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Sept. 30, 2020 Durbin Statement On DHS IG Report Detailing CBP's Inadequate Controls & Oversight Of FY19 Humanitarian Funding Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 30, 2020 Durbin: Rush To Confirm Judge Barrett Is About Eliminating The Affordable Care Act Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 30, 2020 Tweet - "In 2016 and 2017, President Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes each year. That's less than the average American making $25,000 paid during those years. He thinks taxes, and the rules, don't apply to him." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 30, 2020 Tweet - "Pres. Trump is rushing the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett because he wants to: 1. Eliminate the Affordable Care Act & with it protections for people with pre-existing conditions 2. Have another Trump justice on the Court for any election challenges We will fight this." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 29, 2020 Heinrich Backs Resolution Recognizing Children's Fundamental Rights And Climate Recovery Planning Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Sept. 29, 2020 U.S. House Passes Bipartisan Helping MOMS Act Introduced by Congresswoman Robin Kelly Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
Sept. 29, 2020 Tweet - "The Affordable Care Act goes before the Supreme Court on Nov. 10. If Pres. Trump & Sen. McConnell rush through their nominee by then, they'll use the Court to rip health care & pre-existing condition protections away from millions. We will fight this. #SaveOurHealthcare" Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 29, 2020 Tweet - "I introduced the Coronavirus Unemployment Benefits Tax Relief Act to send unemployed workers a lifeline. While this bill doesn't allow you to write off $70k in hairstyling fees, it does exclude the first $10,200 of unemployment compensation from federal income taxes for 2020." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 29, 2020 Durbin Introduces Bill To Give Unemployed Americans Tax Relief Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 29, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump and Republicans hate the Affordable Care Act like the devil hates holy water. They tried to eliminate the ACA in Congress, but were stopped by John McCain. Now they're trying to use the Supreme Court. We must fight back. We must protect access to health care." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 28, 2020 Tweet - "Will be joining @SRuhle on @MSNBC momentarily to discuss the Supreme Court and more. Tune in." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 28, 2020 Tweet - "For months, Sen. McConnell couldn't find time to negotiate a #COVID19 relief deal. Now he wants to drop everything to fill a Supreme Court vacancy. Why? Because Republicans want Judge Barrett to help strike down the Affordable Care Act on Nov. 10. Our health care is at stake." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 28, 2020 Tweet - "We're finding out why President Trump went to such great lengths to conceal his tax returns--and it wasn't just the string of business failures or mountains of debt. On average, Americans pay more than $15,000 in federal income tax per year. Our President, just $750." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 28, 2020 Durbin Statement On President Trump's Supreme Court Nomination Of Amy Coney Barrett Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 27, 2020 Tweet - "Will be sitting down with @Gstephanopoulos on @ABC this morning to discuss President Trump's nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Make sure you tune in." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 27, 2020 Tweet - "This is what Donald Trump and Republicans want--for the Affordable Care Act to be "terminated in the Supreme Court." The case is scheduled for arguments on Nov. 10. That's what's at stake in the coming weeks: health care coverage and pre--existing conditions protections." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 26, 2020 LaHood Statement on the Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court Rep. Darin LaHood
Sept. 26, 2020 Tweet - "We're 38 days from Election Day & 45 days away from the Supreme Court taking up the case that will decide whether the Affordable Care Act survives. Pres. Trump & Majority Leader McConnell want to rush Judge Barrett's nomination through the Senate before those two dates arrive." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 26, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump's shameful attempt to divert money away from our men & women in uniform & towards his border wall vanity project was an attack on Congress's power of the purse. Glad that the DC Circuit has stood up for the separation of powers." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 25, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Russell Vought, Dir. of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Hon. Pat Cipollone, White House Counsel to the President - Booker Leads Senate Judiciary Democrats Demanding Answers from Trump Administration Officials on Executive Order Banning Anti-Bias Training for Federal Agencies and Contractors Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 25, 2020 Underwood Appointed Chair of Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation Subcommittee Rep. Lauren Underwood, ...
