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Aug. 23, 2018 Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh was strident during the investigation of President Clinton. Years later while working in the Bush WH, he changed his tune on presidential investigations. In light of the verdicts and guilty pleas this week, the American people deserve to know where he stands." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018 Roskam Threatens Social Security & Medicare Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 23, 2018 Durbin Statement On Meeting With Judge Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court Nominee Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018 Illinois Federation of Teachers Endorses Democrat Lauren Underwood in Il-14 Congressional Race Rep. Lauren Underwood
Aug. 23, 2018 Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh today acknowledged that he was involved in many of these issues, including same-sex marriage, abortion, executive power, detainees, torture, Supreme Court nominations, warrantless wiretapping, and more." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018 Tweet - "The Administration and Senate Republicans have refused to disclose any documents from the 35 months that Judge Kavanaugh spent as Staff Secretary in the White House, a time when many controversial issues of constitutional importance were debated and decided." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018 Durbin-Grassley Amendment Passes Senate to Take on Big Pharma Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 22, 2018 Tweet - "In 2010, the public was able to see 99% of Justice Kagan's record from her time in the Clinton White House. Fast forward to 2018, and the public has seen only 2% of Judge Kavanaugh's record from his time in the Bush White House. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018 Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh worked in the Bush WH for 5 years, 35 months as Staff Secretary. He called that time "formative" for his career as a judge. The Judiciary Committee has ZERO documents from his 35 months as Staff Secretary. It's a black hole in his record. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018 Casten up With First TV Ad of General Election Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 22, 2018 Another Out-Of-District Debate in The Books Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 22, 2018 Congressman Krishnamoorthi: "We Cannot Allow The President To Derail Mueller's Investigation With Secret, Preemptive Pardons" Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Aug. 22, 2018 Schakowsky Statement on President Trump's Culture of Corruption Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Aug. 21, 2018 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019--Continued Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 21, 2018 Casten: Roskam Must Protect Mueller Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 21, 2018 More Pollution, More Deaths, More Roskam Silence Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 21, 2018 Congressman Krishnamoorthi: For President Trump To Pardon Paul Manafort To Disrupt The Mueller Investigation Would Invite A Charge Of Obstruction Of Justice Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Aug. 21, 2018 Tweet - "Republicans are refusing to be transparent about Judge Kavanaugh's records prior to his hearing. The public has only seen a glimpse of handpicked docs from Kavanaugh's White House tenure and no docs from his self-described "formative" years as Staff Secretary. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 21, 2018 Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh worked in the Bush White House for 5 years. 2% of his records from that time have been made public -- and those were cherrypicked for release by Kavanaugh's former deputy, a Republican lawyer. Does that sound fair, transparent, and objective? #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 19, 2018 Peter Roskam Slipping, Sean Casten Catching Fire Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 18, 2018 Tweet - "The process Republicans have chosen to follow for the Kavanaugh nomination is unprecedented for a Supreme Court Justice, riddled with hypocrisy, and lacks transparency. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 17, 2018 Letter to Mick Mulavney, Director of the Office and Budget Management - Duckworth & Durbin Decry Trump Plan to End Protections for U.S. Troops Against Predatory Lending & Financial Fraud Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 17, 2018 Tweet - "Right now, the White House is saying to the American people: critical documents about Judge Kavanaugh's decisions as a top staffer to President Bush are just like President Trump's tax returns. None of your business." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 17, 2018 Tweet - "Even in the small percentage of docs made available to the Judiciary Comm thru the partisan process led by Kavanaugh's former deputy, we have found info raising serious concerns regarding Judge Kavanaugh's '06 noms hearing, where we believe he misled the Senate #ReleasetheRecords" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Michael J. Missal, Inspector General of the Department of Veteran Affairs - Duckworth & Hassan Ask VA Inspector General to Investigate Potential Legal & Ethics Violations by Trump VA Officials Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 16, 2018 Durbin, Duckworth Statement On Nomination Of John Milhiser For U.S. Attorney For the Central District Of Illinois Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 16, 2018 Tweet - "Don't be fooled: Judge Kavanaugh's record is being scrubbed by a GOP lawyer who was Kavanaugh's WH Deputy, who is picking & choosing which Kavanaugh docs to share. Not transparent, not objective, & not part of the non-partisan National Archives process." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2018 Tweet - "Revoking John Brennan's security clearance is a transparent attempt to silence a critic and to intimidate others who might question the President's conduct." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2018 Tweet - "Take note: Republicans are trying to ignore the plain words of what Judge Kavanaugh said under oath in 2006: "I was not involved and am not involved in the questions about the rules governing detention of combatants." This statement covers his time as WH Staff Secretary." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2018 Letter to Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Feinstein, Leahy, Durbin, To Chairman Grassley: Documents Indicate That Kavanaugh Misled Senate; Make Them Public Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 15, 2018 Tweet - "Completely unprecedented. How can Republicans say this is a fair, objective, or transparent process before a confirmation hearing for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court?" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 14, 2018 Tweet - "Would #SCOTUS nominee Judge Kavanaugh give a fair shake to #Dreamers and millions of other immigrants punished by the Trump Administration's cruel and thoughtless policies? Civil and human rights hang in the balance. #WhatsAtStake" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 14, 2018 Tweet - "99% of Justice Kagan's White House records were made public before her confirmation hearing. Approximately 1% of Judge Kavanaugh's White House records have been made public, and his hearing is scheduled in a few short weeks. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 13, 2018 Roskam Negative Ads Don't Pass the Smell Test Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 13, 2018 Letter to Christopher Wray, Director of the FBI - Congressman Krishnamoorthi Asks FBI Director Wray's Assurance That Strzok Firing Did Not Occur At The Urging Of The White House Or Attorney General Sessions Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Aug. 13, 2018 Tweet - "Don't be fooled: Republicans are only revealing documents from Judge Kavanaugh's WH tenure that they want you to see. Only 1% of Kavanaugh's WH records have been made public. This is why we need the neutral National Archives process. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 11, 2018 Tweet - "Senate Republicans want to wrap up Judge Kavanaugh's hearing before the National Archives releases documents - which Republicans themselves requested - about the work Kavanaugh did in the White House. This is unprecedented and unfair to the American people." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 10, 2018 Durbin Statement On Announcement Of Kavanaugh Hearings Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 10, 2018 Feminist Majority Pac Endorses Casten for Congress Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 10, 2018 Tweet - "Take note: Unless it was produced by the National Archives, every document you see from Judge Kavanaugh's White House tenure was selectively chosen for release by his former deputy, Bill Burck. This is not an objective process." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 9, 2018 Tweet - "Republicans think they will be able to get away with hiding Judge Kavanaugh's White House record from the American people. The stakes are too high to let that happen. #WhatAreTheyHiding #ReleaseTheRecords" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 9, 2018 Tweet - "I have no confidence the partisan GOP document production being led by Judge Kavanaugh's former deputy will provide full accounting of Kavanaugh's White House record. But even the cherry-picked docs we've seen include evidence that contradicts his sworn testimony from 12 yrs ago." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 8, 2018 Letter to Gary Stern, General Counsel and Chief FOIA Officer at the National Archives and Records Administration - Release Kavanaugh Documents Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 8, 2018 Tweet - "The people of this nation deserve honesty and transparency in filling this historic vacancy to the Supreme Court, and that is what our request today is aiming to accomplish." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 6, 2018 MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Mike Quigley Rep. Mike Quigley
Aug. 4, 2018 Tweet - "The only WH documents Republicans want revealed before Judge Kavanaugh's hearing are documents that have been pre-screened & hand-picked by his former deputy, who is also Steve Bannon's and Don McGahn's lawyer. You can't make this up. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2018 Tweet - "When we call the press "fake news" or tell people not to pay attention to them, it discredits an important part of America's democracy. It takes a free press to hold politicians of both parties accountable. That's their job, and it's more important now than ever before." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2018 Tweet - "Republicans are doing all they can to hide Judge Kavanaugh's records as White House Staff Secretary. Kavanaugh touted that job as "formative" to who he is as a judge. What are they hiding? #WhatsAtStake #ReleaseTheRecords" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Duckworth Statement On Trump Administration Proposal To Roll Back Federal Fuel Efficiency Standards Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 2, 2018 Schneider Introduces Bill to Prevent Former Members of Congress Who Lobby from Abusing Congressional Privileges Rep. Brad Schneider
