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Dick Durbin: Nothing in this legislation will help struggling American families with the cost of gas, groceries, housing, or health…

On the recordJune 5, 2026
Nothing in this legislation will help struggling American families with the cost of gas, groceries, housing, or health care. But Republicans are adamant about funding one of President Trump’s most unpopular issues: mass deportation. Americans are outraged at his overreaching anti-immigrant campaign that doesn’t target the ‘worst of the worst,’ and I urge Republicans to at least support these commonsense amendments to establish basic guardrails on an unruly President.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Response to Senate Republicans' reconciliation bill

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