairman Crowley and Reps. Meng, Polis Urge Federal Government to Extend Temporary Protected Status for Nepalese Nationals Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
March 28, 2018 Duckworth Statement on Firing of VA Secretary David Shulkin Sen. Ladda Duckworth
March 28, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader and the Honorable Charles E. Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Bring Forward Legislation to Reform Sexual Harassment, Discrimination Rules in Congress Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
March 28, 2018 Durbin, Duckworth Highlight How Additional Federal Funding For Veterans Could Help Improve Quincy Veterans' Home, Protect Residents From Legionnaires' Disease Sen. Dick Durbin
March 28, 2018 Tweet - "The crisis that President Trump created by ending the DACA program isn't going away, and I will not rest until these young people have the future in America that they deserve. #DreamActNow" Sen. Dick Durbin
March 28, 2018 Tweet - "Senator Dick Durbin Retweeted Washington Post President Trump wants immigrants to pay higher taxes, and make it harder for people to claim legal status as a result. Is being employed and properly paying your taxes now no match for this Administration's anti-immigrant agenda?" Sen. Dick Durbin
March 28, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin Highlight How Additional Federal Funding for Veterans Could Help Improve Quincy Veterans' Home, Protect Residents From Legionnaires' Disease Sen. Ladda Duckworth
March 27, 2018 Letter to Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - More Than 100 Democrats to Call on Department of Health and Human Services to Put Patients First and Withdraw Discriminatory Refusal of Care Rule Rep. Bill Foster, ...
March 27, 2018 Tweet - "A census citizenship question would reverse decades of precedent and undoubtedly result in an unfair and inaccurate count. Politics has no place in the census, but this administration will stop at nothing to push its anti-immigrant agenda. Nothing." Sen. Dick Durbin
March 27, 2018 MSNBC "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell" - Transcript: Robert Mueller Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
March 27, 2018 Tweet - "Imagine fleeing a brutal civil war to come to the land of opportunity to work and build a life in peace, only to be told now that you can either kiss your children goodbye or remain here illegally. That's the choice President Trump just gave these Liberian immigrants." Sen. Dick Durbin
March 25, 2018 Facebook - "Once again, President Donald J. Trump and the Republicans have inserted their agenda of hate into our national security with the "sanctioning of discrimination" by banning transgender Americans from serving in the military. Today, I stand proudly with our brave transgender service members. Always. #LGBT" Rep. Robin Kelly
March 24, 2018 Tweet - "The President is choosing to ignore overwhelming opposition from his own military leaders, the American people, and lawmakers in Congress who disagree with this ban. If you meet the requirements to serve, you should be able to do so. Period." Sen. Dick Durbin
March 23, 2018 Duckworth Sounds Alarm on the Imminent Deportation of United States Combat Veteran Sen. Ladda Duckworth
March 23, 2018 Tweet - "85% of the American people believe we ought to do what's right and fair for these young people. They support the Dreamers and they support giving DACA protection. 85%. 60% of those who voted for President Trump say we should do it." Sen. Dick Durbin
March 23, 2018 Tenth Annual National Hunger Seder Calls Attention to Veterans Struggling With Food Insecurity Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
March 22, 2018 Letter to the Hon. John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States - Urging Release of Audio Recordings Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
March 22, 2018 Letter to John Kelly, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security - Investigate Allegations of Separation of Children From Asylum-Seeking Parents at U.S. Border U.S. BORDER Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 22, 2018 Letter to John Kelly, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security - Investigate Resignation of San Francisco ICE Spokesman Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 22, 2018 Letter to the Hon. John Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States - Quigley Leads Letter to Chief Justice Roberts Urging Same-day Release of Audio Recordings Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
March 22, 2018 Letter to Mr. Kelly - Investigate Allegations Of Separation Of Children From Asylum-Seeking Parents At U.S. Border Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
March 22, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Mario Diaz-Balart, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development & Related Agencies and the Hon. David Price, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, & Related Agencies - Congressman Al Green's Statement on Funding for Homeless Veteran Supportive Housing Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
March 21, 2018 Daca Sen. Dick Durbin
March 20, 2018 Quigley Presses HUD Secretary Ben Carson on LGBTQ Housing Resources, Invites Him to Meet With Chicago Advocates Rep. Mike Quigley
March 20, 2018 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Introduces The No Disrupting Accountability (NDA) Act To Prevent President Trump's Personal Non-Disclosure Agreements From Silencing White House Whistleblowers Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
March 19, 2018 Letter to the Honorable John Culberson, Chairman, and the Honorable Jose Serrano, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science - Increased Funding to Combat Human Trafficking in Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties, Nationwide Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
March 19, 2018 Benefits of Onsite Childcare Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
March 19, 2018 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Attacks on Special Counsel Rep. Mike Quigley
March 19, 2018 Letter to the Hon. John Carter, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security and the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Jayapal Leads More Than 50 Members to Protect Families From Being Torn Apart at the Border Rep. Bill Foster, ...