Sept. 25, 2020 Letter to The Chairmen and Ranking Members of The House and Senate Armed Services Committees - Duckworth, Bustos, Loebsack, Durbin, Grassley and Ernst Lead Bi-Partisan, Bicameral Modernization Effort to Utilize Unused Army Property Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Sept. 25, 2020 Tweet - "It's been 100 days since Supreme Court struck down Pres. Trump's repeal of #DACA. That's 100 days of the Trump Admin refusing to reopen DACA. And 100 days of @SenMajLdr refusing to bring up bipartisan House-passed Dream and Promise Act to give Dreamers a path to citizenship." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 25, 2020 Tweet - "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spent her life in pursuit of America's highest ideal--equal justice under the law. She won major victories against gender discrimination, making our nation a better place for us all. She will be dearly missed." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 25, 2020 Tweet - "The future of the Affordable Care Act is once again at stake. The Republicans are trying to rush a Supreme Court nominee through the Senate before November 10, when the Court takes up the case that will decide whether the ACA will survive." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 25, 2020 Tweet - "Chad Wolf has been deeply involved in cruel, anti-immigrant policies like family separations, the repeal of #DACA, & deporting countless women & children fleeing violence. He should be held accountable for these abuses, not approved by the Senate." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 25, 2020 Tweet - "7M #COVID19 cases = 7M new Americans with a pre-existing condition. The Trump Admin. is asking the Supreme Court to strike down the ACA & its protections for people with pre-existing conditions. If they win, tens of millions will lose coverage. It will be a disaster." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 24, 2020 Tweet - "After Pres. Trump reiterated that he will contest the results of the election, Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham said today that "whatever the Court decides, I will accept." This is an outrage. We won't take this lying down." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 24, 2020 CNN "Newsroom" - Transcript Interview with Tammy Duckworth Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Sept. 24, 2020 Durbin Discusses Troop Withdrawal From Germany, COVID-19 Testing With Secretary Of Defense Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 24, 2020 Durbin, Cortez Masto, Senate Dems Introduce Bill To Protected Unemployed Workers' Health Insurance During Pandemic Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 24, 2020 Tweet - "November 10. Remember that date. GOP is rushing to put a Trump-appointed justice on the Supreme Court before that date. It's the day the Court hears the case where Pres. Trump is trying to strike down ACA & its pre-existing conditions protections. Our health care is at stake." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 24, 2020 Durbin: Senate Republicans' Reversal On Filling Supreme Court Vacancy During Presidential Election Year Is Thinly-Veiled Effort To Destroy Affordable Care Act Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 24, 2020 Tweet - "Join me on Facebook Live where I am answering your questions about the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, COVID-19, and more." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 23, 2020 House Passes Bipartisan Solid Start Reporting Act Offered by Kelly, Mast Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
Sept. 23, 2020 Durbin Calls Out Senate Republican Plan To Dismantle Affordable Care Act Through Filling Supreme Court Vacancy Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 23, 2020 House passes Bost provision in veterans bill Rep. Mike Bost
Sept. 23, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Charles Grassley, Chairman of Committee on Finance, US Senate, and to the Hon. Ron Wyden, Ranking Member of Committee on Finance, US Senate - Casey, Booker, Harris, Durbin Urge Finance Committee Leaders to Transform Medicaid Coverage to Reduce Maternal Mortality Rate Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 23, 2020 Tweet - "Will be joining @KatyTurNBC on @MSNBC soon to discuss the grand jury decision in the Breonna Taylor case and the latest with the Supreme Court. Make sure you tune in." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 23, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump and Sen. McConnell want to rush a nominee onto the Supreme Court before the Nov. 3 election and before the Nov. 10 case that will decide the fate of the Affordable Care Act. The American people can see that is not on the level." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 23, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Joseph Cuffari, Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security - Brown, Colleagues Urge DHS Inspector General to Investigate Alleged Forced Hysterectomies at ICE Facility Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Sept. 22, 2020 Tweet - ". @SenateDems went to the Senate floor tonight to honor the amazing life of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Republicans want to turn back the progress made by RBG during her storied career. We can't let that happen." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 22, 2020 Tweet - "Either the American people do get an election year voice regarding the future of the Supreme Court, or they don't. In 2016, Senator McConnell said they do. Now he says they don't. It's a flip-flop, plain & simple." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 22, 2020 Durbin: The Affordable Care Act Is At Stake With This Supreme Court Vacancy Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 22, 2020 Tweet - "If Senator McConnell goes forward with his plan to jam through a SCOTUS nominee this year, the Affordable Care Act is doomed. This is about more than political bragging rights. It's about protections for people with pre-existing conditions & health care coverage for millions." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 22, 2020 Tweet - "Tens of millions of Americans have a pre-existing condition, including 6M diagnosed with #COVID19. If Republicans succeed in striking down the Affordable Care Act, protections for pre-existing conditions will be gone. That's what's at stake in the fight over the Supreme Court." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 22, 2020 García Statement on the Creation of an Immigration Unit in the Cook County Public Defender's Office Rep. Chuy Garcia
