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July 29, 2020
Tweet - "150,000 coronavirus deaths in the U.S. is a devastating milestone. The situation never should have gotten this bad--Pres. Trump has failed the American people & neglected his responsibilities for far too long. He is the President, the buck stops with him."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Durbin: The Republican Approach To Unemployment Insurance Will Not Work
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Tweet - "With the upcoming school year just weeks away, I spoke with @ChicagoState President Z Scott about the need for additional federal resources for universities & students to get them through this public health and economic crisis."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Tweet - "While Republicans chose to cut out state & local governments from their #COVID19 response bill, I spoke with IL mayors today about providing federal assistance. I'll keep fighting for the key provisions in the Heroes Act that will help local governments weather this storm."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Tweet - "United States of America: 5% of the world's population 25% of the world's #COVID19 infections Keep peddling worthless medical advice, Mr. President."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Letter to Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Hassan, Collins, 34 Colleagues Push for Support of School Meal Programs Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 29, 2020
Durbin Discusses COVID-19 Relief With Illinois Mayors
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Tweet - "Will be joining @MeetThePress on @MSNBC shortly to discuss my priorities for the next round of federal #COVID19 relief. Make sure you tune in."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Durbin, Duckworth Discuss COVID-19 Response With Senior Living Facility Represenatives
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 29, 2020
Tweet - "Going to the Senate floor to discuss the disastrous Republican #COVID19 response plan and what it will mean for our nation's students, teachers, and schools. Watch here:"
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Tweet - "The response to #COVID19 in our federal prisons has been downright dangerous & is only getting worse. Congress must pass my COVID-19 Safer Detention Act with @ChuckGrassley to quickly facilitate compassionate release & home confinement for our most vulnerable inmates."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Durbin Discusses COVID-19 Relief With Chicago State University President
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Tweet - "The Republican corporate immunity bill does nothing to protect workers, improve safety standards, or give businesses incentives to take proper precautions to reduce the spread of #COVID19. In fact, this bill does just the opposite."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Senators Warren, Casey, Colleagues Urge Inclusion of Home and Community-Based Services Funding for Seniors and People with Disabilities in Future COVID-19 Legislation
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 29, 2020
Durbin Discusses Bankruptcy Reform During COVID-19 Pandemic With Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Letter to Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Manchin Calls for Continued Support for School Meal Programs During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 29, 2020
Bost Bill Provides COVID-19 Relief to Rural Communities
Rep. Mike Bost
July 29, 2020
Tweet - "Thanks to @NACBAorg & @NCLC4consumers for inviting me to speak on bankruptcy reform this morning. #COVID19's impact on the economy has made it clear that we must reform our bankruptcy code to ensure that struggling Americans receive fair treatment."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Blunt Rochester, Duckworth, & Congressional Environmental Justice Leaders Introduce Bill to Improve Air Quality Monitoring, Protect Front-Line Communities
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 29, 2020
Ways and Means Democrats Introduce Legislation to Protect Seniors and People with Disabilities During the COVID-19 Crisis
Rep. Danny Davis, ...
July 28, 2020
Foster Statement on COVID-19 Death Toll Passing 150,000
Rep. Bill Foster
July 28, 2020
Durbin: We Must Support Rural Hospitals During COVID-19 Pandemic
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020
Tweet - "Going to the Senate floor with @SenDavidPerdue to call for our Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act to be included in the next #COVID19 relief package. Our bipartisan bill will address the shortage of doctors & nurses in our nation's hospitals. Watch live:"
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020
Adams, Underwood Host Second Annual Black Maternal Health Caucus Summit
Rep. Lauren Underwood, ...
