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July 29, 2020 Tweet - "This is shameful. American service members deserve better from their Commander in Chief. I've been briefed by General Milley & CIA Director Haspel on the bounties. The President should talk with his own military & intelligence leaders before dismissing this as "fake news."" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020 Durbin, Duckworth Discuss COVID-19 Response With Senior Living Facility Represenatives Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 29, 2020 Tweet - "Moving troops out of key NATO country, out of petty spite, is yet another step the Trump Admin has taken to strengthen Putin's hand in the region. Making U.S. taxpayers pay billions for this policy is absurd." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020 Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act Sen. Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020 Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 6 Sen. Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020 Tweet - "Spoke with @SecArmy today about protecting our soldiers from harassment, bias, and intolerance. Every soldier is entitled to same level of respect and opportunity while wearing the uniform." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020 Schneider Statement on Trump White House Announcement to Effectively End DACA Rep. Brad Schneider
July 28, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump is in open defiance of the Supreme Court's decision rejecting his repeal of #DACA. I'm going to the Senate floor to respond by attempting to pass the bipartisan, House-passed Dream & Promise Act. Watch live here:" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020 Tweet - "At a time when unemployment figures are breaking records, Senate Republicans have decided that the problem with our economy is not unemployment--it's that the people who are unemployed are being given too much money. The GOP unemployment plan is cruel, inhumane, & unacceptable." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020 With President Trump In Open Defiance Of The Supreme Court, Durbin Attempts To Pass Dream & Promise Act On Senate Floor Sen. Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020 Durbin, Perdue Urge Congress To Address Shortage Of Doctors, Nurse On Senate Floor Sen. Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Rosen Leads Colleagues in Call for Department of Education to Reverse Rule That Excludes Many Student Veterans from Emergency COVID-19 Relief Aid Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 27, 2020 Underwood Secures Federal Funding for 14th District Priorities Rep. Lauren Underwood
July 27, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump, President of the United States - Feinstein, Menendez, Durbin, Schumer, Colleagues Call on Trump to Grant TPS for Venezuelans Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 27, 2020 Tweet - "We've known from the start that CARES Act unemployment benefits would expire on July 31. Democrats have been sounding the alarm on this for months. Any further delay is absolutely unacceptable--unemployed Americans need help now." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 27, 2020 Tweet - "John Lewis was a dear friend of mine and a true American hero. He leaves behind a towering legacy that few in our history could ever claim to match. Our nation will miss him dearly." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 27, 2020 Letter to Chairman Lindsey Graham - Leahy Leads Judiciary Committee Democrats In Pressing Chairman Graham For Committee Action On The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 24, 2020 Tweet - "The next federal #COVID19 relief package must include aid for immigrant families. Great to join immigrant rights & labor organizations for this discussion yesterday." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 24, 2020 Chairman Takano Applauds New Veteran Suicide Prevention, VA Police Reform Bills Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
July 24, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Sinema Calls for Distribution of Approved Coronavirus Relief Funds to Help Homebound Arizonans Get Food Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 24, 2020 DelBene, Welch, LaHood Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Incentivize Value-Based Health Care Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
July 23, 2020 Tweet - "Enhanced unemployment benefits expire at the end of this month. That means 30 million Americans will lose 60% of their income overnight. Why did Sen. McConnell wait until the last minute? Senate Republicans need to get their act together & work with Democrats to fix this ASAP." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 23, 2020 Durbin Attempts To Pass Legislation To Protect Children Of Immigrant Workers In The Green Card Backlog Sen. Dick Durbin
July 23, 2020 Letter to Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, Chairman Pat Roberts, and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow - Meng and Espaillat Urge Senate to Allow Hot Food for SNAP Program Rep. Bill Foster, ...