Sept. 21, 2020 CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript Interview with Dick Durbin Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 21, 2020 Tweet - "The Supreme Court was created by the founders of our nation to be the arbiter of equal justice under the law, not a tool for one party's political agenda. The Senate should honor Justice Ginsburg's fervent last wish by not filling this vacancy before inauguration." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 21, 2020 Durbin Honors Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg On Senate Floor Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
Sept. 30, 2020 Durbin Statement On DHS IG Report Detailing CBP's Inadequate Controls & Oversight Of FY19 Humanitarian Funding Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 30, 2020 Durbin: Rush To Confirm Judge Barrett Is About Eliminating The Affordable Care Act Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 30, 2020 Tweet - "In 2016 and 2017, President Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes each year. That's less than the average American making $25,000 paid during those years. He thinks taxes, and the rules, don't apply to him." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 30, 2020 Tweet - "Pres. Trump is rushing the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett because he wants to: 1. Eliminate the Affordable Care Act & with it protections for people with pre-existing conditions 2. Have another Trump justice on the Court for any election challenges We will fight this." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 29, 2020 Heinrich Backs Resolution Recognizing Children's Fundamental Rights And Climate Recovery Planning Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Sept. 29, 2020 U.S. House Passes Bipartisan Helping MOMS Act Introduced by Congresswoman Robin Kelly Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
Sept. 29, 2020 Tweet - "The Affordable Care Act goes before the Supreme Court on Nov. 10. If Pres. Trump & Sen. McConnell rush through their nominee by then, they'll use the Court to rip health care & pre-existing condition protections away from millions. We will fight this. #SaveOurHealthcare" Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 29, 2020 Tweet - "I introduced the Coronavirus Unemployment Benefits Tax Relief Act to send unemployed workers a lifeline. While this bill doesn't allow you to write off $70k in hairstyling fees, it does exclude the first $10,200 of unemployment compensation from federal income taxes for 2020." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 29, 2020 Durbin Introduces Bill To Give Unemployed Americans Tax Relief Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 29, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump and Republicans hate the Affordable Care Act like the devil hates holy water. They tried to eliminate the ACA in Congress, but were stopped by John McCain. Now they're trying to use the Supreme Court. We must fight back. We must protect access to health care." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 28, 2020 Tweet - "Will be joining @SRuhle on @MSNBC momentarily to discuss the Supreme Court and more. Tune in." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 28, 2020 Tweet - "For months, Sen. McConnell couldn't find time to negotiate a #COVID19 relief deal. Now he wants to drop everything to fill a Supreme Court vacancy. Why? Because Republicans want Judge Barrett to help strike down the Affordable Care Act on Nov. 10. Our health care is at stake." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 28, 2020 Tweet - "We're finding out why President Trump went to such great lengths to conceal his tax returns--and it wasn't just the string of business failures or mountains of debt. On average, Americans pay more than $15,000 in federal income tax per year. Our President, just $750." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 28, 2020 Durbin Statement On President Trump's Supreme Court Nomination Of Amy Coney Barrett Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 27, 2020 Tweet - "Will be sitting down with @Gstephanopoulos on @ABC this morning to discuss President Trump's nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Make sure you tune in." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 27, 2020 Tweet - "This is what Donald Trump and Republicans want--for the Affordable Care Act to be "terminated in the Supreme Court." The case is scheduled for arguments on Nov. 10. That's what's at stake in the coming weeks: health care coverage and pre--existing conditions protections." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 26, 2020 LaHood Statement on the Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court Rep.Darin LaHood
Sept. 26, 2020 Tweet - "We're 38 days from Election Day & 45 days away from the Supreme Court taking up the case that will decide whether the Affordable Care Act survives. Pres. Trump & Majority Leader McConnell want to rush Judge Barrett's nomination through the Senate before those two dates arrive." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 26, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump's shameful attempt to divert money away from our men & women in uniform & towards his border wall vanity project was an attack on Congress's power of the purse. Glad that the DC Circuit has stood up for the separation of powers." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 25, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Russell Vought, Dir. of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Hon. Pat Cipollone, White House Counsel to the President - Booker Leads Senate Judiciary Democrats Demanding Answers from Trump Administration Officials on Executive Order Banning Anti-Bias Training for Federal Agencies and Contractors Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 25, 2020 Underwood Appointed Chair of Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation Subcommittee Rep.Lauren Underwood, ...