July 28, 2020
Tweet - "Senate Republicans introduced legislation today to subsidize employer health insurance for laid-off & furloughed workers through the end of the year--with one condition: as long as the funds don't help plans that cover abortions."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020
Tweet - ". @SenatorLankford & I are going to the Senate floor to discuss the need to pass our Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act. Our bill will help our nation's most vulnerable rural hospitals weather the storm of #COVID19. Watch live here:"
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020
Heals Act
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020
Durbin, Duckworth Announce More Than $38 Million To Support Housing And Community Development In Illinois
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 28, 2020
Tweet - "As @EPA develops plans to reopen facilities & resume operations in IL, I'm pressing @EPAAWheeler to ensure that the safety & well-being of EPA employees is the top priority."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020
Tweet - "Three years ago today, Senator McCain helped save the Affordable Care Act. Without his courage, tens of millions of additional American families would be facing this #COVID19 pandemic without access to health care."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020
Coronavirus
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. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader, the Hon. Lamar Alexander, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee - Menendez, Booker Urge Inclusion of Critical Health Care Privacy Bill In Covid-19 Relief Package
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 28, 2020
Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020
Durbin Statement On Defense Spending In Republicans' COVID-19 Response Legislation
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020
Tweet - "Headed to the Senate floor to discuss Senate Republicans & the Trump Admin's flawed #COVID19 relief legislation & the priorities that @SenateDems are fighting for. Watch live here:"
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020
Durbin Slams Senate Republicans' Inadequate Coronavirus Response Legislation
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 27, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Warren, Sanders, Pressley, Colleagues, Urge HHS to Fund Community Health Centers as the U.S. Undergoes Another Surge of COVID-19 Cases
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
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 - "The President runs away from responsibility for the pandemic, asking cities & states to come up w/solutions. Yet when it comes to local law enforcement, he wants to send in fed. troops to take over. It's time for the President to take responsibility for his response to #COVID19."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 27, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Admin. of the Environmental Protection Agency - Durbin Presses EPA To Explain COVID-19 Facility Reopening Strategies
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 27, 2020
Durbin Statement On Republican's Outline For Fourth Coronavirus Stimulus Legislation
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 - "10 weeks after the House passed the Heroes Act, and 4 days before expanded unemployment benefits expire, Republicans and the Trump Administration have finally outlined their priority for the next #COVID19 stimulus package: helping corporations over working families."
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 27, 2020
Underwood Secures Federal Funding for 14th District Priorities
Rep. Lauren Underwood
July 26, 2020
Tweet - "Joining @TheRevAl on @MSNBC @PoliticsNation shortly to discuss Senate Republicans' continued delay of #COVID19 relief legislation & the priorities that @SenateDems continue to fight for. Make sure to tune in."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 26, 2020
Tweet - "I'm joining @CNNSitRoom with @wolfblitzer soon to discuss Senate negotiations on the next #COVID19 relief legislation & @SenateDems ' priorities for working families, small businesses, hospitals, state & local govts, & more. Tune in."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 24, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader of the Senate, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Minority Leader of the Senate - Eshoo and Schakowsky Urge Congressional Leadership to Help Prevent Nursing Home Deaths and Infections Through Future Coronavirus Relief Package
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 24, 2020
Durbin Discusses Priorities For Next Coronavirus Supplemental Legislation, Including Investments In Education And Child Care
Sen. Dick Durbin
Date
Title
Politician
July 29, 2020
Tweet - "150,000 coronavirus deaths in the U.S. is a devastating milestone. The situation never should have gotten this bad--Pres. Trump has failed the American people & neglected his responsibilities for far too long. He is the President, the buck stops with him."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Durbin: The Republican Approach To Unemployment Insurance Will Not Work
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Tweet - "With the upcoming school year just weeks away, I spoke with @ChicagoState President Z Scott about the need for additional federal resources for universities & students to get them through this public health and economic crisis."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Tweet - "While Republicans chose to cut out state & local governments from their #COVID19 response bill, I spoke with IL mayors today about providing federal assistance. I'll keep fighting for the key provisions in the Heroes Act that will help local governments weather this storm."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Tweet - "United States of America: 5% of the world's population 25% of the world's #COVID19 infections Keep peddling worthless medical advice, Mr. President."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Letter to Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Hassan, Collins, 34 Colleagues Push for Support of School Meal Programs Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 29, 2020
Durbin Discusses COVID-19 Relief With Illinois Mayors
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Tweet - "Will be joining @MeetThePress on @MSNBC shortly to discuss my priorities for the next round of federal #COVID19 relief. Make sure you tune in."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Durbin, Duckworth Discuss COVID-19 Response With Senior Living Facility Represenatives
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 29, 2020
Tweet - "Going to the Senate floor to discuss the disastrous Republican #COVID19 response plan and what it will mean for our nation's students, teachers, and schools. Watch here:"
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Tweet - "The response to #COVID19 in our federal prisons has been downright dangerous & is only getting worse. Congress must pass my COVID-19 Safer Detention Act with @ChuckGrassley to quickly facilitate compassionate release & home confinement for our most vulnerable inmates."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Durbin Discusses COVID-19 Relief With Chicago State University President
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Tweet - "The Republican corporate immunity bill does nothing to protect workers, improve safety standards, or give businesses incentives to take proper precautions to reduce the spread of #COVID19. In fact, this bill does just the opposite."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Senators Warren, Casey, Colleagues Urge Inclusion of Home and Community-Based Services Funding for Seniors and People with Disabilities in Future COVID-19 Legislation
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 29, 2020
Durbin Discusses Bankruptcy Reform During COVID-19 Pandemic With Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Letter to Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Manchin Calls for Continued Support for School Meal Programs During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 29, 2020
Bost Bill Provides COVID-19 Relief to Rural Communities
Rep.Mike Bost
July 29, 2020
Tweet - "Thanks to @NACBAorg & @NCLC4consumers for inviting me to speak on bankruptcy reform this morning. #COVID19's impact on the economy has made it clear that we must reform our bankruptcy code to ensure that struggling Americans receive fair treatment."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 29, 2020
Blunt Rochester, Duckworth, & Congressional Environmental Justice Leaders Introduce Bill to Improve Air Quality Monitoring, Protect Front-Line Communities
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 29, 2020
Ways and Means Democrats Introduce Legislation to Protect Seniors and People with Disabilities During the COVID-19 Crisis
Rep.Danny Davis, ...
