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Richard J. Durbin

U.S. Senator (Class 2), IL

Democratic Illinois since Jan 3, 2021

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Civil Rights & Liberties 3Government Operations & Budget 3Banking & Finance 2Criminal Justice & Policing 2Foreign Policy & Trade 2Education 1Environment & Energy 1Gun Policy 1Healthcare 1Housing 1

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 2), IL current
Illinois
 Democratic Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), IL
Illinois
 Democratic Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), IL
Illinois
 Democratic Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2015 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), IL
Illinois
 Democratic Jan 7, 2003 Jan 3, 2009 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), IL
Illinois
 Democratic Jan 7, 1997 Jan 3, 2003 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-20
Illinois
 Democratic Jan 4, 1995 Jan 3, 1997 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-20
Illinois
 Democratic Jan 5, 1993 Jan 3, 1995 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-20
Illinois
 Democratic Jan 3, 1991 Jan 3, 1993 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-20
Illinois
 Democratic Jan 3, 1989 Jan 3, 1991 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-20
Illinois
 Democratic Jan 6, 1987 Jan 3, 1989 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-20
Illinois
 Democratic Jan 3, 1985 Jan 3, 1987 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-20
Illinois
 Democratic Jan 3, 1983 Jan 3, 1985 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.339, social dim. -0.313. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Confirmation: Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana Nay Mar 17, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anna St. John to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana Nay Mar 17, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. Nay Mar 12, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Yea Mar 12, 2026 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Yea Mar 11, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Scott (SC) Amdt. No. 4308, as amended Yea Mar 11, 2026 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: Amdt. No. 4308 Yea Mar 10, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd to be General in the United States Army Nay Mar 10, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd to be General in the United States Army Nay Mar 9, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. Nay Mar 5, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 104 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that… Yea Mar 4, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Yea Mar 4, 2026 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Yea Mar 2, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Ryan McCormack, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy Nay Feb 26, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Ryan McCormack to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy Nay Feb 26, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John DeLeeuw, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board Nay Feb 25, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John DeLeeuw to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board Nay Feb 25, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. Nay Feb 24, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. Nay Feb 12, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 142 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision… Nay Feb 12, 2026 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 142 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision… Nay Feb 11, 2026 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 95 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea Feb 10, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Daniel E. Burrows, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Attorney General Nay Feb 10, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Daniel E. Burrows to be an Assistant Attorney General Nay Feb 9, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Justin R. Olson, of Indiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana Nay Feb 5, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,000 recorded contributions totalling $1,579,527. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 125 of 1000 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Party 9 $505,500 32%
Big donor 114 $337,879 21%
Corporate PAC 2 $24,130 2%
Unclassified 875 $712,018 45%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$114,000 DURBIN VICTORY FUND FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEE Party Aug 2, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$89,000 DURBIN VICTORY FUND FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEE Party Sep 27, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$88,000 DURBIN VICTORY FUND FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEE Party Apr 26, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$70,000 DURBIN VICTORY FUND FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEE Party Mar 22, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$55,000 DURBIN VICTORY FUND FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEE Party Oct 18, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$41,000 DURBIN VICTORY FUND FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEE Party Jun 5, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$29,000 DURBIN VICTORY FUND FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEE Party Mar 29, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$19,000 ILLINOIS NEVADA 2023 FUND FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEE Corporate PAC Sep 27, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$14,000 DURBIN VICTORY FUND FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEE Party Jun 4, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,500 DURBIN VICTORY FUND FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEE Party Jun 25, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,130 ILLINOIS NEVADA 2023 FUND FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEE Corporate PAC Nov 8, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. PAC FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEE unclassified Apr 12, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEE unclassified May 12, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 WAY TO LEAD PAC FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEE unclassified Sep 6, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 KELLANOVA PAC FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEE unclassified Dec 12, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (9 as lead sponsor)

Social media

Recent posts

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