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Dec. 22, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and the Hon. Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee - Pro-Choice Leaders Call on Judiciary Committee to Subpoena Witnesses in Case of Abortion-Seeking Teen Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 22, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House - Pass Vietnam Veterans Legislation Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 21, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General - Congresswoman Susan Davis Joins in Expressing Support for Robert Mueller's Investigation of Trump Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Dec. 21, 2017 Durbin Speaks With CDC Director About Deadly Situation At Quincy Veterans' Home Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 20, 2017 Letter to Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Retract Order Banning Words at CDC Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 20, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Eric Hargan, Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services and Brenda Fitzgerald, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - 88 Members of Congress Request Clarification from HHS and CDC on Reported Agency Censorship Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 19, 2017 Tweet - "Senate GOP now saying they want to vote on the #TaxScamBill TONIGHT. Mark my words, their partisan & rushed approach will hurt millions of middle-income families across America." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 19, 2017 Senators Collins and Duckworth Introduce Legislation to Support Women Pursuing Careers in Aviation Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 18, 2017 Letter to the Hon. David Shulkin, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Rep. Rutherford: VA Fails Veterans by Hiring Dangerous Doctors Rep. Mike Bost, ...
Dec. 18, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Robert Goodlatte - Hold Hearings on Trump's Threat to Abuse his Pardon Power Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
Dec. 18, 2017 Tweet - "First we had George Carlin. Now we have the Trump Admin - and it isn't funny. These are the 7 words that the Trump Admin is reportedly prohibiting officials at CDC from using. I wrote to the CDC Director today in an attempt to get to the bottom of this supposed gag order." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 18, 2017 Letter to Vice President Mike Pence - Reps. Deutch, Cicilline, Hill Lead 71 Members Pushing Vice President Mike Pence to Address Human Rights in Egypt Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
Dec. 18, 2017 Tweet - "Seven years ago today, a bipartisan majority of the Senate voted for the #DreamAct but it didn't become the law of the land because of a partisan filibuster." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 18, 2017 Letter to Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Horowitz, Inspector General of the Department of Justice, Thomas Homan, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and John Kelly, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security - Grijalva and Chu Call for Investigation on Sexual Assaults in ICE Facilities Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
Dec. 16, 2017 Tweet - "Through history, banning words has worked about as well as banning books. This is outrageous." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 15, 2017 Letter to the Hon. David Shulkin, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Duckworth Concerned Over VA Proposal to Reduce Assistance to Homeless Veterans Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Dec. 15, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mac Thornberry, the Hon. Adam Smith, the Hon. Edward Royce, the Hon. Eliot Engel, the Hon. Michael McCaul, the Hon. Bennie Thompson, the Hon. Devin Nunes, and the Hon. Adam Schiff - 42 Members of the House Call for Hearings on Sexual Misconduct in the National Security Workforce Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 15, 2017 Letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committee - Duckworth, Harris, Senate Democrats Urge Appropriators to Ensure Immigration Detention Centers Meet National Standards Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 15, 2017 Tweet - "Even Brett Talley has had more appearances in court than Matthew Petersen. Federal judges need to know what they're doing on day one. Litigants deserve judges who are experienced and competent." Sen. Dick Durbin
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 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. 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. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 12, 2017 Durbin-Harris Legislation To Prevent Discharge Of Non-Citizen Military Personnel Signed Into Law Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 8, 2017 Letter to the Hon. David Shulkin, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Nationwide Review of VA Providers Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 8, 2017 Schakowsky, DeGette Respond to Republicans Launching Yet Another Witch Hunt Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 6, 2017 Congresswoman Kelly's Statement on Impeachment Vote Rep. Robin Kelly
Dec. 6, 2017 Tweet - "Senator Franken's behavior was wrong. He has admitted to what he did. He should resign from the Senate." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 6, 2017 Foster Statement on Sexual Harassment in Congress Rep. Bill Foster
Dec. 6, 2017 Letter to Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn - Senators Blunt, Klobuchar, Young Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter to Ethiopian Prime Minister on Adoptions Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 6, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Rex W. Tillerson, Secretary of State - Trump's Anti-Muslim Retweets Endanger Americans Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