July 23, 2020 "Stop Con Artists Preying on the Fears of Older Americans," Says Congresswoman Robin Kelly upon Introducing the Protecting Seniors from Emergency Scams Act Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
July 23, 2020 Senate Passes Duckworth's Defense Bill Provisions to Support Servicemembers and Enhance Military Modernization Efforts Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 23, 2020 Underwood-Backed Legislation to Protect Civil Rights, Reverse Administration's Muslim Travel Bans Passes the House Rep. Lauren Underwood
July 22, 2020 Klobuchar Legislation to Protect Seniors from Scams During Coronavirus Pandemic Introduced in the House Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
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 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. John Barsa, Acting Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development - House Democrats Call for Resignation of Dangerous USAID Political Appointee Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
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 Quigley Provision to Protect Service Members from COVID-19 Passes House Rep. Mike Quigley
July 22, 2020 Foster Statement on Passage of NO BAN Act Rep. Bill Foster
July 22, 2020 Durbin Attempts To Pass Legislation To Protect Immigrant Workers & Children In The Green Card Backlog Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 1044 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 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Brasher, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit - Judiciary Democrats to 11th Circuit Judges: Explain Involvement in Florida Voting Rights Case Despite Commitment to Recuse Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 21, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Barbara Lagoa, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit - Judiciary Democrats to 11th Circuit Judges: Explain Involvement in Florida Voting Rights Case Despite Commitment to Recuse 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 - "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 Duckworth Statement on Trump Order to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants from Census Count for Congressional Districts Sen. Ladda Duckworth
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 Durbin: We Must Honor John Lewis' Life By Protecting The Right To Vote For All Americans Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "John Lewis risked his life for the right of every man & woman in America to vote & have a voice in our democracy. Words of praise for John Lewis are fine--but they are not enough. The only way to truly honor his monumental legacy is to fully restore the Voting Rights Act." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Robert Luck, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit - Judiciary Democrats to 11th Circuit Judges: Explain Involvement in Florida Voting Rights Case Despite Commitment to Recuse 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 20, 2020 Tweet - "What have Senate Republicans been waiting for? More than 140,000 Americans have died. Millions continue to file for unemployment benefits, and are losing their health insurance. With each passing day, Sen. McConnell's refusal to act becomes more and more inexcusable." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 20, 2020 Tweet - "ICE should abandon its deeply flawed plan to launch a "Chicago Citizens Academy' in the midst of a global pandemic. The Trump Admin's mass deportation agenda has created widespread fear in our immigrant communities that cannot be fixed by a tone-deaf public-relations effort." Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
July 29, 2020 Tweet - "This is shameful. American service members deserve better from their Commander in Chief. I've been briefed by General Milley & CIA Director Haspel on the bounties. The President should talk with his own military & intelligence leaders before dismissing this as "fake news."" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020 Durbin, Duckworth Discuss COVID-19 Response With Senior Living Facility Represenatives Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 29, 2020 Tweet - "Moving troops out of key NATO country, out of petty spite, is yet another step the Trump Admin has taken to strengthen Putin's hand in the region. Making U.S. taxpayers pay billions for this policy is absurd." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020 Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act Sen.Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020 Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 6 Sen.Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020 Tweet - "Spoke with @SecArmy today about protecting our soldiers from harassment, bias, and intolerance. Every soldier is entitled to same level of respect and opportunity while wearing the uniform." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020 Schneider Statement on Trump White House Announcement to Effectively End DACA Rep.Brad Schneider
July 28, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump is in open defiance of the Supreme Court's decision rejecting his repeal of #DACA. I'm going to the Senate floor to respond by attempting to pass the bipartisan, House-passed Dream & Promise Act. Watch live here:" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020 Tweet - "At a time when unemployment figures are breaking records, Senate Republicans have decided that the problem with our economy is not unemployment--it's that the people who are unemployed are being given too much money. The GOP unemployment plan is cruel, inhumane, & unacceptable." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020 With President Trump In Open Defiance Of The Supreme Court, Durbin Attempts To Pass Dream & Promise Act On Senate Floor Sen.Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020 Durbin, Perdue Urge Congress To Address Shortage Of Doctors, Nurse On Senate Floor Sen.Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Rosen Leads Colleagues in Call for Department of Education to Reverse Rule That Excludes Many Student Veterans from Emergency COVID-19 Relief Aid Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 27, 2020 Underwood Secures Federal Funding for 14th District Priorities Rep.Lauren Underwood