March 19, 2018 Tweet - "Hundreds of thousands of young lives hang in the balance because President Trump ended the DACA program, and yet he only seems focused on one thing right now: undermining the Mueller investigation. It's up to Congress to act in a bipartisan way to help these Dreamers." Sen. Dick Durbin
March 17, 2018 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Mueller Investigation Rep. Mike Quigley
March 16, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Kay Granger, Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Defense and the Hon. Peter Visclosky, Ranking Member of the subcommittee on Defense - Castro Leads Bipartisan Push for National Trauma Research Action Plan Rep. Danny Davis, ...
March 15, 2018 Letter to Mr. Clark - Halt New GI Bill Enrollments Amid Questions Of Eligibility Sen. Dick Durbin
March 15, 2018 Duckworth Introduces Bill To Help Veterans With Children Access Child Care, Reduce Veteran Unemployment Sen. Ladda Duckworth
March 15, 2018 Letter to the Hon. John Gore, Acting Assistant Attorney General - Demand Answers from DOJ on Potential Census Citizenship Question Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 15, 2018 Letter to Michael Pompeo, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency - Congressman Krishnamoorthi Urges CIA Director Pompeo To Publicly Commit To Using $120 Million Designated To Fight Russian Meddling That Tillerson Failed To Spend Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
March 15, 2018 Duckworth Statement On Miguel Perez, Jr. Sen. Ladda Duckworth
March 15, 2018 Letter to Chairman Aderholt and Ranking Member Bishop - Preserve Funding for Critical Nutrition Program for Seniors Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
March 14, 2018 Letter to General John Kelly, White House Chief of Staff - Fire Jared Kushner Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
March 14, 2018 Letter to the Hon. John Culberson, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies and the Hon. Jose Serrano, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Reichert, Pascrell, 173 Colleagues Send Letter to Appropriations Committee Advocating For Byrne JAG and COPS Office Funding Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
March 13, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump travels to California today to look at prototypes of his wasteful and ineffective border wall. Might he find time on his schedule to meet with any of the hundreds of thousands of Dreamers he's holding hostage to his anti-immigrant agenda?" Sen. Dick Durbin
March 13, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Bob Corker, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Congressman Krishnamoorthi Urges Senate Foreign Relations Committee Members To Question CIA Director Pompeo On President Trump's Potential Interference In Flynn And Russia Investigations Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
March 13, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the House, the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Hon. Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Appropriations - 83 Democrats Demand Dream Act Be Added to Omnibus & That Funding for Deportations, Detention and Walls Be Stripped Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Date Title Politician
April 5, 2018 Letter to Thomas D. Homan, Acting Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Policy Allowing Increased Detention of Pregnant Women Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 5, 2018 Democrats Meet with Millennials in Elgin on College Costs, "Dreamers' Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
April 4, 2018 Tweet - "When the President tweets about major shifts in U.S. policy, his Administration then scrambles to both defend and walk back his comments. This is one of the many, many reasons why the United States government should not be run via Twitter." Sen.Dick Durbin
April 3, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Alex M. Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Maintain LGBTQ Questions on Data Collection Surveys Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 2, 2018 Tweet - "The only person the country needs on the "DACA bandwagon" is the President. He's rejected deal after deal to save the program he unilaterally chose to end." Sen.Dick Durbin
April 2, 2018 Tweet - "The President is blaming everyone under the sun, but he only has to look in the mirror to find the person who turned down six different bipartisan DACA deals from Congress - a few that included funding for his useless wall. This is a crisis of his own creation." Sen.Dick Durbin
March 30, 2018 LaHood, Krishnamoorthi deliver bipartisan message at Bradley Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
