Senator Richard Durbin
Democrat · IL (Senate) · Senate Minority Whip
Basics
- Chamber
- senate
- Party
- Democrat
- State
- IL
- Class
- —
- Rank
- senior
Contact & office
- Office
- 711 Hart Senate Office Building
- Address
- 711 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Identifiers
- Bioguide
- D000563
- OSID
- N00004981
- C-SPAN
- 6741
- PVS
- —
Committees
- Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade (Member)
- Crime and Counterterrorism (Ranking Member)
- Department of Defense (Member)
- Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (Member)
- Energy and Water Development (Member)
- Financial Services and General Government (Member)
- Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety (Member)
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Member)
- Senate Committee on Appropriations (Member)
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary (Ranking Member)
- State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (Member)
- Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (Member)
Sponsored bills (recent)
- S. 3768 — A bill to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct a grant competition for the development of single- and multi-family homes, and for other purposes. · 2026-02-03
- S. 3757 — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish fair and consistent eligibility requirements for graduate medical schools operating outside the United States and Canada. · 2026-02-02
- S. 3707 — A bill to provide for a wage differential program to support new nursing school faculty members. · 2026-01-27
- S. 3706 — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the provision of produce prescriptions to veterans, and for other purposes. · 2026-01-27
- S. 3677 — A bill to improve transparency and the availability of information regarding dietary supplements by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require manufacturers of dietary supplements to list dietary supplements with the Food and Drug Administration. · 2026-01-15
- S.Res. 568 — A resolution recognizing the schools selected as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2025 and celebrating the history of the Blue Ribbon Schools Program. · 2025-12-18
- S. 3569 — S.T.O.P. Illicit Vapes Act · 2025-12-18
- S. 3482 — First Step Implementation Act of 2025 · 2025-12-15
- S. 3484 — A bill to amend section 3634 of title 18, United States Code, to extend the period for First Step Act reports. · 2025-12-15
- S. 3485 — Safer Detention Act of 2025 · 2025-12-15
Votes (recent)
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Charles Lea to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee: Brian Charles Lea, of Tennessee, to be United Stat… · Nay · 2026-02-04
- On the Nomination PN726-2: Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri · Nay · 2026-02-04
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Megan Blair Benton to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri: Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be United Stat… · Nay · 2026-02-04
- On the Nomination PN726-12: Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska · Yea · 2026-02-04
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Christian Peterson to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Alaska: Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United Stat… · Yea · 2026-02-03
- On the Nomination PN726-6: Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas · Nay · 2026-02-03
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nicholas Jon Ganjei to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas: Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be United States … · Nay · 2026-02-03
- On the Nomination PN726-5: David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas · Yea · 2026-02-03
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Clay Fowlkes to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas: David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be Un… · Yea · 2026-02-02
- H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 · Yea · 2026-01-30
District / state context
- Population
- 12757634
- Median income
- 78433
- Poverty rate
- 11.8
- State
- Illinois
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