Durbin Issues Statement On Urgency Of Passing Farm Bill As President-Elect Trump's Tariffs Loom Over Illinois' Agriculture Sector Durbin Urges President-Elect Trump To Follow Precedent And Require All Nominees To Complete FBI Background Investigations

Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Springfield, is the 47th U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois, the state’s senior senator, and the convener of Illinois’ bipartisan congressional delegation. Durbin also serves as the Senate Democratic Whip, the second highest ranking position among the Senate Democrats.

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Senator Durbin has been elected to this leadership post by his Democratic colleagues every two years since 2005. He is only the fifth Illinois Senator in history to serve as a Senate leader, and the fourth as whip.

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4 days ago · Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released an interim staff report and the findings of a months-long investigation into the chronic failure to provide adequate medical care to vulnerable individuals in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody, including a first-of ...

Durbin Statement On President Biden Recognizing Ratification Of The ERA U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after President Biden announced his pos...

Jan 3, 2025 · WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today issued the following statement after attending the swearing in of the six new Democratic U.S. Senators: Adam Schiff (D-CA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ):

During his tenure on the Committee, Durbin has led efforts to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act, increase transparency in federal courts, conduct Department of Justice oversight, reduce gun violence, reform bankruptcy laws to help students and workers, and protect intellectual property.