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July 12, 2018
Senate Democratic Women Warn Supreme Court Nominee Would Roll Back Reproductive Rights
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 10, 2018
Bost Statement On Nomination Of Judge Brett Kavanaugh To Supreme Court
Rep. Mike Bost
July 10, 2018
Sean Casten Statement on President Trump Scotus Nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh
Rep. Sean Casten
July 10, 2018
CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview With Illinois Senator Richard Durbin
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Schneider Statement On Supreme Court Nomination
Rep. Brad Schneider
July 10, 2018
Schakowsky Statement On President Trump's Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
July 10, 2018
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi: Nomination Of Judge Kavanaugh To Supreme Court "Deeply Disturbing"
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 10, 2018
Durbin Statement On President Trump's Supreme Court Nomination Of Brett Kavanaugh
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "Brett Kavanaugh would be the deciding vote on this Court to change the rules in America for the next generation."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "If Justice Kennedy was a swing vote on the Supreme Court, Judge Kavanaugh would swing the Supreme Court to the far right #WhatsAtStake."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "The stakes for this SCOTUS nomination are historic. Critical rights, freedoms, and protections are hanging in the balance. #WhatsAtStake."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "Replacing Justice Kennedy's swing vote with a far-right jurist like Judge Kavanaugh could change the rules in America. With a subservient Republican Congress and a far-right Supreme Court, there is a real risk that the worst impulses of the Trump presidency will go unchecked."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "And in light of the ongoing Russia investigation, is it a coincidence that President Trump picked a nominee who has expressed staunch opposition to criminal investigations of sitting Presidents?"
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh has a record on the bench of consistently favoring big business and undermining protections for consumers, workers, women, and the environment."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Concerns About Judge Kavanaugh
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 9, 2018
Rep. LaHood's Statement on the Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court
Rep. Darin LaHood
July 9, 2018
Duckworth Statement on Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 8, 2018
NBC News "Meet the Press" - Transcript: Supreme Court
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 2, 2018
Tweet - "The Supreme Court affects every American. We've already seen President Trump stacking courts with nominees far outside the mainstream. The highest court in the land shouldn't be a tool of ideological agendas. #CourtsMatter #WhatsAtStake."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 1, 2018
Fox News "Fox News Sunday" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Dick Durbin
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 1, 2018
CNN "State of the Union" - Transcript: Interview With Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 28, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General, the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen Secretary of Homeland Security, the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Comply with Injunction, Reunite Families Separated at Border
Rep. Danny Davis, ...
June 27, 2018
Tweet - "With so much at stake for the people of our country, the U.S. Senate must be consistent and consider the President's #SCOTUS nominee once the new Congress is seated in January."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 27, 2018
Foster Statement on Janus v. AFSCME Decision
Rep. Bill Foster
June 27, 2018
Statement On Justice Kennedy Retirement
Rep. Brad Schneider
June 27, 2018
Statement On Supreme Court Ruling In Janus V. AFSCME
Rep. Brad Schneider
June 27, 2018
Schakowsky Statement On The Supreme Court's Decision In Janus v. AFSCME
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
June 27, 2018
Quigley Statement On Janus v. ASFME Decision
Rep. Mike Quigley
June 27, 2018
Sean Casten Supports American Unions
Rep. Sean Casten
June 27, 2018
Durbin Statement On Retirement Of Justice Kennedy
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 27, 2018
Durbin Statement On Janus V. AFSCME Supreme Court Decision
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 27, 2018
Durbin Statement On Court Order Blocking Trump Child Separation Policy
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 26, 2018
Tweet - "I agree with Justice Sotomayor: this decision fails to safeguard the principle of religious neutrality embedded in our Bill of Rights. History will not be kind to this president's policies or the #SCOTUS Justices who lent their names to this troubling ruling."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 26, 2018
Durbin Statement On Supreme Court Ruling On Trump's Muslim Ban
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 26, 2018
Casten: Scotus Decision Undermines Our Constitution
Rep. Sean Casten
June 11, 2018
Casten Condemns High Court's Inaction, Offers Policy Fixes to Voter Disenfranchisement
Rep. Sean Casten
June 7, 2018
Tweet - "Judicial nominee Ryan Bounds' own bar association called his writings racist, misogynistic, homophobic & disparaging of survivors of sexual assault & abuse. He hid these writings from Oregon's judicial selection committee & he doesn't have the support of his home-state senators."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018
Durbin, Duckworth Statement On Nomination Of Martha Pacold, Mary Rowland & Steven Seeger To Serve As U.S. District Judges For The Northern District of Illinois
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 7, 2018
Tweet - "I opposed Ms. Ohlhausen's nomination to be a federal judge. She has never tried a case. The practical experience of actually trying cases should be a basic qualification that the Committee looks for in selecting judges who will preside over trials. It's the @SenJohnKennedy test."
