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309 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-2152 Fax: 202-228-0400
Contact Dick Durbin via web
| Term Start | Term End | Role | State | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2014 | Senator | IL | Democrat |
| See All 10 Terms | ||||
Committee Membership
- Senate Appropriations
- Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
- Defense
- State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
- Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
- Senate Judiciary
- Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights
- Crime and Drugs
- Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security
- Senate Rules and Administration
Most Recent Sponsored Bills
Sponsored Bill Statistics
Recent Voting History
| Bill | Voted |
|---|---|
|
H.R.1256 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amdt. 1247 ) |
Aye (with party)
June 08, 2009 |
|
H.R.1256 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 1256 ) |
Aye (with party)
June 02, 2009 |
|
H.R.2346 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 On Passage of the Bill (HR 2346 As Amended ) |
Aye (with party)
May 21, 2009 |
Voting Trends Analysis
- Most often votes with: Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ]
- Least often votes with: Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
- Republican most often votes with: Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]
- Democrat least often votes with: Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE]
- Votes with party: 99% (Ranks 10 of 100)
- Abstains: 0% (Ranks 28 of 100)
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Richard Durbin in the News
July 03, 2009 Cap and tax
I am sure Dick Durbin, yes-man for the president, will be voting âno.â Also, thanks Rep. Jack Franks for the guest column (Opinion, ...
July 03, 2009 South Elgin student travels to Capitol to advocate for disease ...
The Stovers met with congress leaders, including US Sen. Dick Durbin, asking for increased research on mitochondrial dysfunction by the National Institutes ...
July 02, 2009 DK Greenroots: Blood Stains on Green Technology.
Not to mention legislate â a process that is now going on in earnest at the direction of Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Sens. ...
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Richard Durbin in the Blogs
July 04, 2009 . . . With Both Hands: Governor Palin - Tosses the Clowns Back ...
Palin exuded the qualities detested by the Progressive robot-army of academics, media mopes, lard-padded politicians like Dick Durbin. ( click my post title for those) Gov. Palin is feared, because she is genuine. ...
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July 04, 2009 Banks Own the US Government « PumaLiberty
Last month, when the US Congress failed to pass a bankruptcy reform measure that would have allowed home mortgages to be modified in bankruptcy, senator Dick Durbin succinctly commented: âThe banks own the place. ...
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July 03, 2009 The Axis of Idiots « N. Virginia, Richmond, VA and DC Metro Chapter
Dick Durbin, you accused our Soldiers at Guantanamo of being Nazis, tenders of Soviet style gulags and as bad as the regime of Pol Pot, who murdered two million of his own people after your party abandoned Southeast Asia to the ...
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Featured Members of Congress
On February 24, 2009 Dick Durbin was featured on the homepage of OpenCongress:
Illinois senior senator Dick Durbin (D) on Tuesday added his voice to the growing chorus of senators calling on junior Illinois senator Roland Burris (D) to resign. "If I were in that position, I would resign," Durbin told reporters after a private meeting with Burris. Burris, who was appointed by former-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, recently admitted to trying to raise campaign funds for the Governor.
Campaign Contributions
Top Contributor: Simmons Cooper LLC ($94,035)
| Industry | Donation | % of total |
|---|---|---|
| Lawyers & Lobbyists | $2,356,064 | 28.3 % |
| Finance/Insur/RealEst | $1,591,758 | 19.1 % |
| Ideology/Single-Issue | $832,916 | 10.0 % |
| Other | $676,358 | 8.1 % |
| Misc Business | $655,736 | 7.9 % |
| Health | $599,434 | 7.2 % |
| Communic/Electronics | $453,150 | 5.5 % |
| Labor | $300,450 | 3.6 % |
| Agribusiness | $219,814 | 2.6 % |
| Transportation | $211,225 | 2.5 % |
| Construction | $168,450 | 2.0 % |
| Energy/Nat Resource | $151,950 | 1.8 % |
| Defense | $96,800 | 1.2 % |
| Total: | $8,314,105 |
