U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)
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Quigley, Durbin, Kelly Join Fta Administrator Nuria Fernandez to Announce $1.9 Billion for Red Line Extension Project
On September 8, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), Robin Kelly (D-IL-02), and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Administrator Nuria Fernandez today to announce that the Red Line Extension (RLE) project has entered the engineering phase of FTA’s Capital Investment Grants program, with a $1.947 billion federal funding commitment from the FTA, which is roughly 50 percent of the project’s cost and one of the largest New Starts awards in the history of the program.
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Former ethics official under Kim Foxx, who quietly walked away from Smollett debacle, nominated as next U.S. Attorney for Northern District
President Joe Biden has nominated April Perry, a former official with the Cook County State’s Attorney Office, to be the next U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois
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Ford: ‘They have been treated inhumanely by the same government that is making efforts to provide good care to the asylum seekers’
State Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago) is supporting residents in traditionally Black communities where undocumented immigrants are being settled.
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Durbin, Duckworth, Democratic Members of Illinois Delegation Again Urge Census Bureau to Correct Illinois Undercount in Its Ongoing Population Estimates
Following up on their previous letter and meeting with Census Bureau Director, the lawmakers emphasized the repercussions of undercounting Illinoisans
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Ramirez, Durbin, Duckworth, Garcia Announce $8 Million for Rail Safety in Franklin Park
Chicago, IL – U.S. Representative Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3), U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and U.S. Representative Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4) on June 5, announced $8 million in funding through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program for Franklin Park, Illinois, to complete project development and final design for a grade separation of Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) tracks through the Village while closing one or more at-grade crossings.
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García, Ramirez, Durbin, Duckworth Announce $8 Million For Rail Safety in Franklin Park
CHICAGO — Representatives Jesús “Chuy" García (IL-04) and Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03) as well as Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) on June 5, announced $8 million in funding through the U.S.
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Rep. Robin Kelly and U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth Introduce Bicameral “Wear Orange” Resolution In Observance of National Gun Violence Awareness Month
WASHINGTON, D.C.– On June 2, 2023, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced the Wear Orange Resolution, which supports the designation of June 2nd, 2023, as “National Gun Violence Awareness Day” and June 2023 as “National Gun Violence Awareness Month.”
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Rep. Robin Kelly and Senator Richard Blumenthal Introduce Legislation to Stop Dangerous Gun Marketing
On May 18, U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced legislation directing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to study the dangers posed by unfair and deceptive marketing and advertising practices conducted by the gun industry.
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Duckworth, Durbin Lead Illinois Delegation Members Supporting New Medical Research Hub Being Located in Chicagoland
Illinois Congressional Delegation highlights Chicago’s health equity, logistics and research benefits
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Duckworth, Durbin and Quigley Announce $200 Million for CTA Railcar Replacement
U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL-05) today announced $200,000,000 in federal funding for the Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) railcar replacement efforts.
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Rep. Kelly, Senators Duckworth, Durbin Introduce Two Bills to Increase Youth Employment Opportunities
On April 27, 2023, U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL-02), along with U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), reintroduced two bills to expand and increase access to employment opportunities for underserved youth.
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House Democrats demand Justice Clarence Thomas to resign over ethics concern
“We have a judicial system that lets off the wealthy and the well-connected and punishes poor and vulnerable people,” said U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, D-IL.
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Quigley Seeks $75 Million for DNC Security Funding
On April 28, 2023 , U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Appropriations Committee,led members of the Illinois delegation in a letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, and Science calling for the allocation of $150 million for the 2024 presidential candidate nominating conventions.
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'No one is above the law': House Democrats call on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign
House Democrats called on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign Wednesday following reports that he accepted lavish trips and gifts from a prominent Republican donor for more than 20 years without disclosing them.
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Durbin, Duckworth not among Democrat lawmakers donating money from Franken's PAC, state GOP says
The waning months of 2017 have seen a rash of sexual harassment allegations surfacing, and U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) is one of the more recent notable people to have these allegations brought against them.