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Seat

U.S. Senator from Illinois

Born

November 21, 1944

Age 81

Phone

(202) 224-2152

Office

711 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510, Washington 20515

Congress Member Profile|U.S. Senator|Democrat|Illinois

Richard J. Durbin

Richard Joseph Durbin is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from the state of Illinois, a seat he has held since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Durbin is in his fifth Senate term and has served since 2005 as the Senate Democratic Whip and since 2025 as the Senate minority whip. He is the longest-serving Democratic whip since the position was established in 1913. Durbin chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2021 to 2025, and led the Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court nomination hearings.

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Voting Record — 776

Yes33%

No64%

Present0%

Not Voting3%

Party align93%

Cross-party6%

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Richard J. Durbin

U.S. SenatorDemocratIllinois

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Richard J.'s ATmosphere Activity

20 recent posts · 121 sponsored · 332 cosponsored

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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govApr 28(source)

Families in rural Illinois deserve reliable, affordable energy, & electric co-ops are critical to this goal. Today, I spoke with the Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives about how we can preserve programs that support rural communities as Trump indiscriminately cuts critical assistance.

Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govApr 28(source)

Children as young as four years old are repeatedly being forced to show up to immigration court, often without legal help. That’s not due process.

Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govApr 28(source)

Children as young as four years old are repeatedly being forced to show up to immigration court, often without legal help. That’s not due process.

Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸

@judiciarydems.senate.gov

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BREAKING: New reporting reveals the Trump Administration is moving to accelerate deportations of young unaccompanied children in custody, making it even more difficult for attorneys to obtain relief and due process for immigrant kids.

Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govApr 28(source)

Voting rights used to be an overwhelming bipartisan cause. Donald Trump has changed that. We need an explicit guarantee to the right to vote in the Constitution. I just introduced it.

Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govApr 28(source)

I welcome the long overdue release of Polish journalist Andrzej Poczobut who had been cruelly jailed in Belarus since 2021. It’s also time that Belarusian opposition leader and likely 2020 election winner Svetlana Tikhanovskaya be able to safely return.

TVP World

@tvpworld.bsky.social

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🔴 #BREAKING: Imprisoned Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut released.

Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govApr 28(source)

Every politician of any party should be denouncing political violence right now.

Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govApr 28(source)

Secret Service has briefed me on the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. USSS answered my questions thoroughly. The Washington Hilton is a time tested venue, but we should let the post-incident investigation progress to identify what processes can be improved.

Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govApr 28(source)

I just paid tribute to John Bartholomew. He was a loving father, a good man, and a committed Chicago PD officer fatally shot in the line of duty over the weekend. May he rest in peace.

Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govApr 28(source)

President Trump needs to spend less time with his billionaire golf buddies and more time speaking with working families. They will tell him that the rising cost of living is crushing them, and that they need help now.

Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govApr 27(source)

For too long, GSA has neglected to improve and maintain the facilities at the Dirksen and Roszkowski Courthouses, even as they face infrastructure failures. I joined @duckworth.senate.gov to demand GSA do its job and fix these unacceptable conditions that are impacting daily courthouse operations.

Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govApr 27(source)

According to the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy, some of the largest corporations—including Tesla, Coinbase, & Palantir—paid $0 in federal income tax because of Republican’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” Why are mega corporations evading billions in taxes while families pay more for necessities?

Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govApr 26(source)

Grateful for the swift actions by law enforcement last night that kept everyone at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner safe. & relieved to hear that the Secret Service agent who was struck in his bulletproof vest was released from the hospital. Political violence has no place in America.

Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govApr 26(source)

I’m heartbroken over the fatal shootingof Chicago Police Officer John Bartholomew and praying for the recovery of the wounded officer. But, thoughts and prayers are not enough to end gun violence in America. Families, and police officers, deserve our best effort to make our communities safer.

Chicago Tribune

@chicagotribune.com

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Chicago police officer fatally shot at Swedish Hospital identified as John Bartholomew

Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govApr 25(source)

The Trump Admin has been slow walking DACA renewal and work permit processing. Now it is paving the way for them to be deported even before their DACA expires. Congress must finally act to protect these young people who know no other home. This is a matter of simple American fairness & justice.

Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸

@judiciarydems.senate.gov

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NEWS: The Trump Admin issued a decision that paves the way for DACA holders to be issued deportation orders.

Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govApr 24(source)

The El Gamal family may have been freed, but the conditions at the Dilley family detention facility have not changed. The Trump Administration’s cruel detention of families must end.

Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govApr 24(source)

Big update: the El Gamal family has been RELEASED from custody. Now more than ever: reform ICE and CBP.

Senator Dick Durbin

@durbin.senate.gov

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A judge found that DHS deliberately violated the El Gamal family’s due process rights & recommended they be released from detention. They are not a flight risk or a threat to their community. Further detention is unjustified & would be an expression of this Administration’s anti-immigrant animus.

Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govApr 24(source)

After facing months of inhumane conditions in ICE family detention, a judge ordered ICE to release Hayam El Gamal, and her five children. I’m relieved they are free. But too many families are still suffering from the MAGA mass deportation operation.

Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govApr 24(source)

Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸

@judiciarydems.senate.gov

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BREAKING: The El Gamal family won release from ICE’s Dilley family detention facility after nearly year-long detention.

Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govApr 24(source)

This isn’t justice. It’s cruel, immoral, and discriminatory. Expanding the federal death penalty will be a stain on our history.

Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govApr 24(source)

The Trump Justice Department just expanded the barbaric federal death penalty protocols, including reinstating firing squads and lethal injections. Shameful.

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Sponsored Bills(121)

S. 4494 (119th)
A bill to prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in biomedical…
S. 4449 (119th)
A bill to strengthen Federal data collection regarding the teacher and principal workforce.
S. Res. 721 (119th)
A resolution honoring the life and legacy of Robert S. Mueller, III and commending him for a…
S. 4438 (119th)
A bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish a program to make grants…
S. 4437 (119th)
A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to establish additional requirements for dealers, and…

Cosponsored Bills(332)

S. 4504 (119th)
A bill to improve the full-service community school program, and for other purposes.
Joined: 2026-05-12
S. Res. 724 (119th)
A resolution recognizing the roles and contributions of the teachers of the United States in…
Joined: 2026-05-11
S. 4454 (119th)
A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove the exclusion of pistols, revolver…
Joined: 2026-04-30
S. Res. 720 (119th)
A resolution recognizing the significance of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Is…
Joined: 2026-04-30
S.J. Res. 190 (119th)
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, Unite…
Joined: 2026-04-30

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Voting History

776 total votes

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Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.

Date	Bill	Question	Position	Party Maj	Align?	Result
2025-05-21	H.J. Res. 88 (119th)	Begin consideration	NO	NO	✓	Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-46)
2025-05-21	S.J. Res. 55 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Joint Resolution Passed (51-46)
2025-05-21	S.J. Res. 55 (119th)	Point of Order S.J.Res. 55	NO	NO	✓	Point of Order Sustained (51-46)
2025-05-21	S.J. Res. 55 (119th)	Point of Order S.J.Res. 55	NO	NO	✓	Point of Order Sustained (51-46)
2025-05-21	S.J. Res. 55 (119th)	Motion to Adjourn S.J.Res. 55	YES	YES	✓	Motion to Adjourn Rejected (46-51)
2025-05-21	—	Motion (Motion to Recess for Ten Minutes)	YES	YES	✓	Motion Rejected (45-52)
2025-05-21	—	Motion (Motion to Recess for Fifteen Minutes)	YES	YES	✓	Motion Rejected (46-51)
2025-05-21	—	Motion (Motion to Recess for Thirty Minutes)	YES	YES	✓	Motion Rejected (46-51)
2025-05-21	—	Motion (Motion to Recess for 60 Minutes)	YES	YES	✓	Motion Rejected (45-51)
2025-05-21	—	Motion (Motion to Recess for Ninety Minutes)	YES	YES	✓	Motion Rejected (46-51)
2025-05-21	S.J. Res. 55 (119th)	Kill the motion	NO	NO	✓	Motion to Table Agreed to (51-46)
2025-05-21	S.J. Res. 55 (119th)	Kill the motion	YES	YES	✓	Motion to Table Failed (46-52)
2025-05-21	S.J. Res. 55 (119th)	Begin consideration	NO	NO	✓	Motion to Proceed Agreed to (53-46)
2025-05-21	S. 1582 (119th)	Begin consideration	NO	NO	✓	Motion to Proceed Agreed to (69-31)
2025-05-19	S. 1582 (119th)	End filibuster to begin debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (66-32, 3/5 majority required)
2025-05-19	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (51-45)
2025-05-19	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-46)
2025-05-15	S. Res. 195 (119th)	Motion to Discharge S.Res. 195	YES	YES	✓	Motion to Discharge Rejected (45-50)
2025-05-15	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (51-46)
2025-05-14	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-47)
2025-05-14	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (52-45)
2025-05-14	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-45)
2025-05-14	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (54-43)
2025-05-14	—	End debate	NOT_VOTING	NO	—	Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-43)
2025-05-14	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (51-46)
2025-05-14	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-45)
2025-05-14	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (54-40)
2025-05-13	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (57-41)
2025-05-13	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (52-44)
2025-05-13	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-45)
2025-05-13	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (74-25)
2025-05-13	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (72-26)
2025-05-13	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (52-46)
2025-05-12	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-45)
2025-05-12	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (52-45)
2025-05-12	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-47)
2025-05-08	S. 1582 (119th)	End filibuster to begin debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (48-49, 3/5 majority required)
2025-05-08	H.J. Res. 60 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Joint Resolution Passed (50-43)
2025-05-08	S.J. Res. 7 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Joint Resolution Passed (50-38)
2025-05-07	S.J. Res. 13 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Joint Resolution Passed (52-47)
2025-05-06	H.J. Res. 60 (119th)	Begin consideration	NO	NO	✓	Motion to Proceed Agreed to (53-47)
2025-05-06	S.J. Res. 7 (119th)	Begin consideration	NO	NO	✓	Motion to Proceed Agreed to (53-47)
2025-05-06	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (53-47)
2025-05-06	S.J. Res. 13 (119th)	Begin consideration	NO	NO	✓	Motion to Proceed Agreed to (53-46)
2025-05-06	H.J. Res. 61 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Joint Resolution Passed (55-45)
2025-05-05	H.J. Res. 61 (119th)	Begin consideration	NO	NO	✓	Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-43)
2025-05-01	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (50-45)
2025-05-01	S.J. Res. 31 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Joint Resolution Passed (52-46)
2025-05-01	H.J. Res. 75 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Joint Resolution Passed (52-45)
2025-04-30	S.J. Res. 31 (119th)	Begin consideration	NO	NO	✓	Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-40)

Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.

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