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March 28, 2018
Letter to John Sullivan, Deputy Secretary of State - Bipartisan Group of 57 Lawmakers Call on Trump to Hold Sudan Accountable for Corruption, Human Rights Abuses
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
March 28, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Defeat House GOP-Led Effort to Curtail Civil Rights of Americans with Disabilities
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
March 28, 2018
Tweet - "Senator Dick Durbin Retweeted Washington Post President Trump wants immigrants to pay higher taxes, and make it harder for people to claim legal status as a result. Is being employed and properly paying your taxes now no match for this Administration's anti-immigrant agenda?"
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 28, 2018
Tweet - "The crisis that President Trump created by ending the DACA program isn't going away, and I will not rest until these young people have the future in America that they deserve. #DreamActNow"
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 28, 2018
Letter to Mr. Francisco - Commit To Protect The Special Counsel
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 28, 2018
Durbin, Winnebago County Leaders Discuss Efforts To Combat Opioid Crisis, New Funding In Federal Spending Bill
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 27, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Democratic Leader - Senators Murray, Cantwell Call on Senate Leadership to Bring Forward Legislation to Reform Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Rules in Congress
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
March 27, 2018
Tweet - "Imagine fleeing a brutal civil war to come to the land of opportunity to work and build a life in peace, only to be told now that you can either kiss your children goodbye or remain here illegally. That's the choice President Trump just gave these Liberian immigrants."
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 27, 2018
Letter to the Honorable John Sullivan, Deputy Secretary of State - Commit to Countering Russia's Anti-Semitic "Information Warfare"
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 27, 2018
Tweet - "A census citizenship question would reverse decades of precedent and undoubtedly result in an unfair and inaccurate count. Politics has no place in the census, but this administration will stop at nothing to push its anti-immigrant agenda. Nothing."
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 27, 2018
Letter to Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - More Than 100 Democrats to Call on Department of Health and Human Services to Put Patients First and Withdraw Discriminatory Refusal of Care Rule
Rep. Danny Davis, ...
March 26, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Boyle and Smith Lead Bipartisan Letter to USDA Opposing Plan to Outsource Oversight of Bedrock Animal Welfare Law
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
March 26, 2018
MSNBC "The Rachel Maddow Show" - Transcript: Government Violations
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
March 26, 2018
Chicago Tribune - A Cooling-off Period on Handgun Purchases Nationwide Would Save Lives
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
March 24, 2018
Tweet - "What a powerful example of democracy we are witnessing today. Americans are marching and speaking in one voice saying #EnoughIsEnough when it comes to senseless gun violence."
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 24, 2018
Happy Saturday!
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
March 24, 2018
Tweet - "The President is choosing to ignore overwhelming opposition from his own military leaders, the American people, and lawmakers in Congress who disagree with this ban. If you meet the requirements to serve, you should be able to do so. Period."
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 23, 2018
Upton, Dingell Pledge to Push for Further Bipartisan Gun Safety Measures, Applaud Passage of School Safety and Mental Health Measures
Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
March 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education - Booker, Kaine, Gillibrand Lead Colleagues in Urging Education Department to Focus on School Safety, Not Scapegoats
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 23, 2018
Tweet - "85% of the American people believe we ought to do what's right and fair for these young people. They support the Dreamers and they support giving DACA protection. 85%. 60% of those who voted for President Trump say we should do it."
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Ricardo A. Rossello Nevares, Governor of Puerto Rico, Mr. Jose B. Carrion III, Chairman, Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico - Privatization of Puerto Rican Prisons
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
March 23, 2018
Schneider, Bost School Safety Proposal Signed Into Law
Rep. Mike Bost, ...
March 23, 2018
Duckworth Statement on Bipartisan Omnibus Compromise
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
March 23, 2018
Duckworth Sounds Alarm on the Imminent Deportation of United States Combat Veteran
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
March 22, 2018
Letter to John Kelly, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security - Investigate Resignation of San Francisco ICE Spokesman
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 22, 2018
Tweet - "I don't care about my scorecard with the NRA. I care about the scorecard I get from the people I represent in Illinois, like the students and parents who want Congress to address gun violence in their communities #EnoughIsEnough."
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 22, 2018
Letter to Mr. Kelly - Investigate Allegations Of Separation Of Children From Asylum-Seeking Parents At U.S. Border
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 22, 2018
Letter to John Kelly, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security - Investigate Allegations of Separation of Children From Asylum-Seeking Parents at U.S. Border U.S. BORDER
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 21, 2018
Daca
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 21, 2018
Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 21, 2018
Duckworth Votes To Help End Online Sex Trafficking
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
March 20, 2018
Quigley Presses HUD Secretary Ben Carson on LGBTQ Housing Resources, Invites Him to Meet With Chicago Advocates
Rep. Mike Quigley
March 19, 2018
Durbin Statement On New White House War On Drugs
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 19, 2018
CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Attacks on Special Counsel
Rep. Mike Quigley
March 19, 2018
Tweet - "Hundreds of thousands of young lives hang in the balance because President Trump ended the DACA program, and yet he only seems focused on one thing right now: undermining the Mueller investigation. It's up to Congress to act in a bipartisan way to help these Dreamers."