March 29, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security and the Hon. Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State - Chairman Crowley and Reps. Meng, Polis Urge Federal Government to Extend Temporary Protected Status for Nepalese Nationals Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
March 28, 2018 Duckworth Statement on Firing of VA Secretary David Shulkin Sen.Ladda Duckworth
March 28, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader and the Honorable Charles E. Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Bring Forward Legislation to Reform Sexual Harassment, Discrimination Rules in Congress Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
March 28, 2018 Durbin, Duckworth Highlight How Additional Federal Funding For Veterans Could Help Improve Quincy Veterans' Home, Protect Residents From Legionnaires' Disease Sen.Dick Durbin
March 28, 2018 Tweet - "The crisis that President Trump created by ending the DACA program isn't going away, and I will not rest until these young people have the future in America that they deserve. #DreamActNow" Sen.Dick Durbin
March 28, 2018 Tweet - "Senator Dick Durbin Retweeted Washington Post President Trump wants immigrants to pay higher taxes, and make it harder for people to claim legal status as a result. Is being employed and properly paying your taxes now no match for this Administration's anti-immigrant agenda?" Sen.Dick Durbin
March 28, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin Highlight How Additional Federal Funding for Veterans Could Help Improve Quincy Veterans' Home, Protect Residents From Legionnaires' Disease Sen.Ladda Duckworth
March 27, 2018 Letter to Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - More Than 100 Democrats to Call on Department of Health and Human Services to Put Patients First and Withdraw Discriminatory Refusal of Care Rule Rep.Bill Foster, ...
March 27, 2018 Tweet - "A census citizenship question would reverse decades of precedent and undoubtedly result in an unfair and inaccurate count. Politics has no place in the census, but this administration will stop at nothing to push its anti-immigrant agenda. Nothing." Sen.Dick Durbin
March 27, 2018 MSNBC "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell" - Transcript: Robert Mueller Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
March 27, 2018 Tweet - "Imagine fleeing a brutal civil war to come to the land of opportunity to work and build a life in peace, only to be told now that you can either kiss your children goodbye or remain here illegally. That's the choice President Trump just gave these Liberian immigrants." Sen.Dick Durbin
March 25, 2018 Facebook - "Once again, President Donald J. Trump and the Republicans have inserted their agenda of hate into our national security with the "sanctioning of discrimination" by banning transgender Americans from serving in the military. Today, I stand proudly with our brave transgender service members. Always. #LGBT" Rep.Robin Kelly
March 24, 2018 Tweet - "The President is choosing to ignore overwhelming opposition from his own military leaders, the American people, and lawmakers in Congress who disagree with this ban. If you meet the requirements to serve, you should be able to do so. Period." Sen.Dick Durbin
March 23, 2018 Duckworth Sounds Alarm on the Imminent Deportation of United States Combat Veteran Sen.Ladda Duckworth
March 23, 2018 Tweet - "85% of the American people believe we ought to do what's right and fair for these young people. They support the Dreamers and they support giving DACA protection. 85%. 60% of those who voted for President Trump say we should do it." Sen.Dick Durbin
March 23, 2018 Tenth Annual National Hunger Seder Calls Attention to Veterans Struggling With Food Insecurity Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
March 22, 2018 Letter to the Hon. John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States - Urging Release of Audio Recordings Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
March 22, 2018 Letter to John Kelly, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security - Investigate Allegations of Separation of Children From Asylum-Seeking Parents at U.S. Border U.S. BORDER Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 22, 2018 Letter to John Kelly, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security - Investigate Resignation of San Francisco ICE Spokesman Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 22, 2018 Letter to the Hon. John Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States - Quigley Leads Letter to Chief Justice Roberts Urging Same-day Release of Audio Recordings Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
March 22, 2018 Letter to Mr. Kelly - Investigate Allegations Of Separation Of Children From Asylum-Seeking Parents At U.S. Border Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
