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Sen. Richard Durbin

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Term Start Term End Role    State  Party 
2003 2008 Senator IL Democrat
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Recent Voting History

The votes below were taken by roll call, a voting procedure that records a vote from every Senator or Representative on the bill under consideration. This Member of Congress may have voted on other bills by the process known as "voice vote", but these votes are not recorded.
BillVoted
H.R.6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
On the Cloture Motion (Upon Reconsideration, Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 6331 )
Aye
July 09, 2008
H.R.6304 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008
On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 6304 )
Nay
July 09, 2008
H.R.6304 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008
On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 6304 )
Nay
July 09, 2008

Voting Trends Analysis

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Richard Durbin in the News feed

July 07, 2008 Fermilab Saved from Chopping Block--for Now

Jackson said the lab is "very encouraged" by support from Illinois congressional Democrats, Sen. Richard Durbin and Rep. Bill Foster, a former Fermilab ...

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Source: Scientific American


July 05, 2008 82-year-old Navy vet receives honorary high school diploma

He and his wife, Cathy, wrote to Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Richard Durbin to ask for help. Obama's staff found an Illinois state law that allows war ...

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Source: Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette, IL


July 03, 2008 DeLauro, Dodd Talk Gas Pain, Relief

Richard Durbin, D-Ill., and Robert Menendez, DN.J., that would compel big oil companies to utilize 68 million acres they lease for $5 per acre per year, ...

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Source: RedOrbit, TX


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Richard Durbin in the Blogs feed

July 09, 2008 Dems Consider Offshore Drilling

Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin told The Wall Street Journal that he's "open to drilling and responsible production" and that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid may be too. Durbin said he would only support drilling if the oil and ...

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Source: Blog from The Washington Independent -...


July 09, 2008 Today’s Science Policy News for July, 9th 2008

Top Democrat may back new offshore drilling: report. AP–”I’m open to drilling and responsible production,” Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin told The Wall Street Journal. Shaheen bashes Sununu on science funding ...

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Source: Scientists & Engineers for America Action Fund


July 09, 2008 Today's Tour of the Web

Bad enough that one top Democrat, Senator Richard Durbin, is thinking about breaking ranks with the rest of the Democratic Party and supporting off-shore oil drilling. Das ist unglaublich! (Obama, did you notice my use of German there? ...

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Source: Libertas et Memoria


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Campaign Contributions

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Top Funding Industry: Lawyers & Lobbyists
Top Contributor: Kirkland & Ellis ($59,524)
IndustryDonation% of total
Lawyers & Lobbyists $1,962,111 32.5 %
Finance/Insur/RealEst $1,326,346 21.9 %
Other $588,230 9.7 %
Misc Business $475,002 7.9 %
Health $347,085 5.7 %
Ideology/Single-Issue $324,175 5.4 %
Communic/Electronics $309,300 5.1 %
Labor $173,400 2.9 %
Transportation $146,025 2.4 %
Agribusiness $132,714 2.2 %
Construction $131,200 2.2 %
Energy/Nat Resource $75,100 1.2 %
Defense $52,250 0.9 %
Total:$6,042,938

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