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 22, 2018
Schakowsky Statement on Epic Systems v. Lewis decision
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
May 14, 2018
Senate Confirms Michael Scudder & Amy St. Eve For The 7th Circuit Court Of Appeals
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 10, 2018
Judiciary Committee Democrats: Republicans Remaking Federal Judiciary
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 9, 2018
Executive Calendar
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 3, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jay Clayton, Chair, SEC - Urge Clayton to Preserve Investors' Right to Access Courts
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 26, 2018
Judiciary Committee Advances Nomination Of Bradley Maxwell To Be U.S. Marshal For Southern District Of Illinois
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 25, 2018
Tweet - "President Trump's travel ban is unconstitutional and un-American. It also plays directly into our enemies' hands and makes America less safe. Trump's travel bans have been blocked by multiple federal courts, and I'm hopeful the Supreme Court will agree."
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 19, 2018
Judiciary Committee Unanimously Approves Nominations Of Michael Scudder & Amy St. Eve For The 7th Circuit Court Of Appeals
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 19, 2018
Letter to Jefferson Sessions, US Attorney General - Restoration Of Legal Assistance Programs For Immigrants
Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
April 19, 2018
Durbin Statement On 7th Circuit Upholding Injunction Against Sessions Threat To Chicago Violence Prevention Funding
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 17, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Jeff Sessions, Attorney General of US Department of Justice - Modernizing Government Technology Act Implementation
Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
Date
Title
Politician
July 12, 2018
Senate Democratic Women Warn Supreme Court Nominee Would Roll Back Reproductive Rights
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 10, 2018
Bost Statement On Nomination Of Judge Brett Kavanaugh To Supreme Court
Rep.Mike Bost
July 10, 2018
Sean Casten Statement on President Trump Scotus Nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh
Rep.Sean Casten
July 10, 2018
CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview With Illinois Senator Richard Durbin
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Schneider Statement On Supreme Court Nomination
Rep.Brad Schneider
July 10, 2018
Schakowsky Statement On President Trump's Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
July 10, 2018
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi: Nomination Of Judge Kavanaugh To Supreme Court "Deeply Disturbing"
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 10, 2018
Durbin Statement On President Trump's Supreme Court Nomination Of Brett Kavanaugh
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "Brett Kavanaugh would be the deciding vote on this Court to change the rules in America for the next generation."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "If Justice Kennedy was a swing vote on the Supreme Court, Judge Kavanaugh would swing the Supreme Court to the far right #WhatsAtStake."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "The stakes for this SCOTUS nomination are historic. Critical rights, freedoms, and protections are hanging in the balance. #WhatsAtStake."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "Replacing Justice Kennedy's swing vote with a far-right jurist like Judge Kavanaugh could change the rules in America. With a subservient Republican Congress and a far-right Supreme Court, there is a real risk that the worst impulses of the Trump presidency will go unchecked."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "And in light of the ongoing Russia investigation, is it a coincidence that President Trump picked a nominee who has expressed staunch opposition to criminal investigations of sitting Presidents?"
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh has a record on the bench of consistently favoring big business and undermining protections for consumers, workers, women, and the environment."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Concerns About Judge Kavanaugh
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 9, 2018
Rep. LaHood's Statement on the Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court
Rep.Darin LaHood
July 9, 2018
Duckworth Statement on Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 8, 2018
NBC News "Meet the Press" - Transcript: Supreme Court
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 2, 2018
Tweet - "The Supreme Court affects every American. We've already seen President Trump stacking courts with nominees far outside the mainstream. The highest court in the land shouldn't be a tool of ideological agendas. #CourtsMatter #WhatsAtStake."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 1, 2018
Fox News "Fox News Sunday" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Dick Durbin
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 1, 2018
CNN "State of the Union" - Transcript: Interview With Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 28, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General, the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen Secretary of Homeland Security, the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Comply with Injunction, Reunite Families Separated at Border
Rep.Danny Davis, ...