March 22, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Mario Diaz-Balart, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development & Related Agencies and the Hon. David Price, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, & Related Agencies - Congressman Al Green's Statement on Funding for Homeless Veteran Supportive Housing Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
March 21, 2018 Daca Sen.Dick Durbin
March 20, 2018 Quigley Presses HUD Secretary Ben Carson on LGBTQ Housing Resources, Invites Him to Meet With Chicago Advocates Rep.Mike Quigley
March 20, 2018 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Introduces The No Disrupting Accountability (NDA) Act To Prevent President Trump's Personal Non-Disclosure Agreements From Silencing White House Whistleblowers Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
March 19, 2018 Letter to the Honorable John Culberson, Chairman, and the Honorable Jose Serrano, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science - Increased Funding to Combat Human Trafficking in Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties, Nationwide Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
March 19, 2018 Benefits of Onsite Childcare Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
March 19, 2018 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Attacks on Special Counsel Rep.Mike Quigley
March 19, 2018 Letter to the Hon. John Carter, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security and the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Jayapal Leads More Than 50 Members to Protect Families From Being Torn Apart at the Border Rep.Bill Foster, ...
March 19, 2018 Tweet - "Hundreds of thousands of young lives hang in the balance because President Trump ended the DACA program, and yet he only seems focused on one thing right now: undermining the Mueller investigation. It's up to Congress to act in a bipartisan way to help these Dreamers." Sen.Dick Durbin
March 17, 2018 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Mueller Investigation Rep.Mike Quigley
March 16, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Kay Granger, Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Defense and the Hon. Peter Visclosky, Ranking Member of the subcommittee on Defense - Castro Leads Bipartisan Push for National Trauma Research Action Plan Rep.Danny Davis, ...
March 15, 2018 Letter to Mr. Clark - Halt New GI Bill Enrollments Amid Questions Of Eligibility Sen.Dick Durbin
March 15, 2018 Duckworth Introduces Bill To Help Veterans With Children Access Child Care, Reduce Veteran Unemployment Sen.Ladda Duckworth
March 15, 2018 Letter to the Hon. John Gore, Acting Assistant Attorney General - Demand Answers from DOJ on Potential Census Citizenship Question Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 15, 2018 Letter to Michael Pompeo, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency - Congressman Krishnamoorthi Urges CIA Director Pompeo To Publicly Commit To Using $120 Million Designated To Fight Russian Meddling That Tillerson Failed To Spend Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
March 15, 2018 Duckworth Statement On Miguel Perez, Jr. Sen.Ladda Duckworth
March 15, 2018 Letter to Chairman Aderholt and Ranking Member Bishop - Preserve Funding for Critical Nutrition Program for Seniors Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
March 14, 2018 Letter to General John Kelly, White House Chief of Staff - Fire Jared Kushner Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
March 14, 2018 Letter to the Hon. John Culberson, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies and the Hon. Jose Serrano, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Reichert, Pascrell, 173 Colleagues Send Letter to Appropriations Committee Advocating For Byrne JAG and COPS Office Funding Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
March 13, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump travels to California today to look at prototypes of his wasteful and ineffective border wall. Might he find time on his schedule to meet with any of the hundreds of thousands of Dreamers he's holding hostage to his anti-immigrant agenda?" Sen.Dick Durbin
March 13, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Bob Corker, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Congressman Krishnamoorthi Urges Senate Foreign Relations Committee Members To Question CIA Director Pompeo On President Trump's Potential Interference In Flynn And Russia Investigations Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
March 13, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the House, the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Hon. Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Appropriations - 83 Democrats Demand Dream Act Be Added to Omnibus & That Funding for Deportations, Detention and Walls Be Stripped Rep.Bill Foster, ...
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