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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 — 844
Yes35%
No62%
Present0%
Not Voting3%
Party align93%
Cross-party6%
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Richard J. Durbin
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Richard J.'s ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 128 sponsored · 349 cosponsored
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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govJun 2(source)
Trump couldn’t find the money to help working families afford SNAP or Medicaid, but he was more than willing to create a $1.8 billion slush fund for cop beaters and insurrectionists. Proud to have joined @commoncause.org and @citizensforethics.org today to call out this blatant corruption.
Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govJun 2(source)
I joined International Justice Mission to call for the Senate to immediately hold a vote on my STOP CSAM Act—which advanced unanimously out of the Judiciary Committee. Children need protections from predators on the internet, & this bill is an essential first step. There is no more time for delay.
Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govJun 2(source)
Republicans need to come to their senses and find a new judicial nominee for this court. Putting Katie Lane on the bench is like hiring an MLB umpire who’s never even worked a Little League game. Unqualified.
Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸
@judiciarydems.senate.gov
Open post ↗
Katie Lane is the first Trump 2.0 judicial nominee to receive a NOT QUALIFIED rating from the American Bar Association. She’s never even tried a case. There are 3,000+ licensed attorneys in Montana. Pick a different one.
Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govJun 1(source)
ICE detention centers are the latest Trump corruption scheme. Horrible conditions, terrible medical care, inhumane living conditions, and skyrocketing deaths of those (often wrongly) detained. But the private detention companies? Record profits.
Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govJun 1(source)
ICE detention centers are the latest Trump corruption scheme. Horrible conditions, terrible medical care, inhumane living conditions, and skyrocketing deaths of those (often wrongly) detained. But the private detention companies? Record profits.
Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸
@judiciarydems.senate.gov
Open post ↗
The cruelty is the point. The Trump-Mullin ICE is wrongly detaining people… and in detention, they’re being treated in a way no human should. Worms in food. No medical care. Poor infrastructure. Rampant flu and viruses. Now, detainees are being beaten by agents.
Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govMay 31(source)
I met with members of the IL Soybean Association at Incobrasa Industries in Gilman on Friday to discuss the challenges our farmers face with biofuels and the wider farm economy. Our farmers need common sense policies, not chaotic tariffs and rising costs for diesel and fertilizer.
Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govMay 29(source)
Reverend Dr. Anthony Paulson wrote to me about his parishioners in Southern Illinois who are suffering under higher prices. People like him are always on my mind when issues of affordability arise, but are being ignored by this President.
Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govMay 29(source)
Yesterday, I joined Respiratory Health Association in Chicago to discuss recent actions by FDA that will unleash a new wave of youth e-cigarette addiction. More than 90% of kids who vape are doing so because of the sweet flavors. Big Tobacco, with this Admin’s blessing, are poisoning our kids.
Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govMay 28(source)
Over my time in Congress, I have had more than 3,000 interns serve in my office, and even more staff. Some, like Illinois State Senator Mike Simmons & Illinois State Representative Kam Buckner, have gone on to serve as elected officials. It has been my honor to help them get their foot in the door.
Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govMay 27(source)
My mom’s naturalization certificate sits on the credenza behind my desk in the Capitol, so anyone who walks into my office knows that I am proud to be the son of an immigrant.
Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govMay 27(source)
One of the fundamentals of a democracy is that losers will accept the results of a free and fair election. The President and his allies’ attacks on Americans’ voting rights and continued election denialism are challenging this principle in ways never seen before.
Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govMay 27(source)
Trump’s alliance with Big Tobacco is exposing another generation of kids to nicotine addiction, sickness, and early death. Read my op-ed in STAT below about how Big Tobacco used their money and influence to push the President to abandon children’s health.
Sen. Dick Durbin: Trump is letting Big Tobacco target children
“Trump has willingly exposed an entire generation of children to Big Tobacco’s nicotine addiction,” writes Sen. Dick Durbin.
Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govMay 27(source)
I am very pleased that Ricardo has been released from ICE detention & is reunited with his mother. But he should never have been taken from his family in the first place. We must end the Trump Administration’s mass deportation operation & stop these cruel attacks on immigrants & our communities.
