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Jan. 30, 2020 Schakowsky Statement on House Passage of the "No War Against Iran Act" Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Jan. 30, 2020 Congressman Jesús "Chuy" García's Statement on Today's Passage of Legislation to Prevent Unauthorized War with Iran Rep. Chuy Garcia
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "The argument Prof. Dershowitz made yesterday would set a dangerous precedent for Presidential power. If we accept that a President's personal/political interests are equal to our national interest, then it may well become impossible for Congress to hold any President accountable." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 30, 2020 Response to Duckworth's Question in Impeachment Trial: "We Have No Evidence" Trump Engaged in Legitimate Process for Withholding Foreign Aid Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "As Senators prepare for 2nd day of questions, I remain convinced that we must call relevant witnesses like John Bolton. Without hearing from witnesses like Amb. Bolton and Mick Mulvaney, and without having access to key documents, we cannot have a full & fair trial." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "Sec. Pompeo's stunning silence in the face of threats targeting Amb. Yovanovitch is inexcusable. As the nation's top diplomat, Sec. Pompeo must take seriously the well-being of the men & women who work at the State Dept. I'm joining my colleagues in demanding an investigation." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "Once again, here are the differences between our letter and the 7/25/19 call between President Trump and Zelensky" Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 30, 2020 Schakowsky Statement on House Vote to Repeal the 2002 Iraq AUMF Resolution Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "Have not yet heard a good explanation for why these funds were held up after DoD officials sounded the alarm that it was in violation of the law & harmful to our Ukrainian allies. Like @RepJasonCrow said-this delay mattered. For Ukraine, in the midst of a war, any delay mattered." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "11 years ago this week, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed into law, closing loopholes that allow for gender-based wage discrimination. But we've still got work to do - it's time to pass the #PaycheckFairness Act to help close the pay gap for good." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 30, 2020 Durbin: Why Did President Trump Continue Holding Ukraine Military Aid Amid Warnings About Legality? Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "Tune in to @MSNBC . I'll be on shortly with @chucktodd to discuss the impeachment trial as we head into the second day of questions from Senators." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 30, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump, President of the United States - Democratic Women's Caucus Members Send Letter to President Trump Condemning His Continuing Degradation of Women Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
Jan. 30, 2020 Underwood Presses VA Health OFficials on Solutions to Address the Veteran Suicide Crisis Rep. Lauren Underwood
Jan. 29, 2020 Tweet - "While hanging out in Davos with corporate elites, Pres. Trump suggested he was open to cutting Medicare and Social Security. While I hope he simply misspoke, his budgets have proposed cuts to these vital programs for working Americans." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 29, 2020 Tweet - "Today Senators will begin asking questions of both the House managers & the President's defense team. I look forward to hearing what both sides will have to say. But the elephant in the room remains--we cannot have a full & fair trial without key documents & relevant witnesses." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 29, 2020 Tweet - "In the first day of questioning by Senators, House managers & the President's lawyers debated the meaning of Bolton's and Mulvaney's statements & conflicting accounts of WH meetings. There's one way we can get to the bottom of all these issues -- calling witnesses & key documents." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 29, 2020 Durbin Honored By Head Start Association As Champion For Children And Families Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 29, 2020 Tweet - "My question for House managers: If President Trump were to actually invoke executive privilege, wouldn't he be required to identify the specific documents or communications containing sensitive material that he seeks to protect?" Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 29, 2020 Durbin Raises Question Of Executive Privilege In Impeachment Trial Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 29, 2020 Three Years After Trump's Travel Ban, Duckworth and Durbin Join Colleagues to Call for a National Commitment to Refugee Resettlement Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Jan. 29, 2020 Tweet - "Pres Trump's Muslim travel ban was the first of many anti-immigrant & anti-refugee policies to come out of his Admin. I intro'd a resolution w/ @SenBlumenthal & @SenDuckworth to send the message that Congress remains committed to helping those in need, regardless of the President." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 29, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of State - As Impeachment Focuses on Yovanovitch's Ouster, 22 Democrats Demand Pompeo Explain Steps to Protect U.S. Diplomats Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Jan. 29, 2020 Letter to President Donald Trump - Wyden, Merkley Demand Trump Publicly Commit To Protecting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Jan. 28, 2020 Tweet - "In a nation of 350 million people, the President's defense team decided that Ken Starr was the person to lecture Senators on not abusing the impeachment process? Breathtaking for anyone who remembers the Clinton impeachment proceedings." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 28, 2020 Tweet - "Indefinite family detention is harmful to children & parents, inconsistent with our nation's values, & doesn't make us safer. I joined more than 100 Senate & House Dems in filing a brief in Flores v. Barr with the 9th Circuit to stand against Trump Admin's immoral policy." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 28, 2020 Tweet - "It's sad to see GOP Senators talk about using this impeachment trial to hurt Joe Biden politically. If we're measuring the impeachment articles, their veracity, & their truth by the impact they could potentially have on an Iowa caucus voter, then we've failed the American people." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 28, 2020 Tweet - "Today, the House @WaysMeansCmte held a hearing to discuss the #FAMILYAct--a bill I cosponsor. The #FAMILYAct would help more Illinoisans care for themselves & their families without risking their job or their paycheck. It's time to make #PaidLeave accessible to every American." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 28, 2020 Durbin, Duckworth, Bicameral Congressional Leaders Call On Ninth Circuit To Uphold Protections For Migrant Children In Flores Amicus Brief Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Jan. 28, 2020 Tweet - "There's a reason the President's defense team hates the notion of allowing witnesses, documents, and evidence to be brought in this trial and before the American people. It's not a real trial without them. Senate Republicans must not be complicit in a cover-up." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 28, 2020 Tweet - "The only way for the Senate to hold a trial that will be credible across America is to call in witnesses like John Bolton. I don't know what Amb. Bolton will say under oath--no one does. But if we don't have witnesses under oath speaking the truth, then we won't have a fair trial." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 28, 2020 Tweet - "Pres. Trump's agenda is clear: get #SCOTUS to uphold illegal repeal of #DACA so he can deport young immigrants who grew up in this country. The House has passed legislation giving #Dreamers a path to citizenship but Sen. McConnell won't give it a vote. The cruelty is the point." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 28, 2020 Tweet - "Tune in to @Morning_Joe soon. I'll be joining to discuss the latest in the impeachment trial." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 28, 2020 Bicameral Congressional Leaders Call on the Ninth Circuit to Uphold Protections for Immigrant Children Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 28, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration - Casey, Senate Dems Call for End to Trump Administration's New Scheme to Undermine Disability Benefits Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 28, 2020 Underwood Continues Her Work to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes Rep. Lauren Underwood
Jan. 28, 2020 Congressman Krishnamoorthi Responds To Supreme Court Decision To Lift Injunction On Trump Administration's "Public Charge" Rule Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Jan. 27, 2020 On anniversary of Trump's Muslim ban, Coons, Chu, faith and civil rights leaders call for passage of NO BAN Act Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 27, 2020 Tweet - "Today, the President's team's presentation continued to show why key documents & relevant witnesses should be provided -especially John Bolton. If Senators vote to move forward without them, we would be giving the American people a cover up, not a full & fair trial." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 27, 2020 Tweet - "The reporting about John Bolton blows a hole in the President's defense, and calls into question much of what the President's lawyers told us on Saturday. The easiest way to resolve this dispute would be calling in witnesses like Amb. Bolton." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 27, 2020 Tweet - "Limiting legal immigration based on an applicant's wealth is shameful and entirely un-American. We must be better than this." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 27, 2020 Foster Announces Guest for 2020 State of the Union Address Rep. Bill Foster
Jan. 27, 2020 Letter to Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Rounds, King, Harris, Pingree, Keating, Bergman Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter Urging Administration to Increase the Number of Temporary, Non-Immigrant H-2B Workers for 2020 Rep. Lauren Underwood, ...
Jan. 27, 2020 Tweet - "As we prepare to hear from the President's lawyers this afternoon, the need for access to key documents & relevant witnesses becomes more glaring by the day. We cannot hold a full & fair trial w/out access to all the necessary evidence--especially with so much dispute over facts." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 25, 2020 Senator Duckworth: "I Would Think That the President's Counsel Would Want to Call Witnesses in Order to Exonerate Him" Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Jan. 25, 2020 Tweet - "The President's lawyers are arguing that "Ukraine didn't know" the aid was being held until late August. That is--at best--yet another disputed fact that could be resolved by additional documents & witnesses." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 25, 2020 Tweet - "Over the last 3 days, House managers made a compelling & fact-based case. And today, we will begin hearing from the President's lawyers. But one thing remains abundantly clear - we still need access to key documents & relevant witnesses to conduct a full & fair trial." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 25, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump's attorney Mr. Philbin said "Cross-examination in our legal system is regarded as the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth." I agree - that's why we need witnesses for this to be a full and fair trial." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 25, 2020 Tweet - "If we don't hold this President accountable under the rule of law, then he is not answerable to anyone. By blocking key documents & witnesses from Congress, this President is essentially telling the American people they have no right to know what he's doing as their President." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 25, 2020 Tweet - "Differences between our letter & 7/25/19 call between Pres Trump & Zelensky: 1. We publicly released our letter when sent 2. We called on Ukraine's prosecutor general to cooperate w duly authorized Mueller investigation 3. We didn't threaten/condition US aid to Ukraine in any way" Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