Dec. 6, 2017 Tweet - "Please retweet and help me share Blanca Morales' story. She is the 98th Dreamer whose story I've told on the Senate floor. #DreamActNow" Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 5, 2017 Tweet - "Here we are 3 months after the President's cruel decision to end #DACA and this Republican Senate has done nothing. Nothing." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 5, 2017 Durbin Statement On Cornyn-Grassley Immigration Proposal Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 5, 2017 Tweet - "It's been 3 months since the President's cruel decision to end #DACA. My colleagues are joining me on the Senate floor to demand passage of the #DreamActNow." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 4, 2017 Tweet - "Today I joined Illinois business, faith, community leaders and Dreamers to discuss why passing the #DreamActNow is the right thing to do morally and economically" Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 2, 2017 Tweet - "While the country slept, Republicans clapped and cheered their bill to take your hard earned money and give it to their richest donors. Keep watching this until you can never forget." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "JUST IN: #GOPTaxScam passes. On the floor of the world's greatest deliberative body, @SenateGOP rammed through a bill without even reading it." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Congressman Krishnamoorthi Reacts To Flynn Guilty Plea: "Any Action By The President To End The Mueller Investigation Would Rise To An Impeachable Offense" Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "BREAKING: Senate Democrats just tried to get Senate Republicans to adjourn for a few days and take the time to actually read their tax bill. RT if you agree that reading bills before they're voted on is the least we can do." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "Senate Republicans can't put their own scribbled amendment into the record because nobody can read it. This is what we're voting on. #Page257" Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "I just tried to enter this page into the record so the American people know the kind of stunts @SenateGOP is pulling to pass their tax scam. But they wouldn't take it. Why? Because NOBODY can read it. #Page257" Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "Trying to review the #GOPTaxScam but they are making hand-written changes to brand new text as we speak -- can anyone else read this?" Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "I challenge any Republican Senator to come to the floor and explain what's in this bill. It looks like the real bill was just delivered to the Senate floor. Republicans will vote yes TONIGHT on a bill they haven't read." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "Let's talk about how today Senate Republicans will force a vote on a bill that neither of them has read. #GOPTaxScam" Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "America already has a big doctor shortage and we could lose 5,400 more physicians unless Congress passes the #DREAMActNow." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "All the soft-focus hype videos in the world can't change the fact that this horrific bill is getting worse by the minute and that Republicans are desperate to pass something--anything--before anyone can read it or the CBO/JCT can score it." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2017 Tweet - "According to the @AARP, more than 5 million seniors could see their taxes increase under the Republican tax bill. That's a disaster for seniors living on a fixed income." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House - Repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
Date Title Politician
Dec. 22, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and the Hon. Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee - Pro-Choice Leaders Call on Judiciary Committee to Subpoena Witnesses in Case of Abortion-Seeking Teen Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 22, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House - Pass Vietnam Veterans Legislation Rep.Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 21, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General - Congresswoman Susan Davis Joins in Expressing Support for Robert Mueller's Investigation of Trump Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Dec. 21, 2017 Durbin Speaks With CDC Director About Deadly Situation At Quincy Veterans' Home Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 20, 2017 Letter to Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Retract Order Banning Words at CDC Rep.Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 20, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Eric Hargan, Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services and Brenda Fitzgerald, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - 88 Members of Congress Request Clarification from HHS and CDC on Reported Agency Censorship Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 19, 2017 Tweet - "Senate GOP now saying they want to vote on the #TaxScamBill TONIGHT. Mark my words, their partisan & rushed approach will hurt millions of middle-income families across America." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 19, 2017 Senators Collins and Duckworth Introduce Legislation to Support Women Pursuing Careers in Aviation Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 18, 2017 Letter to the Hon. David Shulkin, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Rep. Rutherford: VA Fails Veterans by Hiring Dangerous Doctors Rep.Mike Bost, ...
