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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 · 126 sponsored · 340 cosponsored
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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

The Trump Administration is planning to pay $160,000 to burn $9.7 million worth of contraceptives and other medical supplies. They’d rather burn and waste money than help thousands of women in need. Shameful.
Crypto investments lack transparency and are far too volatile to serve as retirement investment tools. The President's executive order will jeopardize Americans’ hard-earned retirement savings. Hard-working Americans deserve retirement security.
BREAKING: I joined my Senate colleagues in a letter to EPA Admin. Zeldin urging him to reverse course on the Agency’s plan to gut power plant pollution standards. This would allow unchecked poisonous emissions into our air that would cause health issues for American families.
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.
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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
2025-02-06Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (52-47)
2025-02-06Kill the motionNONOMotion to Table Agreed to (52-47)
2025-02-06Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (53-47)
2025-02-05End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-47)
2025-02-05Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (55-44)
2025-02-04End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (55-45)
2025-02-04Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (54-46)
2025-02-04Confirm nomineeYESNONomination Confirmed (77-23)
2025-02-03End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (52-46)
2025-02-03Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (59-38)
2025-02-03Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (51-46)
2025-01-30End debateYESYESCloture Motion Agreed to (83-13)
2025-01-30End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (62-35)
2025-01-30Confirm nomineeYESYESNomination Confirmed (80-17)
2025-01-29End debateNOYESCloture Motion Agreed to (78-20)
2025-01-29Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (56-42)
2025-01-29End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (56-42)
2025-01-28H.R. 23 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateNONOCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (54-45, 3/5 majority required)
2025-01-28Confirm nomineeNOYESNomination Confirmed (77-22)
2025-01-27End debateYESYESCloture Motion Agreed to (97-0)
2025-01-27Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (68-29)
2025-01-25End debateNOT_VOTINGNOCloture Motion Agreed to (67-23)
2025-01-25Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (59-34)
2025-01-24End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (61-39)
2025-01-24Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (50-50, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea)
2025-01-23End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (51-49)
2025-01-23Confirm nomineeYESNONomination Confirmed (74-25)
2025-01-23End debateYESNOCloture Motion Agreed to (72-26)
2025-01-22S. 6 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateNONOCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (52-47, 3/5 majority required)
2025-01-21Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (53-45)
2025-01-21Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (54-46)
2025-01-20Confirm nomineeYESYESNomination Confirmed (99-0)
2025-01-20S. 5 (119th)Final passageNONOBill Passed (64-35)
2025-01-20S. 5 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONOAmendment Agreed to (75-24)
2025-01-17S. 5 (119th)End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (61-35, 3/5 majority required)
2025-01-15S. 5 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (46-49)
2025-01-15S. 5 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONOAmendment Agreed to (70-25)
2025-01-13S. 5 (119th)Begin considerationYESYESMotion to Proceed Agreed to (82-10)
2025-01-09S. 5 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateYESYESCloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (84-9, 3/5 majority required)

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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