Senator Dick Durbin

This week, the Appropriations Committee advanced funding bills for Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, as well as Defense. @duckworth.senate.gov and I secured many IL priorities in these bills and I’ll continue to push for their inclusion in the final package.

Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after the release of weak jobs report Without evidence, Trump called the data "rigged" and implied that BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer manipulated the numbers "for political purposes."

President Trump just fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because he didn’t like that the jobs report was weak—a direct result of his chaotic trade wars. than expected.

Utterly reckless, and a chilling reminder of his autocratic tendencies.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting, funder of NPR and PBS, says it will end operations within months after federal budget cuts The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a nonprofit that provides funds to public radio and TV stations, including NPR and PBS.

In voting for the rescissions package to claw back congressionally approved public broadcasting funds, Republicans chose to side with President Trump instead of their constituents.

These are the consequences.

Pres. Trump has illegally frozen & cut billions of dollars in NIH-approved medical research that gives patients hope.

This week, I offered an amendment to reinstate unjustly terminated NIH research—restoring critical funding to find new cures and treatments.

Republicans voted it down.

BREAKING: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced today that they will soon be shutting down.

This is devastating.

Communities are being left in the dark because Republicans voted to claw back federal funds to public broadcasting.

U.S. Hiring Slowed Sharply Over the Summer July’s report ​suggests that pockets of weakness in the labor market are starting to take hold. The unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.2%.

President Trump’s tariffs aren’t “Making America Great Again,” they’re hurting our economy.

Today’s job report shows a major slowdown in job growth and rising unemployment.

Ryne “Ryno” Sandberg won the 1990 Home Run Derby at Wrigley Field, and today, I’m thrilled to announce the return of the All-Star Game to Wrigley Field since that year.

There's no better way to honor Sandberg’s legacy.

We were steps away from a constitutional crisis when Donald Trump tried overturning the 2020 presidential election.
 
Jeffrey Clark enabled the Big Lie. 
 
Our “Subverting Justice” investigation was the first to outline just how unethical he was. 
 
He should be disbarred.

We were steps away from a constitutional crisis when Donald Trump tried overturning the 2020 presidential election.
 
Jeffrey Clark enabled the Big Lie. 
 
Our “Subverting Justice” investigation was the first to outline just how unethical he was. 
 
He should be disbarred.

BREAKING: The DC Bar just recommended Jeffrey Clark, an election denier and architect of Donald Trump’s Big Lie, be disbarred, following our investigation.

I introduced a resolution to draw needed attention to the deeply troubling and continued human rights abuses in Eritrea and the Eritrean people’s aspirations for basic democratic freedoms.

Big Pharma's patent schemes make life-saving prescription drug prices more expensive.

I introduced the bipartisan REMEDY Act with Senator Cassidy to promote competition and lower costs for patients by removing barriers to FDA approval for generic drugs.

Russian Pres. Putin still doesn’t seem to be getting the message from Pres. Trump. In fact, as has been obvious to all, Putin has been ignoring Pres. Trump all year.

It is long past time to pass the bipartisan sanctions bill on Russia given its relentless war on Ukraine.

Thousands of visitors take advantage of the unique ecosystems, hiking trails, and beautiful views of the Shawnee National Forest.

My Shawnee National Forest Conservation Act will protect more than 13,000 acres of one of IL’s richest natural resources for future generations of Illinoisans.

The tiniest of babies cannot even access formula and risk heartbreaking death. Humanitarian aid must start immediately. It is within Israel’s capability to do that and there is no excuse if they don’t.

But Prime Minister Netanyahu has gone too far. The humanitarian conditions in Gaza are appalling, unconscionable, and cruel. Following his nearly 3-month blockade of humanitarian assistance, three-quarters of the population in Gaza are facing emergency or catastrophic levels of hunger.

The terrorist attack of October 7 was truly horrific and the Hamas terrorist group, which is dedicated to the destruction of Israel, should be eliminated. I have previously voted for military assistance to Israel throughout my congressional career to protect it from the threats which it faces daily.

Last night, I voted to block arms sales to Israel.

Here's why. 🧵

I said that Senate Republicans would own the consequences of confirming Emil Bove.

Yet another whistleblower has come forward, providing information about Bove’s involvement in pardons of January 6 rioters.

BREAKING: A FOURTH whistleblower has come forward with information about Emil Bove, a Trump judicial nominee who Senate Republicans rubberstamped yesterday.

Bove helped orchestrate the blanket pardons of violent January 6 rioters.

The Voting Rights Act was last reauthorized in 2006.

Republicans and Democrats *unanimously* passed the bill.

That bipartisan support has seemingly disappeared.

For 60 years, Medicare & Medicaid have supported America’s seniors, low-income adults, children, pregnant women, people with disabilities, and rural hospitals.

As the Trump Administration continues to slash Medicaid, today is a reminder of what we must continue to fight for.

Pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

He is a terrible choice for the Third Circuit, and I think it’s a dire mistake by my Republican colleagues to confirm him for a lifetime position on the federal bench.

One whistleblower not only provided evidence of Mr. Bove’s failure to fulfill his ethical obligations as a lawyer, but also demonstrated that his activities are part of a broader pattern by President Trump and his allies to undermine the Justice Department’s commitment to the rule of law.

He even ordered prosecutors to dismiss charges against Eric Adams for blatantly corrupt reasons.

On top of this, three whistleblowers have come forward to shine further light on Mr. Bove’s alleged misconduct.

Mr. Bove even made the outrageous claim that the prosecutions of January 6 rioters were ‘a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated upon the American people.’ He doubled down on this sentiment during his confirmation process—and further insulted the law enforcement officers.

Mr. Bove’s primary qualification appears to be his blind loyalty to this President. As Acting Deputy Attorney General, Mr. Bove personally ordered the terminations of dozens of career federal prosecutors who worked to put violent January 6 offenders behind bars.

Senate Republicans just voted to confirm Emil Bove, a terrible choice for the federal bench. 🧵

The troubling history of Emil Bove:

Tried to strike a corrupt bargain with Mayor Eric Adams.
Fired January 6th prosecutors.
Said the DOJ would have to say “f*** you” to federal courts.

He's not fit for the federal bench.