July 27, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump, President of the United States - Feinstein, Menendez, Durbin, Schumer, Colleagues Call on Trump to Grant TPS for Venezuelans Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 27, 2020 Tweet - "We've known from the start that CARES Act unemployment benefits would expire on July 31. Democrats have been sounding the alarm on this for months. Any further delay is absolutely unacceptable--unemployed Americans need help now." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 27, 2020 Tweet - "John Lewis was a dear friend of mine and a true American hero. He leaves behind a towering legacy that few in our history could ever claim to match. Our nation will miss him dearly." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 27, 2020 Letter to Chairman Lindsey Graham - Leahy Leads Judiciary Committee Democrats In Pressing Chairman Graham For Committee Action On The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 24, 2020 Tweet - "The next federal #COVID19 relief package must include aid for immigrant families. Great to join immigrant rights & labor organizations for this discussion yesterday." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 24, 2020 Chairman Takano Applauds New Veteran Suicide Prevention, VA Police Reform Bills Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
July 24, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Sinema Calls for Distribution of Approved Coronavirus Relief Funds to Help Homebound Arizonans Get Food Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 24, 2020 DelBene, Welch, LaHood Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Incentivize Value-Based Health Care Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
July 23, 2020 Tweet - "Enhanced unemployment benefits expire at the end of this month. That means 30 million Americans will lose 60% of their income overnight. Why did Sen. McConnell wait until the last minute? Senate Republicans need to get their act together & work with Democrats to fix this ASAP." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 23, 2020 Durbin Attempts To Pass Legislation To Protect Children Of Immigrant Workers In The Green Card Backlog Sen.Dick Durbin
July 23, 2020 Letter to Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, Chairman Pat Roberts, and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow - Meng and Espaillat Urge Senate to Allow Hot Food for SNAP Program Rep.Bill Foster, ...
July 23, 2020 "Stop Con Artists Preying on the Fears of Older Americans," Says Congresswoman Robin Kelly upon Introducing the Protecting Seniors from Emergency Scams Act Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
July 23, 2020 Senate Passes Duckworth's Defense Bill Provisions to Support Servicemembers and Enhance Military Modernization Efforts Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 23, 2020 Underwood-Backed Legislation to Protect Civil Rights, Reverse Administration's Muslim Travel Bans Passes the House Rep.Lauren Underwood
July 22, 2020 Klobuchar Legislation to Protect Seniors from Scams During Coronavirus Pandemic Introduced in the House Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
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 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. John Barsa, Acting Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development - House Democrats Call for Resignation of Dangerous USAID Political Appointee Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
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 Quigley Provision to Protect Service Members from COVID-19 Passes House Rep.Mike Quigley
July 22, 2020 Foster Statement on Passage of NO BAN Act Rep.Bill Foster
July 22, 2020 Durbin Attempts To Pass Legislation To Protect Immigrant Workers & Children In The Green Card Backlog Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 1044 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 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Brasher, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit - Judiciary Democrats to 11th Circuit Judges: Explain Involvement in Florida Voting Rights Case Despite Commitment to Recuse Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 21, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Barbara Lagoa, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit - Judiciary Democrats to 11th Circuit Judges: Explain Involvement in Florida Voting Rights Case Despite Commitment to Recuse 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 - "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 Duckworth Statement on Trump Order to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants from Census Count for Congressional Districts Sen.Ladda Duckworth
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 Durbin: We Must Honor John Lewis' Life By Protecting The Right To Vote For All Americans Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Tweet - "John Lewis risked his life for the right of every man & woman in America to vote & have a voice in our democracy. Words of praise for John Lewis are fine--but they are not enough. The only way to truly honor his monumental legacy is to fully restore the Voting Rights Act." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Robert Luck, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit - Judiciary Democrats to 11th Circuit Judges: Explain Involvement in Florida Voting Rights Case Despite Commitment to Recuse 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 20, 2020 Tweet - "What have Senate Republicans been waiting for? More than 140,000 Americans have died. Millions continue to file for unemployment benefits, and are losing their health insurance. With each passing day, Sen. McConnell's refusal to act becomes more and more inexcusable." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 20, 2020 Tweet - "ICE should abandon its deeply flawed plan to launch a "Chicago Citizens Academy' in the midst of a global pandemic. The Trump Admin's mass deportation agenda has created widespread fear in our immigrant communities that cannot be fixed by a tone-deaf public-relations effort." Sen.Dick Durbin
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