June 27, 2018
Tweet - "With so much at stake for the people of our country, the U.S. Senate must be consistent and consider the President's #SCOTUS nominee once the new Congress is seated in January."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 27, 2018
Foster Statement on Janus v. AFSCME Decision
Rep.Bill Foster
June 27, 2018
Statement On Justice Kennedy Retirement
Rep.Brad Schneider
June 27, 2018
Statement On Supreme Court Ruling In Janus V. AFSCME
Rep.Brad Schneider
June 27, 2018
Schakowsky Statement On The Supreme Court's Decision In Janus v. AFSCME
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
June 27, 2018
Quigley Statement On Janus v. ASFME Decision
Rep.Mike Quigley
June 27, 2018
Sean Casten Supports American Unions
Rep.Sean Casten
June 27, 2018
Durbin Statement On Retirement Of Justice Kennedy
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 27, 2018
Durbin Statement On Janus V. AFSCME Supreme Court Decision
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 27, 2018
Durbin Statement On Court Order Blocking Trump Child Separation Policy
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 26, 2018
Tweet - "I agree with Justice Sotomayor: this decision fails to safeguard the principle of religious neutrality embedded in our Bill of Rights. History will not be kind to this president's policies or the #SCOTUS Justices who lent their names to this troubling ruling."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 26, 2018
Durbin Statement On Supreme Court Ruling On Trump's Muslim Ban
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 26, 2018
Casten: Scotus Decision Undermines Our Constitution
Rep.Sean Casten
June 11, 2018
Casten Condemns High Court's Inaction, Offers Policy Fixes to Voter Disenfranchisement
Rep.Sean Casten
June 7, 2018
Tweet - "Judicial nominee Ryan Bounds' own bar association called his writings racist, misogynistic, homophobic & disparaging of survivors of sexual assault & abuse. He hid these writings from Oregon's judicial selection committee & he doesn't have the support of his home-state senators."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018
Durbin, Duckworth Statement On Nomination Of Martha Pacold, Mary Rowland & Steven Seeger To Serve As U.S. District Judges For The Northern District of Illinois
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 7, 2018
Tweet - "I opposed Ms. Ohlhausen's nomination to be a federal judge. She has never tried a case. The practical experience of actually trying cases should be a basic qualification that the Committee looks for in selecting judges who will preside over trials. It's the @SenJohnKennedy test."
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 22, 2018
Schakowsky Statement on Epic Systems v. Lewis decision
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
May 14, 2018
Senate Confirms Michael Scudder & Amy St. Eve For The 7th Circuit Court Of Appeals
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 10, 2018
Judiciary Committee Democrats: Republicans Remaking Federal Judiciary
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 9, 2018
Executive Calendar
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 3, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jay Clayton, Chair, SEC - Urge Clayton to Preserve Investors' Right to Access Courts
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 26, 2018
Judiciary Committee Advances Nomination Of Bradley Maxwell To Be U.S. Marshal For Southern District Of Illinois
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 25, 2018
Tweet - "President Trump's travel ban is unconstitutional and un-American. It also plays directly into our enemies' hands and makes America less safe. Trump's travel bans have been blocked by multiple federal courts, and I'm hopeful the Supreme Court will agree."
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 19, 2018
Judiciary Committee Unanimously Approves Nominations Of Michael Scudder & Amy St. Eve For The 7th Circuit Court Of Appeals
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 19, 2018
Letter to Jefferson Sessions, US Attorney General - Restoration Of Legal Assistance Programs For Immigrants
Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
April 19, 2018
Durbin Statement On 7th Circuit Upholding Injunction Against Sessions Threat To Chicago Violence Prevention Funding
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 17, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Jeff Sessions, Attorney General of US Department of Justice - Modernizing Government Technology Act Implementation
Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
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