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 19, 2018
"With 200+ Reported Human Trafficking Cases in Illinois, We Need to Do More," says Congresswoman Robin Kelly
Rep. Robin Kelly
March 19, 2018
Letter to the Hon. John Carter, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security and the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Jayapal Leads More Than 50 Members to Protect Families From Being Torn Apart at the Border
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
March 19, 2018
Letter to the Hon Tom Cole, Chairman on the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and the Hon Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education - Rep. Sewell Leads Funding Letters on Sickle Cell Research, Rural Medicare Payments, Poison Control, and Health Disparities
Rep. Danny Davis, ...
March 19, 2018
Tweet - "The war on drugs didn't work in the 80's, and it won't work now by reviving failed deterrence measures like the death penalty for drug dealers. My full statement on the White House's new war on drugs:"
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 19, 2018
Foster Statement on Trump Opioid Plan
Rep. Bill Foster
March 19, 2018
Benefits of Onsite Childcare
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
March 19, 2018
Letter to the Honorable John Culberson, Chairman, and the Honorable Jose Serrano, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science - Increased Funding to Combat Human Trafficking in Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties, Nationwide
Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
March 17, 2018
CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Mueller Investigation
Rep. Mike Quigley
March 16, 2018
Letter to Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee - Bipartisan Heroin Task Force Urges Congress to Protect ONDCP's Budget
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
March 16, 2018
Letter to the Hon Ken Calvert, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, and the Hon Betty McCollum, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations, Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies - Matsui Leads Over 50 Congressional Colleagues in Calling for Funds to Preserve Former Japanese American Confinement Sites
Rep. Danny Davis, ...
March 16, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Ken Calvert, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, the Hon. Betty McCollum, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, the Hon. John Culberson, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, and the Hon. Jose Serrano, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies - Call for Robust Funding for Endangered Species Protections
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
March 15, 2018
Gun Violence
Rep. Brad Schneider
March 15, 2018
Letter to the Hon. John Gore, Acting Assistant Attorney General - Demand Answers from DOJ on Potential Census Citizenship Question
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 15, 2018
Time - Poland's Censorship Law Ignores Its History and Undermines Its Future
Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
March 15, 2018
Letter to Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee - Bipartisan Heroin Task Force Urges Congress to Expand CARA Funding
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Date
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Politician
March 28, 2018
Letter to John Sullivan, Deputy Secretary of State - Bipartisan Group of 57 Lawmakers Call on Trump to Hold Sudan Accountable for Corruption, Human Rights Abuses
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
March 28, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Defeat House GOP-Led Effort to Curtail Civil Rights of Americans with Disabilities
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
March 28, 2018
Tweet - "Senator Dick Durbin Retweeted Washington Post President Trump wants immigrants to pay higher taxes, and make it harder for people to claim legal status as a result. Is being employed and properly paying your taxes now no match for this Administration's anti-immigrant agenda?"
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 28, 2018
Tweet - "The crisis that President Trump created by ending the DACA program isn't going away, and I will not rest until these young people have the future in America that they deserve. #DreamActNow"
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 28, 2018
Letter to Mr. Francisco - Commit To Protect The Special Counsel
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 28, 2018
Durbin, Winnebago County Leaders Discuss Efforts To Combat Opioid Crisis, New Funding In Federal Spending Bill
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 27, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Democratic Leader - Senators Murray, Cantwell Call on Senate Leadership to Bring Forward Legislation to Reform Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Rules in Congress
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
March 27, 2018
Tweet - "Imagine fleeing a brutal civil war to come to the land of opportunity to work and build a life in peace, only to be told now that you can either kiss your children goodbye or remain here illegally. That's the choice President Trump just gave these Liberian immigrants."
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 27, 2018
Letter to the Honorable John Sullivan, Deputy Secretary of State - Commit to Countering Russia's Anti-Semitic "Information Warfare"
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 27, 2018
Tweet - "A census citizenship question would reverse decades of precedent and undoubtedly result in an unfair and inaccurate count. Politics has no place in the census, but this administration will stop at nothing to push its anti-immigrant agenda. Nothing."
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 27, 2018
Letter to Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - More Than 100 Democrats to Call on Department of Health and Human Services to Put Patients First and Withdraw Discriminatory Refusal of Care Rule
Rep.Danny Davis, ...
March 26, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Boyle and Smith Lead Bipartisan Letter to USDA Opposing Plan to Outsource Oversight of Bedrock Animal Welfare Law
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
March 26, 2018
MSNBC "The Rachel Maddow Show" - Transcript: Government Violations
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
March 26, 2018
Chicago Tribune - A Cooling-off Period on Handgun Purchases Nationwide Would Save Lives
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
March 24, 2018
Tweet - "What a powerful example of democracy we are witnessing today. Americans are marching and speaking in one voice saying #EnoughIsEnough when it comes to senseless gun violence."
