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Sen. Richard Durbin
- Illinois
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TRACK OFFICIAL
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Party
Democratic
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Current Office
U.S. Senate
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First Elected
11/5/1996
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Next Election
2014
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Sponsored Bills
Congress 113
14
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CoSponsored Bills
Congress 113
70
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Missed Vote %
0.30%
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Votes with Party
98.93%
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- Contact Info
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OFFICE ADDRESS
525 South Eighth Street Springfield, IL
Ph: 217-492-4062
Fx: 217-492-4382
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Richard Joseph "Dick" Durbin is the senior United States Senator from Illinois, in office since 1997. He has been the Senate Majority Whip, the second highest position in the Democratic Party leadership in the Senate, since 2007.
He was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, he graduated from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and Georgetown University Law Center. Working in state legal counsel throughout the 1970s, he made an unsuccessful run for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in 1978. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982, representing the Springfield-based 20th congressional district. In 1996 he won election to the U.S. Senate by an unexpected 15-point m...
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Richard Joseph "Dick" Durbin is the senior United States Senator from Illinois, in office since 1997. He has been the Senate Majority Whip, the second highest position in the Democratic Party leadership in the Senate, since 2007.
Richard Durbin
has co-sponsored bill S2250
A bill to extend the Travel Promotion Act of 2009, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation....
Richard Durbin
has co-sponsored bill S2235
A bill to secure the Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary....
Richard Durbin
has sponsored bill
S2204
A bill to establish the Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Committee.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions....
Richard Durbin
has co-sponsored bill S2149
A bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time....
Richard Durbin
has co-sponsored bill S2148
A bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 331....
Richard Durbin
has co-sponsored bill S2145
A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs to be designated as voter registration agencies, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs....
Richard Durbin
has co-sponsored bill S2133
A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other statutes to clarify appropriate liability standards for Federal antidiscrimination claims.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions....
Richard Durbin
has sponsored bill
S2115
American Cures Act
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions....
Richard Durbin
has co-sponsored bill S2100
A bill to promote the use of clean cookstoves and fuels to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and protect the environment by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations....
Richard Durbin
has co-sponsored bill S2047
A bill to prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation....
Richard Durbin
has co-sponsored bill S2037
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance....
Richard Durbin
has sponsored bill
S2023
A bill to reform the financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance....
Richard Durbin
has sponsored bill
S2014
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for clarification regarding the children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs....
Richard Durbin
has co-sponsored bill S1759
A bill to reauthorize the teaching health center program.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions....
Richard Durbin
has sponsored bill
S1736
SERVe Act
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs....
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