July 28, 2020
Foster Statement on COVID-19 Death Toll Passing 150,000
Rep.Bill Foster
July 28, 2020
Durbin: We Must Support Rural Hospitals During COVID-19 Pandemic
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020
Tweet - "Going to the Senate floor with @SenDavidPerdue to call for our Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act to be included in the next #COVID19 relief package. Our bipartisan bill will address the shortage of doctors & nurses in our nation's hospitals. Watch live:"
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020
Adams, Underwood Host Second Annual Black Maternal Health Caucus Summit
Rep.Lauren Underwood, ...
July 28, 2020
Tweet - "Senate Republicans introduced legislation today to subsidize employer health insurance for laid-off & furloughed workers through the end of the year--with one condition: as long as the funds don't help plans that cover abortions."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020
Tweet - ". @SenatorLankford & I are going to the Senate floor to discuss the need to pass our Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act. Our bill will help our nation's most vulnerable rural hospitals weather the storm of #COVID19. Watch live here:"
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020
Heals Act
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020
Durbin, Duckworth Announce More Than $38 Million To Support Housing And Community Development In Illinois
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 28, 2020
Tweet - "As @EPA develops plans to reopen facilities & resume operations in IL, I'm pressing @EPAAWheeler to ensure that the safety & well-being of EPA employees is the top priority."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020
Tweet - "Three years ago today, Senator McCain helped save the Affordable Care Act. Without his courage, tens of millions of additional American families would be facing this #COVID19 pandemic without access to health care."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020
Coronavirus
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. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader, the Hon. Lamar Alexander, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee - Menendez, Booker Urge Inclusion of Critical Health Care Privacy Bill In Covid-19 Relief Package
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 28, 2020
Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020
Durbin Statement On Defense Spending In Republicans' COVID-19 Response Legislation
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020
Tweet - "Headed to the Senate floor to discuss Senate Republicans & the Trump Admin's flawed #COVID19 relief legislation & the priorities that @SenateDems are fighting for. Watch live here:"
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 28, 2020
Durbin Slams Senate Republicans' Inadequate Coronavirus Response Legislation
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 27, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Warren, Sanders, Pressley, Colleagues, Urge HHS to Fund Community Health Centers as the U.S. Undergoes Another Surge of COVID-19 Cases
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
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 - "The President runs away from responsibility for the pandemic, asking cities & states to come up w/solutions. Yet when it comes to local law enforcement, he wants to send in fed. troops to take over. It's time for the President to take responsibility for his response to #COVID19."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 27, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Admin. of the Environmental Protection Agency - Durbin Presses EPA To Explain COVID-19 Facility Reopening Strategies
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 27, 2020
Durbin Statement On Republican's Outline For Fourth Coronavirus Stimulus Legislation
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 - "10 weeks after the House passed the Heroes Act, and 4 days before expanded unemployment benefits expire, Republicans and the Trump Administration have finally outlined their priority for the next #COVID19 stimulus package: helping corporations over working families."
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 27, 2020
Underwood Secures Federal Funding for 14th District Priorities
Rep.Lauren Underwood
July 26, 2020
Tweet - "Joining @TheRevAl on @MSNBC @PoliticsNation shortly to discuss Senate Republicans' continued delay of #COVID19 relief legislation & the priorities that @SenateDems continue to fight for. Make sure to tune in."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 26, 2020
Tweet - "I'm joining @CNNSitRoom with @wolfblitzer soon to discuss Senate negotiations on the next #COVID19 relief legislation & @SenateDems ' priorities for working families, small businesses, hospitals, state & local govts, & more. Tune in."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 24, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader of the Senate, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Minority Leader of the Senate - Eshoo and Schakowsky Urge Congressional Leadership to Help Prevent Nursing Home Deaths and Infections Through Future Coronavirus Relief Package
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 24, 2020
Durbin Discusses Priorities For Next Coronavirus Supplemental Legislation, Including Investments In Education And Child Care
Sen.Dick Durbin
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