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 24, 2018
Happy Saturday!
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
March 24, 2018
Tweet - "The President is choosing to ignore overwhelming opposition from his own military leaders, the American people, and lawmakers in Congress who disagree with this ban. If you meet the requirements to serve, you should be able to do so. Period."
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 23, 2018
Upton, Dingell Pledge to Push for Further Bipartisan Gun Safety Measures, Applaud Passage of School Safety and Mental Health Measures
Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
March 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education - Booker, Kaine, Gillibrand Lead Colleagues in Urging Education Department to Focus on School Safety, Not Scapegoats
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 23, 2018
Tweet - "85% of the American people believe we ought to do what's right and fair for these young people. They support the Dreamers and they support giving DACA protection. 85%. 60% of those who voted for President Trump say we should do it."
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Ricardo A. Rossello Nevares, Governor of Puerto Rico, Mr. Jose B. Carrion III, Chairman, Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico - Privatization of Puerto Rican Prisons
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
March 23, 2018
Schneider, Bost School Safety Proposal Signed Into Law
Rep.Mike Bost, ...
March 23, 2018
Duckworth Statement on Bipartisan Omnibus Compromise
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
March 23, 2018
Duckworth Sounds Alarm on the Imminent Deportation of United States Combat Veteran
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
March 22, 2018
Letter to John Kelly, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security - Investigate Resignation of San Francisco ICE Spokesman
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 22, 2018
Tweet - "I don't care about my scorecard with the NRA. I care about the scorecard I get from the people I represent in Illinois, like the students and parents who want Congress to address gun violence in their communities #EnoughIsEnough."
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 22, 2018
Letter to Mr. Kelly - Investigate Allegations Of Separation Of Children From Asylum-Seeking Parents At U.S. Border
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 22, 2018
Letter to John Kelly, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security - Investigate Allegations of Separation of Children From Asylum-Seeking Parents at U.S. Border U.S. BORDER
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 21, 2018
Daca
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 21, 2018
Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 21, 2018
Duckworth Votes To Help End Online Sex Trafficking
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
March 20, 2018
Quigley Presses HUD Secretary Ben Carson on LGBTQ Housing Resources, Invites Him to Meet With Chicago Advocates
Rep.Mike Quigley
March 19, 2018
Durbin Statement On New White House War On Drugs
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 19, 2018
CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Attacks on Special Counsel
Rep.Mike Quigley
March 19, 2018
Tweet - "Hundreds of thousands of young lives hang in the balance because President Trump ended the DACA program, and yet he only seems focused on one thing right now: undermining the Mueller investigation. It's up to Congress to act in a bipartisan way to help these Dreamers."
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 19, 2018
"With 200+ Reported Human Trafficking Cases in Illinois, We Need to Do More," says Congresswoman Robin Kelly
Rep.Robin Kelly
March 19, 2018
Letter to the Hon. John Carter, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security and the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Jayapal Leads More Than 50 Members to Protect Families From Being Torn Apart at the Border
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
March 19, 2018
Letter to the Hon Tom Cole, Chairman on the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and the Hon Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education - Rep. Sewell Leads Funding Letters on Sickle Cell Research, Rural Medicare Payments, Poison Control, and Health Disparities
Rep.Danny Davis, ...
March 19, 2018
Tweet - "The war on drugs didn't work in the 80's, and it won't work now by reviving failed deterrence measures like the death penalty for drug dealers. My full statement on the White House's new war on drugs:"
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 19, 2018
Foster Statement on Trump Opioid Plan
Rep.Bill Foster
March 19, 2018
Benefits of Onsite Childcare
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
March 19, 2018
Letter to the Honorable John Culberson, Chairman, and the Honorable Jose Serrano, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science - Increased Funding to Combat Human Trafficking in Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties, Nationwide
Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
March 17, 2018
CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Mueller Investigation
Rep.Mike Quigley
March 16, 2018
Letter to Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee - Bipartisan Heroin Task Force Urges Congress to Protect ONDCP's Budget
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
March 16, 2018
Letter to the Hon Ken Calvert, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, and the Hon Betty McCollum, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations, Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies - Matsui Leads Over 50 Congressional Colleagues in Calling for Funds to Preserve Former Japanese American Confinement Sites
Rep.Danny Davis, ...
March 16, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Ken Calvert, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, the Hon. Betty McCollum, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, the Hon. John Culberson, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, and the Hon. Jose Serrano, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies - Call for Robust Funding for Endangered Species Protections
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
March 15, 2018
Gun Violence
Rep.Brad Schneider
March 15, 2018
Letter to the Hon. John Gore, Acting Assistant Attorney General - Demand Answers from DOJ on Potential Census Citizenship Question
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 15, 2018
Time - Poland's Censorship Law Ignores Its History and Undermines Its Future
Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
March 15, 2018
Letter to Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee - Bipartisan Heroin Task Force Urges Congress to Expand CARA Funding
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
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