Dec. 18, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Robert Goodlatte - Hold Hearings on Trump's Threat to Abuse his Pardon Power Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
Dec. 18, 2017 Tweet - "First we had George Carlin. Now we have the Trump Admin - and it isn't funny. These are the 7 words that the Trump Admin is reportedly prohibiting officials at CDC from using. I wrote to the CDC Director today in an attempt to get to the bottom of this supposed gag order." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 18, 2017 Letter to Vice President Mike Pence - Reps. Deutch, Cicilline, Hill Lead 71 Members Pushing Vice President Mike Pence to Address Human Rights in Egypt Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
Dec. 18, 2017 Tweet - "Seven years ago today, a bipartisan majority of the Senate voted for the #DreamAct but it didn't become the law of the land because of a partisan filibuster." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 18, 2017 Letter to Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Horowitz, Inspector General of the Department of Justice, Thomas Homan, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and John Kelly, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security - Grijalva and Chu Call for Investigation on Sexual Assaults in ICE Facilities Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
Dec. 16, 2017 Tweet - "Through history, banning words has worked about as well as banning books. This is outrageous." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 15, 2017 Letter to the Hon. David Shulkin, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Duckworth Concerned Over VA Proposal to Reduce Assistance to Homeless Veterans Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Dec. 15, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mac Thornberry, the Hon. Adam Smith, the Hon. Edward Royce, the Hon. Eliot Engel, the Hon. Michael McCaul, the Hon. Bennie Thompson, the Hon. Devin Nunes, and the Hon. Adam Schiff - 42 Members of the House Call for Hearings on Sexual Misconduct in the National Security Workforce Rep.Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 15, 2017 Letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committee - Duckworth, Harris, Senate Democrats Urge Appropriators to Ensure Immigration Detention Centers Meet National Standards Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 15, 2017 Tweet - "Even Brett Talley has had more appearances in court than Matthew Petersen. Federal judges need to know what they're doing on day one. Litigants deserve judges who are experienced and competent." Sen.Dick Durbin
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 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. 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.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 12, 2017 Durbin-Harris Legislation To Prevent Discharge Of Non-Citizen Military Personnel Signed Into Law Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 8, 2017 Letter to the Hon. David Shulkin, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Nationwide Review of VA Providers Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 8, 2017 Schakowsky, DeGette Respond to Republicans Launching Yet Another Witch Hunt Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 6, 2017 Congresswoman Kelly's Statement on Impeachment Vote Rep.Robin Kelly
Dec. 6, 2017 Tweet - "Senator Franken's behavior was wrong. He has admitted to what he did. He should resign from the Senate." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 6, 2017 Foster Statement on Sexual Harassment in Congress Rep.Bill Foster
Dec. 6, 2017 Letter to Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn - Senators Blunt, Klobuchar, Young Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter to Ethiopian Prime Minister on Adoptions Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 6, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Rex W. Tillerson, Secretary of State - Trump's Anti-Muslim Retweets Endanger Americans Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
Dec. 6, 2017 Tweet - "Please retweet and help me share Blanca Morales' story. She is the 98th Dreamer whose story I've told on the Senate floor. #DreamActNow" Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 5, 2017 Tweet - "Here we are 3 months after the President's cruel decision to end #DACA and this Republican Senate has done nothing. Nothing." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 5, 2017 Durbin Statement On Cornyn-Grassley Immigration Proposal Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 5, 2017 Tweet - "It's been 3 months since the President's cruel decision to end #DACA. My colleagues are joining me on the Senate floor to demand passage of the #DreamActNow." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 4, 2017 Tweet - "Today I joined Illinois business, faith, community leaders and Dreamers to discuss why passing the #DreamActNow is the right thing to do morally and economically" Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 2, 2017 Tweet - "While the country slept, Republicans clapped and cheered their bill to take your hard earned money and give it to their richest donors. Keep watching this until you can never forget." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "JUST IN: #GOPTaxScam passes. On the floor of the world's greatest deliberative body, @SenateGOP rammed through a bill without even reading it." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Congressman Krishnamoorthi Reacts To Flynn Guilty Plea: "Any Action By The President To End The Mueller Investigation Would Rise To An Impeachable Offense" Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "BREAKING: Senate Democrats just tried to get Senate Republicans to adjourn for a few days and take the time to actually read their tax bill. RT if you agree that reading bills before they're voted on is the least we can do." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "Senate Republicans can't put their own scribbled amendment into the record because nobody can read it. This is what we're voting on. #Page257" Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "I just tried to enter this page into the record so the American people know the kind of stunts @SenateGOP is pulling to pass their tax scam. But they wouldn't take it. Why? Because NOBODY can read it. #Page257" Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "Trying to review the #GOPTaxScam but they are making hand-written changes to brand new text as we speak -- can anyone else read this?" Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "I challenge any Republican Senator to come to the floor and explain what's in this bill. It looks like the real bill was just delivered to the Senate floor. Republicans will vote yes TONIGHT on a bill they haven't read." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "Let's talk about how today Senate Republicans will force a vote on a bill that neither of them has read. #GOPTaxScam" Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "America already has a big doctor shortage and we could lose 5,400 more physicians unless Congress passes the #DREAMActNow." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "All the soft-focus hype videos in the world can't change the fact that this horrific bill is getting worse by the minute and that Republicans are desperate to pass something--anything--before anyone can read it or the CBO/JCT can score it." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2017 Tweet - "According to the @AARP, more than 5 million seniors could see their taxes increase under the Republican tax bill. That's a disaster for seniors living on a fixed income." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House - Repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
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