Date Title Politician
Aug. 23, 2018 Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh was strident during the investigation of President Clinton. Years later while working in the Bush WH, he changed his tune on presidential investigations. In light of the verdicts and guilty pleas this week, the American people deserve to know where he stands." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018 Roskam Threatens Social Security & Medicare Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 23, 2018 Durbin Statement On Meeting With Judge Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court Nominee Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018 Illinois Federation of Teachers Endorses Democrat Lauren Underwood in Il-14 Congressional Race Rep.Lauren Underwood
Aug. 23, 2018 Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh today acknowledged that he was involved in many of these issues, including same-sex marriage, abortion, executive power, detainees, torture, Supreme Court nominations, warrantless wiretapping, and more." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018 Tweet - "The Administration and Senate Republicans have refused to disclose any documents from the 35 months that Judge Kavanaugh spent as Staff Secretary in the White House, a time when many controversial issues of constitutional importance were debated and decided." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018 Durbin-Grassley Amendment Passes Senate to Take on Big Pharma Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 22, 2018 Tweet - "In 2010, the public was able to see 99% of Justice Kagan's record from her time in the Clinton White House. Fast forward to 2018, and the public has seen only 2% of Judge Kavanaugh's record from his time in the Bush White House. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018 Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh worked in the Bush WH for 5 years, 35 months as Staff Secretary. He called that time "formative" for his career as a judge. The Judiciary Committee has ZERO documents from his 35 months as Staff Secretary. It's a black hole in his record. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018 Casten up With First TV Ad of General Election Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 22, 2018 Another Out-Of-District Debate in The Books Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 22, 2018 Congressman Krishnamoorthi: "We Cannot Allow The President To Derail Mueller's Investigation With Secret, Preemptive Pardons" Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Aug. 22, 2018 Schakowsky Statement on President Trump's Culture of Corruption Rep.Jan Schakowsky
Aug. 21, 2018 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019--Continued Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 21, 2018 Casten: Roskam Must Protect Mueller Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 21, 2018 More Pollution, More Deaths, More Roskam Silence Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 21, 2018 Congressman Krishnamoorthi: For President Trump To Pardon Paul Manafort To Disrupt The Mueller Investigation Would Invite A Charge Of Obstruction Of Justice Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Aug. 21, 2018 Tweet - "Republicans are refusing to be transparent about Judge Kavanaugh's records prior to his hearing. The public has only seen a glimpse of handpicked docs from Kavanaugh's White House tenure and no docs from his self-described "formative" years as Staff Secretary. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 21, 2018 Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh worked in the Bush White House for 5 years. 2% of his records from that time have been made public -- and those were cherrypicked for release by Kavanaugh's former deputy, a Republican lawyer. Does that sound fair, transparent, and objective? #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 19, 2018 Peter Roskam Slipping, Sean Casten Catching Fire Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 18, 2018 Tweet - "The process Republicans have chosen to follow for the Kavanaugh nomination is unprecedented for a Supreme Court Justice, riddled with hypocrisy, and lacks transparency. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 17, 2018 Letter to Mick Mulavney, Director of the Office and Budget Management - Duckworth & Durbin Decry Trump Plan to End Protections for U.S. Troops Against Predatory Lending & Financial Fraud Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 17, 2018 Tweet - "Right now, the White House is saying to the American people: critical documents about Judge Kavanaugh's decisions as a top staffer to President Bush are just like President Trump's tax returns. None of your business." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 17, 2018 Tweet - "Even in the small percentage of docs made available to the Judiciary Comm thru the partisan process led by Kavanaugh's former deputy, we have found info raising serious concerns regarding Judge Kavanaugh's '06 noms hearing, where we believe he misled the Senate #ReleasetheRecords" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Michael J. Missal, Inspector General of the Department of Veteran Affairs - Duckworth & Hassan Ask VA Inspector General to Investigate Potential Legal & Ethics Violations by Trump VA Officials Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 16, 2018 Durbin, Duckworth Statement On Nomination Of John Milhiser For U.S. Attorney For the Central District Of Illinois Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 16, 2018 Tweet - "Don't be fooled: Judge Kavanaugh's record is being scrubbed by a GOP lawyer who was Kavanaugh's WH Deputy, who is picking & choosing which Kavanaugh docs to share. Not transparent, not objective, & not part of the non-partisan National Archives process." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2018 Tweet - "Revoking John Brennan's security clearance is a transparent attempt to silence a critic and to intimidate others who might question the President's conduct." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2018 Tweet - "Take note: Republicans are trying to ignore the plain words of what Judge Kavanaugh said under oath in 2006: "I was not involved and am not involved in the questions about the rules governing detention of combatants." This statement covers his time as WH Staff Secretary." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2018 Letter to Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Feinstein, Leahy, Durbin, To Chairman Grassley: Documents Indicate That Kavanaugh Misled Senate; Make Them Public Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 15, 2018 Tweet - "Completely unprecedented. How can Republicans say this is a fair, objective, or transparent process before a confirmation hearing for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court?" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 14, 2018 Tweet - "Would #SCOTUS nominee Judge Kavanaugh give a fair shake to #Dreamers and millions of other immigrants punished by the Trump Administration's cruel and thoughtless policies? Civil and human rights hang in the balance. #WhatsAtStake" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 14, 2018 Tweet - "99% of Justice Kagan's White House records were made public before her confirmation hearing. Approximately 1% of Judge Kavanaugh's White House records have been made public, and his hearing is scheduled in a few short weeks. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 13, 2018 Roskam Negative Ads Don't Pass the Smell Test Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 13, 2018 Letter to Christopher Wray, Director of the FBI - Congressman Krishnamoorthi Asks FBI Director Wray's Assurance That Strzok Firing Did Not Occur At The Urging Of The White House Or Attorney General Sessions Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Aug. 13, 2018 Tweet - "Don't be fooled: Republicans are only revealing documents from Judge Kavanaugh's WH tenure that they want you to see. Only 1% of Kavanaugh's WH records have been made public. This is why we need the neutral National Archives process. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 11, 2018 Tweet - "Senate Republicans want to wrap up Judge Kavanaugh's hearing before the National Archives releases documents - which Republicans themselves requested - about the work Kavanaugh did in the White House. This is unprecedented and unfair to the American people." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 10, 2018 Durbin Statement On Announcement Of Kavanaugh Hearings Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 10, 2018 Feminist Majority Pac Endorses Casten for Congress Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 10, 2018 Tweet - "Take note: Unless it was produced by the National Archives, every document you see from Judge Kavanaugh's White House tenure was selectively chosen for release by his former deputy, Bill Burck. This is not an objective process." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 9, 2018 Tweet - "Republicans think they will be able to get away with hiding Judge Kavanaugh's White House record from the American people. The stakes are too high to let that happen. #WhatAreTheyHiding #ReleaseTheRecords" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 9, 2018 Tweet - "I have no confidence the partisan GOP document production being led by Judge Kavanaugh's former deputy will provide full accounting of Kavanaugh's White House record. But even the cherry-picked docs we've seen include evidence that contradicts his sworn testimony from 12 yrs ago." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 8, 2018 Letter to Gary Stern, General Counsel and Chief FOIA Officer at the National Archives and Records Administration - Release Kavanaugh Documents Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 8, 2018 Tweet - "The people of this nation deserve honesty and transparency in filling this historic vacancy to the Supreme Court, and that is what our request today is aiming to accomplish." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 6, 2018 MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Mike Quigley Rep.Mike Quigley
Aug. 4, 2018 Tweet - "The only WH documents Republicans want revealed before Judge Kavanaugh's hearing are documents that have been pre-screened & hand-picked by his former deputy, who is also Steve Bannon's and Don McGahn's lawyer. You can't make this up. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2018 Tweet - "When we call the press "fake news" or tell people not to pay attention to them, it discredits an important part of America's democracy. It takes a free press to hold politicians of both parties accountable. That's their job, and it's more important now than ever before." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2018 Tweet - "Republicans are doing all they can to hide Judge Kavanaugh's records as White House Staff Secretary. Kavanaugh touted that job as "formative" to who he is as a judge. What are they hiding? #WhatsAtStake #ReleaseTheRecords" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Duckworth Statement On Trump Administration Proposal To Roll Back Federal Fuel Efficiency Standards Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 2, 2018 Schneider Introduces Bill to Prevent Former Members of Congress Who Lobby from Abusing Congressional Privileges Rep.Brad Schneider
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