Sept. 25, 2020 Letter to The Chairmen and Ranking Members of The House and Senate Armed Services Committees - Duckworth, Bustos, Loebsack, Durbin, Grassley and Ernst Lead Bi-Partisan, Bicameral Modernization Effort to Utilize Unused Army Property Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Sept. 25, 2020 Tweet - "It's been 100 days since Supreme Court struck down Pres. Trump's repeal of #DACA. That's 100 days of the Trump Admin refusing to reopen DACA. And 100 days of @SenMajLdr refusing to bring up bipartisan House-passed Dream and Promise Act to give Dreamers a path to citizenship." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 25, 2020 Tweet - "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spent her life in pursuit of America's highest ideal--equal justice under the law. She won major victories against gender discrimination, making our nation a better place for us all. She will be dearly missed." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 25, 2020 Tweet - "The future of the Affordable Care Act is once again at stake. The Republicans are trying to rush a Supreme Court nominee through the Senate before November 10, when the Court takes up the case that will decide whether the ACA will survive." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 25, 2020 Tweet - "Chad Wolf has been deeply involved in cruel, anti-immigrant policies like family separations, the repeal of #DACA, & deporting countless women & children fleeing violence. He should be held accountable for these abuses, not approved by the Senate." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 25, 2020 Tweet - "7M #COVID19 cases = 7M new Americans with a pre-existing condition. The Trump Admin. is asking the Supreme Court to strike down the ACA & its protections for people with pre-existing conditions. If they win, tens of millions will lose coverage. It will be a disaster." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 24, 2020 Tweet - "After Pres. Trump reiterated that he will contest the results of the election, Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham said today that "whatever the Court decides, I will accept." This is an outrage. We won't take this lying down." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 24, 2020 CNN "Newsroom" - Transcript Interview with Tammy Duckworth Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Sept. 24, 2020 Durbin Discusses Troop Withdrawal From Germany, COVID-19 Testing With Secretary Of Defense Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 24, 2020 Durbin, Cortez Masto, Senate Dems Introduce Bill To Protected Unemployed Workers' Health Insurance During Pandemic Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 24, 2020 Tweet - "November 10. Remember that date. GOP is rushing to put a Trump-appointed justice on the Supreme Court before that date. It's the day the Court hears the case where Pres. Trump is trying to strike down ACA & its pre-existing conditions protections. Our health care is at stake." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 24, 2020 Durbin: Senate Republicans' Reversal On Filling Supreme Court Vacancy During Presidential Election Year Is Thinly-Veiled Effort To Destroy Affordable Care Act Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 24, 2020 Tweet - "Join me on Facebook Live where I am answering your questions about the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, COVID-19, and more." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 23, 2020 House Passes Bipartisan Solid Start Reporting Act Offered by Kelly, Mast Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
Sept. 23, 2020 Durbin Calls Out Senate Republican Plan To Dismantle Affordable Care Act Through Filling Supreme Court Vacancy Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 23, 2020 House passes Bost provision in veterans bill Rep.Mike Bost
Sept. 23, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Charles Grassley, Chairman of Committee on Finance, US Senate, and to the Hon. Ron Wyden, Ranking Member of Committee on Finance, US Senate - Casey, Booker, Harris, Durbin Urge Finance Committee Leaders to Transform Medicaid Coverage to Reduce Maternal Mortality Rate Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 23, 2020 Tweet - "Will be joining @KatyTurNBC on @MSNBC soon to discuss the grand jury decision in the Breonna Taylor case and the latest with the Supreme Court. Make sure you tune in." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 23, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump and Sen. McConnell want to rush a nominee onto the Supreme Court before the Nov. 3 election and before the Nov. 10 case that will decide the fate of the Affordable Care Act. The American people can see that is not on the level." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 23, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Joseph Cuffari, Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security - Brown, Colleagues Urge DHS Inspector General to Investigate Alleged Forced Hysterectomies at ICE Facility Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Sept. 22, 2020 Tweet - ". @SenateDems went to the Senate floor tonight to honor the amazing life of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Republicans want to turn back the progress made by RBG during her storied career. We can't let that happen." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 22, 2020 Tweet - "Either the American people do get an election year voice regarding the future of the Supreme Court, or they don't. In 2016, Senator McConnell said they do. Now he says they don't. It's a flip-flop, plain & simple." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 22, 2020 Durbin: The Affordable Care Act Is At Stake With This Supreme Court Vacancy Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 22, 2020 Tweet - "If Senator McConnell goes forward with his plan to jam through a SCOTUS nominee this year, the Affordable Care Act is doomed. This is about more than political bragging rights. It's about protections for people with pre-existing conditions & health care coverage for millions." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 22, 2020 Tweet - "Tens of millions of Americans have a pre-existing condition, including 6M diagnosed with #COVID19. If Republicans succeed in striking down the Affordable Care Act, protections for pre-existing conditions will be gone. That's what's at stake in the fight over the Supreme Court." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 22, 2020 García Statement on the Creation of an Immigration Unit in the Cook County Public Defender's Office Rep.Chuy Garcia
Sept. 21, 2020 CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript Interview with Dick Durbin Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 21, 2020 Tweet - "The Supreme Court was created by the founders of our nation to be the arbiter of equal justice under the law, not a tool for one party's political agenda. The Senate should honor Justice Ginsburg's fervent last wish by not filling this vacancy before inauguration." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 21, 2020 Durbin Honors Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg On Senate Floor Sen.Dick Durbin
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