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Dick Durbin

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Richard Durbin, commonly known as Dick Durbin, is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Illinois since 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he has held various leadership roles, including Senate Majority Whip. Durbin has been a prominent advocate for issues such as healthcare reform, immigration policy, and gun control. He has also played a significant role in negotiations on budget and appropriations matters in the Senate.

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Jul 13, 2022

I announce that the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) are…

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Jul 13, 2022

I announce that the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) are…

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Jul 13, 2022

I announce that the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) are…

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Jul 13, 2022

for the information of the Senate, there will be two rollcall votes starting at 2:30 p.m. today. They will be on the confirmation of the Barr nomination to be Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve and the motion to invoke cloture on the…

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Jul 13, 2022

I announce that the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) are…

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Jul 13, 2022

I have nine requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

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Jul 13, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There begin no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record as follows: S. 4520 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

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Jul 13, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate vote at 2:30 p.m. on the confirmation of Executive Calendar No. 976. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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Jul 12, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be agreed to and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

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Jul 12, 2022

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:19 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at 10:30 a.m…

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Jul 12, 2022

I announce that the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) are necessarily absent.

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Jul 12, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Con. Res. 42, which was submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative…

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Jul 12, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Peters). Without objection, it is so ordered. The majority whip.

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Jul 12, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 703, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A…

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Jul 12, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration and that the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 653. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant…

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Jul 12, 2022

I have seven requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a) of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

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Jul 12, 2022

last month the Supreme Court completed one of its most consequential and, in many ways, disastrous terms in American history, issuing a flurry of decisions that have upended our constitutional landscape. In the scope of just a few weeks…

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Jul 12, 2022

today, the Senate will vote on Steve Dettelbach's nomination to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives--better known as ATF. As I said on the floor yesterday, after describing in horrifying detail the mass shooting…

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Jul 12, 2022

for the information of the Senate, the first rollcall votes of the day will begin at 11:30 a.m. ____________________

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Jul 12, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 13; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved…

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Jul 12, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that all postcloture time on the Barr nomination be considered expired at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow, Wednesday, July 13. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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Jul 12, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution…

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Jul 12, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

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Jul 11, 2022

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order following the remarks of Senator Portman. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Ohio.

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Jul 11, 2022

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 968. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The bill clerk read the nomination of…

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