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Politician
June 22, 2021
Tweet - "GOP state legislatures across the US are working overtime to dismantle voting rights--especially for people of color. Today the Senate has a chance to move forward with debate on voting rights legislation, the For the People Act. I hope we do. Our democracy needs protecting."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 22, 2021
Durbin Statement On Senate Vote On For The People Act
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 16, 2021
Urging Senate to Pass for the People Act
Rep. Lauren Underwood
June 10, 2021
Durbin Meets Virtually With Voices For Progress
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 7, 2021
Election Protests
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 4, 2021
LaHood: Governor Pritzker Broke His Promise to Illinoisans
Rep. Darin LaHood
May 26, 2021
Letter to Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Department of the Treasury and Charles Rettig, Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service - Reps. Crow, Deutch, Welch, and Cicilline Urge Sec. Yellen to Reverse Trump-era Rules that Protect Dark Money
Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
May 26, 2021
Rep. Veasey Joins Colleagues to Announce Bicameral Legislation to Help People Register to Vote as they Change Residences
Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
May 24, 2021
Durbin, Klobuchar, Colleagues Introduce Legislation To Ban Pre-Checked Recurring Donation Boxes
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 24, 2021
Klobuchar, Durbin, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Ban Pre-Checked Recurring Donation Boxes
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 19, 2021
Election Contest Dismissed
Rep. Lauren Underwood
May 12, 2021
For the People Act
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 11, 2021
Tweet - "As Republicans across the country try to restrict voting rights and maintain a campaign finance system flush with dark money, @SenateDems are moving forward with the #ForThePeopleAct. We will keep fighting until every American is able to have an equal say in our nation's future."
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 10, 2021
Congresswoman Mary Miller Will Vote to Remove Rep. Cheney as Republican Conference Chair
Rep. Mary Miller
April 20, 2021
Tweet - "From limiting drop box locations in Black and Brown communities, to reducing opportunities to vote by mail, voter suppression laws emerge from a playbook going back to the Jim Crow era. These efforts are a deliberate effort to suppress voters, particularly voters of color."
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 20, 2021
Durbin Questions Stacey Abrams And Georgia Speaker Pro Tempore Jan Jones On New Georgia Voting Law
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 20, 2021
Durbin Delivers Opening Statement At "Jim Crow 2021" Hearing On Voting Rights In America
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 20, 2021
Tweet - "At today's @JudiciaryDems hearing, both parties must come together to discuss common sense solutions to ensure fair, secure, & accessible elections. There are clear steps Congress can take right now to #RestoreTheVRA. After all, the right to vote is fundamental to our democracy."
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 14, 2021
Tweet - "The new Georgia voting law isn't new it all. It emerges from a playbook that's over 120 years old, going back to Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era in the South. And like Jim Crow, it is a deliberate effort to suppress voters, particularly voters of color."
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 13, 2021
Georgia
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 31, 2021
Van Hollen, Whitehouse, Colleagues Sound Alarm Over Scotus Case Threatening Constitutional Protection for Dark Money
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 26, 2021
Tweet - "Rewriting the rules to make it harder to vote will disproportionately affect Black and Brown Americans. What is happening in Georgia only underscores the need to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. It's time to #RestoreTheVRA."
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 26, 2021
Introduction of the Our Homes Our Votes Act
Rep. Chuy Garcia
March 24, 2021
Tweet - "S.1 would be the most significant package of anti-corruption reforms Congress has considered in a generation, weeding out dark money and putting the power back in the hands of those it serves. The American people deserve a government of, by, and #ForThePeople."
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 24, 2021
Tweet - "Our system of financing political campaigns is broken. It elevates the voices of wealthy donors and special interests and ignores the will of the people. The For the People Act will fix this system and help put power back where it belongs--in the hands of American voters."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Date
Title
Politician
June 22, 2021
Tweet - "GOP state legislatures across the US are working overtime to dismantle voting rights--especially for people of color. Today the Senate has a chance to move forward with debate on voting rights legislation, the For the People Act. I hope we do. Our democracy needs protecting."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 22, 2021
Durbin Statement On Senate Vote On For The People Act
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 16, 2021
Urging Senate to Pass for the People Act
Rep.Lauren Underwood
June 10, 2021
Durbin Meets Virtually With Voices For Progress
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 7, 2021
Election Protests
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 4, 2021
LaHood: Governor Pritzker Broke His Promise to Illinoisans
Rep.Darin LaHood
May 26, 2021
Letter to Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Department of the Treasury and Charles Rettig, Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service - Reps. Crow, Deutch, Welch, and Cicilline Urge Sec. Yellen to Reverse Trump-era Rules that Protect Dark Money
Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
May 26, 2021
Rep. Veasey Joins Colleagues to Announce Bicameral Legislation to Help People Register to Vote as they Change Residences
Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
May 24, 2021
Durbin, Klobuchar, Colleagues Introduce Legislation To Ban Pre-Checked Recurring Donation Boxes
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 24, 2021
Klobuchar, Durbin, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Ban Pre-Checked Recurring Donation Boxes
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 19, 2021
Election Contest Dismissed
Rep.Lauren Underwood
May 12, 2021
For the People Act
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 11, 2021
Tweet - "As Republicans across the country try to restrict voting rights and maintain a campaign finance system flush with dark money, @SenateDems are moving forward with the #ForThePeopleAct. We will keep fighting until every American is able to have an equal say in our nation's future."
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 10, 2021
Congresswoman Mary Miller Will Vote to Remove Rep. Cheney as Republican Conference Chair
Rep.Mary Miller
April 20, 2021
Tweet - "From limiting drop box locations in Black and Brown communities, to reducing opportunities to vote by mail, voter suppression laws emerge from a playbook going back to the Jim Crow era. These efforts are a deliberate effort to suppress voters, particularly voters of color."
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 20, 2021
Durbin Questions Stacey Abrams And Georgia Speaker Pro Tempore Jan Jones On New Georgia Voting Law
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 20, 2021
Durbin Delivers Opening Statement At "Jim Crow 2021" Hearing On Voting Rights In America
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 20, 2021
Tweet - "At today's @JudiciaryDems hearing, both parties must come together to discuss common sense solutions to ensure fair, secure, & accessible elections. There are clear steps Congress can take right now to #RestoreTheVRA. After all, the right to vote is fundamental to our democracy."
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 14, 2021
Tweet - "The new Georgia voting law isn't new it all. It emerges from a playbook that's over 120 years old, going back to Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era in the South. And like Jim Crow, it is a deliberate effort to suppress voters, particularly voters of color."
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 13, 2021
Georgia
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 31, 2021
Van Hollen, Whitehouse, Colleagues Sound Alarm Over Scotus Case Threatening Constitutional Protection for Dark Money
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 26, 2021
Tweet - "Rewriting the rules to make it harder to vote will disproportionately affect Black and Brown Americans. What is happening in Georgia only underscores the need to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. It's time to #RestoreTheVRA."
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 26, 2021
Introduction of the Our Homes Our Votes Act
Rep.Chuy Garcia
March 24, 2021
Tweet - "S.1 would be the most significant package of anti-corruption reforms Congress has considered in a generation, weeding out dark money and putting the power back in the hands of those it serves. The American people deserve a government of, by, and #ForThePeople."
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 24, 2021
Tweet - "Our system of financing political campaigns is broken. It elevates the voices of wealthy donors and special interests and ignores the will of the people. The For the People Act will fix this system and help put power back where it belongs--in the hands of American voters."
Sen.Dick Durbin
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