Jan. 30, 2020 Schakowsky Statement on House Passage of the "No War Against Iran Act" Rep.Jan Schakowsky
Jan. 30, 2020 Congressman Jesús "Chuy" García's Statement on Today's Passage of Legislation to Prevent Unauthorized War with Iran Rep.Chuy Garcia
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "The argument Prof. Dershowitz made yesterday would set a dangerous precedent for Presidential power. If we accept that a President's personal/political interests are equal to our national interest, then it may well become impossible for Congress to hold any President accountable." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 30, 2020 Response to Duckworth's Question in Impeachment Trial: "We Have No Evidence" Trump Engaged in Legitimate Process for Withholding Foreign Aid Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "As Senators prepare for 2nd day of questions, I remain convinced that we must call relevant witnesses like John Bolton. Without hearing from witnesses like Amb. Bolton and Mick Mulvaney, and without having access to key documents, we cannot have a full & fair trial." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "Sec. Pompeo's stunning silence in the face of threats targeting Amb. Yovanovitch is inexcusable. As the nation's top diplomat, Sec. Pompeo must take seriously the well-being of the men & women who work at the State Dept. I'm joining my colleagues in demanding an investigation." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "Once again, here are the differences between our letter and the 7/25/19 call between President Trump and Zelensky" Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 30, 2020 Schakowsky Statement on House Vote to Repeal the 2002 Iraq AUMF Resolution Rep.Jan Schakowsky
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "Have not yet heard a good explanation for why these funds were held up after DoD officials sounded the alarm that it was in violation of the law & harmful to our Ukrainian allies. Like @RepJasonCrow said-this delay mattered. For Ukraine, in the midst of a war, any delay mattered." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "11 years ago this week, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed into law, closing loopholes that allow for gender-based wage discrimination. But we've still got work to do - it's time to pass the #PaycheckFairness Act to help close the pay gap for good." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 30, 2020 Durbin: Why Did President Trump Continue Holding Ukraine Military Aid Amid Warnings About Legality? Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "Tune in to @MSNBC . I'll be on shortly with @chucktodd to discuss the impeachment trial as we head into the second day of questions from Senators." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 30, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump, President of the United States - Democratic Women's Caucus Members Send Letter to President Trump Condemning His Continuing Degradation of Women Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
Jan. 30, 2020 Underwood Presses VA Health OFficials on Solutions to Address the Veteran Suicide Crisis Rep.Lauren Underwood
Jan. 29, 2020 Tweet - "While hanging out in Davos with corporate elites, Pres. Trump suggested he was open to cutting Medicare and Social Security. While I hope he simply misspoke, his budgets have proposed cuts to these vital programs for working Americans." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 29, 2020 Tweet - "Today Senators will begin asking questions of both the House managers & the President's defense team. I look forward to hearing what both sides will have to say. But the elephant in the room remains--we cannot have a full & fair trial without key documents & relevant witnesses." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 29, 2020 Tweet - "In the first day of questioning by Senators, House managers & the President's lawyers debated the meaning of Bolton's and Mulvaney's statements & conflicting accounts of WH meetings. There's one way we can get to the bottom of all these issues -- calling witnesses & key documents." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 29, 2020 Durbin Honored By Head Start Association As Champion For Children And Families Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 29, 2020 Tweet - "My question for House managers: If President Trump were to actually invoke executive privilege, wouldn't he be required to identify the specific documents or communications containing sensitive material that he seeks to protect?" Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 29, 2020 Durbin Raises Question Of Executive Privilege In Impeachment Trial Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 29, 2020 Three Years After Trump's Travel Ban, Duckworth and Durbin Join Colleagues to Call for a National Commitment to Refugee Resettlement Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Jan. 29, 2020 Tweet - "Pres Trump's Muslim travel ban was the first of many anti-immigrant & anti-refugee policies to come out of his Admin. I intro'd a resolution w/ @SenBlumenthal & @SenDuckworth to send the message that Congress remains committed to helping those in need, regardless of the President." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 29, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of State - As Impeachment Focuses on Yovanovitch's Ouster, 22 Democrats Demand Pompeo Explain Steps to Protect U.S. Diplomats Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Jan. 29, 2020 Letter to President Donald Trump - Wyden, Merkley Demand Trump Publicly Commit To Protecting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Jan. 28, 2020 Tweet - "In a nation of 350 million people, the President's defense team decided that Ken Starr was the person to lecture Senators on not abusing the impeachment process? Breathtaking for anyone who remembers the Clinton impeachment proceedings." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 28, 2020 Tweet - "Indefinite family detention is harmful to children & parents, inconsistent with our nation's values, & doesn't make us safer. I joined more than 100 Senate & House Dems in filing a brief in Flores v. Barr with the 9th Circuit to stand against Trump Admin's immoral policy." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 28, 2020 Tweet - "It's sad to see GOP Senators talk about using this impeachment trial to hurt Joe Biden politically. If we're measuring the impeachment articles, their veracity, & their truth by the impact they could potentially have on an Iowa caucus voter, then we've failed the American people." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 28, 2020 Tweet - "Today, the House @WaysMeansCmte held a hearing to discuss the #FAMILYAct--a bill I cosponsor. The #FAMILYAct would help more Illinoisans care for themselves & their families without risking their job or their paycheck. It's time to make #PaidLeave accessible to every American." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 28, 2020 Durbin, Duckworth, Bicameral Congressional Leaders Call On Ninth Circuit To Uphold Protections For Migrant Children In Flores Amicus Brief Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Jan. 28, 2020 Tweet - "There's a reason the President's defense team hates the notion of allowing witnesses, documents, and evidence to be brought in this trial and before the American people. It's not a real trial without them. Senate Republicans must not be complicit in a cover-up." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 28, 2020 Tweet - "The only way for the Senate to hold a trial that will be credible across America is to call in witnesses like John Bolton. I don't know what Amb. Bolton will say under oath--no one does. But if we don't have witnesses under oath speaking the truth, then we won't have a fair trial." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 28, 2020 Tweet - "Pres. Trump's agenda is clear: get #SCOTUS to uphold illegal repeal of #DACA so he can deport young immigrants who grew up in this country. The House has passed legislation giving #Dreamers a path to citizenship but Sen. McConnell won't give it a vote. The cruelty is the point." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 28, 2020 Tweet - "Tune in to @Morning_Joe soon. I'll be joining to discuss the latest in the impeachment trial." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 28, 2020 Bicameral Congressional Leaders Call on the Ninth Circuit to Uphold Protections for Immigrant Children Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 28, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration - Casey, Senate Dems Call for End to Trump Administration's New Scheme to Undermine Disability Benefits Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 28, 2020 Underwood Continues Her Work to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes Rep.Lauren Underwood
Jan. 28, 2020 Congressman Krishnamoorthi Responds To Supreme Court Decision To Lift Injunction On Trump Administration's "Public Charge" Rule Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Jan. 27, 2020 On anniversary of Trump's Muslim ban, Coons, Chu, faith and civil rights leaders call for passage of NO BAN Act Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 27, 2020 Tweet - "Today, the President's team's presentation continued to show why key documents & relevant witnesses should be provided -especially John Bolton. If Senators vote to move forward without them, we would be giving the American people a cover up, not a full & fair trial." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 27, 2020 Tweet - "The reporting about John Bolton blows a hole in the President's defense, and calls into question much of what the President's lawyers told us on Saturday. The easiest way to resolve this dispute would be calling in witnesses like Amb. Bolton." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 27, 2020 Tweet - "Limiting legal immigration based on an applicant's wealth is shameful and entirely un-American. We must be better than this." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 27, 2020 Foster Announces Guest for 2020 State of the Union Address Rep.Bill Foster
Jan. 27, 2020 Letter to Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Rounds, King, Harris, Pingree, Keating, Bergman Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter Urging Administration to Increase the Number of Temporary, Non-Immigrant H-2B Workers for 2020 Rep.Lauren Underwood, ...
Jan. 27, 2020 Tweet - "As we prepare to hear from the President's lawyers this afternoon, the need for access to key documents & relevant witnesses becomes more glaring by the day. We cannot hold a full & fair trial w/out access to all the necessary evidence--especially with so much dispute over facts." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 25, 2020 Senator Duckworth: "I Would Think That the President's Counsel Would Want to Call Witnesses in Order to Exonerate Him" Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Jan. 25, 2020 Tweet - "The President's lawyers are arguing that "Ukraine didn't know" the aid was being held until late August. That is--at best--yet another disputed fact that could be resolved by additional documents & witnesses." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 25, 2020 Tweet - "Over the last 3 days, House managers made a compelling & fact-based case. And today, we will begin hearing from the President's lawyers. But one thing remains abundantly clear - we still need access to key documents & relevant witnesses to conduct a full & fair trial." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 25, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump's attorney Mr. Philbin said "Cross-examination in our legal system is regarded as the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth." I agree - that's why we need witnesses for this to be a full and fair trial." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 25, 2020 Tweet - "If we don't hold this President accountable under the rule of law, then he is not answerable to anyone. By blocking key documents & witnesses from Congress, this President is essentially telling the American people they have no right to know what he's doing as their President." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 25, 2020 Tweet - "Differences between our letter & 7/25/19 call between Pres Trump & Zelensky: 1. We publicly released our letter when sent 2. We called on Ukraine's prosecutor general to cooperate w duly authorized Mueller investigation 3. We didn't threaten/condition US aid to Ukraine in any way" Sen.Dick Durbin
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