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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Feb 5, 2025

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 468 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Feb 5, 2025

it is not unusual in this job of ours in the U.S. Senate to run into a reporter in the hallway. It happens all the time. They are trying to write a story, and they want to ask a question or two to get a quote, possibly, for the story…

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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Feb 5, 2025

unlike Donald Trump, Illinois follows the law

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Feb 4, 2025

Because it's home. This is their home. This is their ancestors' home. It's where, you know, they're part of -- they're part of the land.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Feb 4, 2025

I mean, it was absolutely outrageous. It's -- it's coming. It's falling on, on ears that have been really hearing all these, you know, hopes for a cease and for rebuilding and for this to come after a year and a half of bombing and…

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Sean Casten
@seancasten· Democratic · IL· Feb 4, 2025

The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance defines anti-Semitism, in part, as using symbols and images associated with anti-Semitism and denying the intentionality of the genocide of the Jewish people by Nazi Germany. Here is Elon…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Feb 4, 2025

last week, I came to the floor to talk about the chaos that has been created by the announced proposed freeze on Federal funding and loans. I want to share a few stories about what I have seen and heard since I spoke on the floor last…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Feb 4, 2025

shortly, Senate Republicans will confirm the nomination of Pam Bondi to serve as Attorney General and lead the Department of Justice in the new administration. Yesterday, I came to the Senate floor to discuss the Trump administration's…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Feb 3, 2025

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 59, nays 38, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 30 Ex.] YEAS--59 Banks Barrasso Bennet Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito…

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Sean Casten
@seancasten· Democratic · IL· Feb 3, 2025

Why bother even being a Senator if you think Tulsi Gabbard is fit for DNI?

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Feb 3, 2025

I announce that the senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 29 Leg.] YEAS--51 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Feb 3, 2025

on another equally important matter, this week, the Senate will vote on the nomination of Pam Bondi to serve as Attorney General. Given the Trump administration's ongoing purge of Justice Department officials, I urge my colleagues to look…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Feb 3, 2025

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 31 Ex.] YEAS--52 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Feb 3, 2025

2 weeks. It has been 2 weeks with the new President. The inauguration seems so far in the distant past. It is hard to believe. What this administration has tried to do during the first 2 weeks is almost impossible to describe in a very…

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David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod· Democratic · IL· Feb 3, 2025

Donald Trump doesn't believe in rules and laws and norms or institutions. He doesn't believe them domestically. He doesn't believe in them internationally and he has defied them to get to this point and back to the presidency.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Feb 3, 2025

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 367 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

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David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod· Democratic · IL· Feb 2, 2025

There's a cost to U.S. credibility and there's a cost to Trump's credibility by bluffing like this and then pulling back.

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