ICE releases Chicago Public Schools senior ahead of Mather High School graduation
Ricardo Hernandez-Navarrete and his mother were arrested by ICE agents at a routine check-in in March.
Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govMay 26(source)
Journalist Sonia Dahmani’s conditional release was modest but welcome progress. Yet legal harassment continues, including yesterday’s sentence on nonsense charges, raising further concerns about basic freedoms in Tunisia under President Saied. Political charges against her & others must be dropped.
CPJ condemns Tunisia’s judicial harassment of Sonia Dahmani after fresh conviction   - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, May 25, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the continued judicial harassment of lawyer and media commentator Sonia Dahmani, amid escalating attacks on press freedom in Tunisi...
Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.govMay 26(source)
Just one week after tobacco giant Reynolds donated $5 million to MAGA Inc. and dined with Trump at his golf club, President Trump directed FDA to authorize the sale of flavored vapes. This corruption is poisoning our kids and unleashing a new wave of addiction on America.
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Voting History
844 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.

DateBillQuestionPositionParty MajAlign?Result
2025-05-13—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (52-46)
2025-05-12—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-45)
2025-05-12—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (52-45)
2025-05-12—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-47)
2025-05-08S. 1582 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateNONO✓Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (48-49, 3/5 majority required)
2025-05-08H.J. Res. 60 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Joint Resolution Passed (50-43)
2025-05-08S.J. Res. 7 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Joint Resolution Passed (50-38)
2025-05-07S.J. Res. 13 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Joint Resolution Passed (52-47)
2025-05-06H.J. Res. 60 (119th)Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (53-47)
2025-05-06S.J. Res. 7 (119th)Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (53-47)
2025-05-06—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (53-47)
2025-05-06S.J. Res. 13 (119th)Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (53-46)
2025-05-06H.J. Res. 61 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Joint Resolution Passed (55-45)
2025-05-05H.J. Res. 61 (119th)Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-43)
2025-05-01—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (50-45)
2025-05-01S.J. Res. 31 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Joint Resolution Passed (52-46)
2025-05-01H.J. Res. 75 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Joint Resolution Passed (52-45)
2025-04-30S.J. Res. 31 (119th)Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-40)
2025-04-30S.J. Res. 49 (119th)Kill the motionNONO✓Motion to Table Agreed to (49-49, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea)
2025-04-30S.J. Res. 49 (119th)Approve resolutionYESYES✓Joint Resolution Defeated (49-49)
2025-04-30H.J. Res. 75 (119th)Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-46)
2025-04-30H.J. Res. 42 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Joint Resolution Passed (52-46)
2025-04-29H.J. Res. 42 (119th)Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-46)
2025-04-29—Confirm nomineeYESYES✓Nomination Confirmed (83-14)
2025-04-29—End debateYESYES✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (84-13)
2025-04-29—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (60-36)
2025-04-29—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (62-36)
2025-04-29—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (59-39)
2025-04-29—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (59-39)
2025-04-29—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (67-29)
2025-04-28—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (64-27)
2025-04-11—Confirm nomineeYESNO✕↔Nomination Confirmed (60-25)
2025-04-11—End debateYESNO✕↔Cloture Motion Agreed to (60-25)
2025-04-11—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (59-26)
2025-04-11—End debateYESNO✕↔Cloture Motion Agreed to (59-25)
2025-04-10—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (50-46)
2025-04-10—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-46)
2025-04-10H.J. Res. 20 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Joint Resolution Passed (53-44)
2025-04-09H.J. Res. 20 (119th)Begin considerationNOT_VOTINGNO—Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-42)
2025-04-09—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (52-44)
2025-04-09—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (51-45)
2025-04-09—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (49-46)
2025-04-09—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (60-37)
2025-04-09—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (53-46)
2025-04-09—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-45)
2025-04-08—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-42)
2025-04-08—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-44)
2025-04-08—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (60-37)
2025-04-08—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-46)
2025-04-08—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (66-32)

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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