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    reelection campaign. Durbin adopted the nickname "Dick", which he did not previously use, after Douglas mistakenly called him by that name. Durbin earned his J...
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  • Dodd–Frank financial reform legislation in 2010, as a last-minute addition by Dick Durbin, a senator from Illinois, after whom the amendment is named. After the...
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    Dick Durbin, who had been Senate Minority Whip since 2015, won reelection to a fifth term in office, defeating Republican nominee Mark Curran. Durbin...
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  • from 2001 to 2009 Dick Clark (Iowa politician) (1928–2023), American politician and U.S. Senator from Iowa (1973–1979) Dick Durbin (born 1944), American...
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    would attain permanent residency. In April 2001, United States Senators Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) first introduced the bill in the...
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    elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin ran for re-election to a fourth term. He was unopposed in the Democratic...
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    January 3, 2007 Leader Bill Frist Preceded by Harry Reid Succeeded by Dick Durbin Chair of the Senate Rules Committee In office January 20, 2001 – June...
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    years after being sworn in on January 12, 2015, while Democratic senator Dick Durbin was re-elected with 53% of the vote. In 2016, Hillary Clinton carried...
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    colleagues also gave tributes, including Chuck Schumer, Patrick Leahy, Dick Durbin, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Grassley and Mike Lee as well as Nevada Governor...
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  • Later in the month, a bipartisan bill was introduced by US senators Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, Amy Klobuchar and Josh Hawley. The bill would allow...
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    again ran for the U.S. Senate in 2014, losing to Democratic incumbent Dick Durbin. In 2020, Oberweis ran for a third time in the 14th congressional district...
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  • Deanna Durbin (1921–2013), Canadian singer and actress Dick Durbin (born 1944), the Majority Whip for the 113th United States Senate Elisha John Durbin (1800–1887)...
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    Dick Durbin, Democratic senator from Illinois, is the current chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee....
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    third term in office. In the Democratic primary, U.S. Representative Dick Durbin emerged victorious, while state representative Al Salvi won the Republican...
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    Sen. Dick Durbin's seat". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 5, 2019. @chooselove2020 (December 3, 2019). "While our campaign to unseat Dick Durbin has...
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  • African-American senators. Illinois's current U.S. senators are Democrats Dick Durbin (serving since 1997) and Tammy Duckworth (serving since 2017). Shelby...
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    Schumer and Democratic members of the Judiciary Committee including Dick Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Richard Blumenthal, Amy Klobuchar, and Patrick Leahy...
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    Majority Leader Bill Frist, President George W. Bush, and Vice President Dick Cheney, described Daschle as the "chief obstructionist" of Bush's agenda:...
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    died in February 2000 of brain cancer. Upon her death, Illinois Senator Dick Durbin delivered a tribute to Mrs. Simon on the senate floor. Their daughter...
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  • Dodin returned to work for Senator Dick Durbin after graduation in the fall of 2006. Her early years with Durbin were spent as an aide for the United...
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    consists of 93 representatives. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) co-chair the SUC. Senator Durbin co-founded the caucus along with now-retired...
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    and had opposed Haynes' conflicts with JAG lawyers at Defense. Senator Dick Durbin asked questions of Brett Kavanaugh during his circuit court confirmation...
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    Ukraine In Senate Appropriations Hearing | U.S. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois". www.durbin.senate.gov. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023...
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    contributions to political campaigns. The organization helped Senator Dick Durbin write the Fair Elections Now Act. The Brennan Center advocated for the...
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    Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Dick Durbin sought re-election to a second term in the United States Senate. Durbin defeated Republican challenger State...
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    January 3, 2019 – February 3, 2021 Preceded by Chuck Grassley Succeeded by Dick Durbin Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 3rd...
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    from Illinois Incumbent Assumed office January 3, 2017 Serving with Dick Durbin Preceded by Mark Kirk Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee...
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  • by President Donald Trump, of which he was recommended to by Senator Dick Durbin. Koos was re-nominated by President Joe Biden in April 2022. He was finally...
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    U.S. Senator Dick Durbin sought a third term in office and faced minimal opposition from Republican Steve Sauerberg. As expected, Durbin overwhelmingly...
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    On December 12, Senator Grassley [R-IA], along with cosponsor Senator Dick Durbin [D-IL], introduced a revised version of S. 3649 as S. 3747, which preserved...
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