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At a Glance
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 — 789
Yes34%
No63%
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 · 125 sponsored · 338 cosponsored
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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

It’s been 60 years since the Voting Rights Act was signed into law. Today, we continue the fight to protect our fundamental right to vote in America. It’s time we pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
President Trump is not only raising your electric bill, he’s also canceling funds that help Americans afford low-cost solar energy. This Administration’s reckless policies continue to hurt working families while helping billionaires get richer.
BREAKING: GAO concludes that President Trump is illegally withholding billions of NIH dollars from medical researchers. These unacceptable freezes will put new treatments & cures for patients out of reach. It must end now.
John Lewis once said to “fight the good fight.” Democratic Texas legislators are answering this call by leaving their state to prevent Republican-led efforts to redraw congressional districts at President Trump’s behest. They’re fighting for Texans and for our democracy.
This week, the Appropriations Committee advanced funding bills for Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, as well as Defense. @duckworth.senate.gov and I secured many IL priorities in these bills and I’ll continue to push for their inclusion in the final package.
President Trump just fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because he didn’t like that the jobs report was weak—a direct result of his chaotic trade wars. than expected. Utterly reckless, and a chilling reminder of his autocratic tendencies.
In voting for the rescissions package to claw back congressionally approved public broadcasting funds, Republicans chose to side with President Trump instead of their constituents. These are the consequences.
Pres. Trump has illegally frozen & cut billions of dollars in NIH-approved medical research that gives patients hope. This week, I offered an amendment to reinstate unjustly terminated NIH research—restoring critical funding to find new cures and treatments. Republicans voted it down.
BREAKING: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced today that they will soon be shutting down. This is devastating. Communities are being left in the dark because Republicans voted to claw back federal funds to public broadcasting.
Ryne “Ryno” Sandberg won the 1990 Home Run Derby at Wrigley Field, and today, I’m thrilled to announce the return of the All-Star Game to Wrigley Field since that year. There's no better way to honor Sandberg’s legacy.
We were steps away from a constitutional crisis when Donald Trump tried overturning the 2020 presidential election.   Jeffrey Clark enabled the Big Lie.    Our “Subverting Justice” investigation was the first to outline just how unethical he was.    He should be disbarred.
We were steps away from a constitutional crisis when Donald Trump tried overturning the 2020 presidential election.   Jeffrey Clark enabled the Big Lie.    Our “Subverting Justice” investigation was the first to outline just how unethical he was.    He should be disbarred.
BREAKING: The DC Bar just recommended Jeffrey Clark, an election denier and architect of Donald Trump’s Big Lie, be disbarred, following our investigation.
I introduced a resolution to draw needed attention to the deeply troubling and continued human rights abuses in Eritrea and the Eritrean people’s aspirations for basic democratic freedoms.
Big Pharma's patent schemes make life-saving prescription drug prices more expensive. I introduced the bipartisan REMEDY Act with Senator Cassidy to promote competition and lower costs for patients by removing barriers to FDA approval for generic drugs.
Russian Pres. Putin still doesn’t seem to be getting the message from Pres. Trump. In fact, as has been obvious to all, Putin has been ignoring Pres. Trump all year. It is long past time to pass the bipartisan sanctions bill on Russia given its relentless war on Ukraine.
Thousands of visitors take advantage of the unique ecosystems, hiking trails, and beautiful views of the Shawnee National Forest. My Shawnee National Forest Conservation Act will protect more than 13,000 acres of one of IL’s richest natural resources for future generations of Illinoisans.
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Voting History
789 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
2025-05-08H.J. Res. 60 (119th)Approve resolutionNONOJoint Resolution Passed (50-43)
2025-05-08S.J. Res. 7 (119th)Approve resolutionNONOJoint Resolution Passed (50-38)
2025-05-07S.J. Res. 13 (119th)Approve resolutionNONOJoint Resolution Passed (52-47)
2025-05-06H.J. Res. 60 (119th)Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (53-47)
2025-05-06S.J. Res. 7 (119th)Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (53-47)
2025-05-06Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (53-47)
2025-05-06S.J. Res. 13 (119th)Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (53-46)
2025-05-06H.J. Res. 61 (119th)Approve resolutionNONOJoint Resolution Passed (55-45)
2025-05-05H.J. Res. 61 (119th)Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (51-43)
2025-05-01End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (50-45)
2025-05-01S.J. Res. 31 (119th)Approve resolutionNONOJoint Resolution Passed (52-46)
2025-05-01H.J. Res. 75 (119th)Approve resolutionNONOJoint Resolution Passed (52-45)
2025-04-30S.J. Res. 31 (119th)Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (52-40)
2025-04-30S.J. Res. 49 (119th)Kill the motionNONOMotion to Table Agreed to (49-49, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea)
2025-04-30S.J. Res. 49 (119th)Approve resolutionYESYESJoint Resolution Defeated (49-49)
2025-04-30H.J. Res. 75 (119th)Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (52-46)
2025-04-30H.J. Res. 42 (119th)Approve resolutionNONOJoint Resolution Passed (52-46)
2025-04-29H.J. Res. 42 (119th)Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (52-46)
2025-04-29Confirm nomineeYESYESNomination Confirmed (83-14)
2025-04-29End debateYESYESCloture Motion Agreed to (84-13)
2025-04-29Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (60-36)
2025-04-29End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (62-36)
2025-04-29Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (59-39)
2025-04-29End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (59-39)
2025-04-29Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (67-29)
2025-04-28End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (64-27)
2025-04-11Confirm nomineeYESNONomination Confirmed (60-25)
2025-04-11End debateYESNOCloture Motion Agreed to (60-25)
2025-04-11Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (59-26)
2025-04-11End debateYESNOCloture Motion Agreed to (59-25)
2025-04-10Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (50-46)
2025-04-10End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (51-46)
2025-04-10H.J. Res. 20 (119th)Approve resolutionNONOJoint Resolution Passed (53-44)
2025-04-09H.J. Res. 20 (119th)Begin considerationNOT_VOTINGNOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (52-42)
2025-04-09Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (52-44)
2025-04-09Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (51-45)
2025-04-09Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (49-46)
2025-04-09Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (60-37)
2025-04-09Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (53-46)
2025-04-09End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (51-45)
2025-04-08End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (51-42)
2025-04-08End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (52-44)
2025-04-08End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (60-37)
2025-04-08End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-46)
2025-04-08Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (66-32)
2025-04-08End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (67-32)
2025-04-08Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (54-45)
2025-04-07End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-39)
2025-04-05H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (48-51)
2025-04-05H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Accept House changesNONOConcurrent Resolution Agreed to (51-48)

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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