Durbin Urges Colleagues To Pass Resolution Condemning President Trump's Pardons Of The January 6 Insurrectionists Who Assaulted Police Officers At The U.S. Capitol In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke in favor of U.S. Senator Patty Mu...

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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.

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):

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Sep 12, 2024 · WASHINGTON – In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, celebrated one of the most important accomplishments of the Biden-Harris administration: the confirmation of highly-qualified, independent, and evenhanded judges to the federal bench.

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.