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He became the first senator from Illinois to serve as a Senate Whip since Everett Dirksen in the late 1950s, and the fifth to serve in Senate leadership. [19] Durbin served as assistant minority leader from 2005 to 2007, when the Democrats became the majority party in the Senate.
1 day ago · Dick Durbin (born November 21, 1944, East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S.) is an American politician who represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives (1983–97) and in the U.S. Senate (1997– ), where he served as the Democratic majority whip (2005–15) and minority whip (2015– ).
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Below is an abbreviated outline of Durbin's academic, professional, and political career: 1. 1997-Present: U.S. Senator from Illinois 1.1. 2005-Present: Senate Democratic Whip 2. 1983-1997: U.S. House of RepresentativesIllinois, 20th District 3. 1972-1982: Legal counsel to Illinois State Senate Judiciary Committee 4. 1969-1972: Legal counsel to Ill...
Selection as Senate majority whip
1. 1.1. See also: U.S. Senate leadership elections, 2023 Durbin was re-elected to be Senate majority whip in the 118th Congresswhen Senate Democrats held their leadership elections on December 8, 2022. He was re-elected without opposition.
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Ideology and leadership
1. 1.1. See also: GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Durbin was a "moderate Democratic leader," as of July 22, 2014. This was the same rating Durbin received in June 2013.
Like-minded colleagues
The website OpenCongresstracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.
Lifetime voting record
1. 1.1. See also: Lifetime voting records of United States Senators and Representatives According to the website GovTrack,Dick Durbin missed 55 of 6,002 roll call votes from January 1997 to September 2015. This amounts to 0.9 percent, which is better than the median of 1.6 percent among current senators as of September 2015.
Nov 20, 2021 · Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., says he believes the Senate will pass President Biden's spending bill before the end of the year. The House passed the bill on Friday, sending it to the 50-50...
Dec 9, 2022 · Published December 9, 2022 at 2:28 PM CST. Print. Durbin for Senate. Senator Dick Durbin will continue to be the number two ranking Democrat in the U-S Senate. Durbin was unanimously reelected this week as Senate Majority Whip for the upcoming congress, a position he’s held since 2005.
