Sen. Durbin, Richard J.

Democrat · Illinois · Senate

Richard Joseph Durbin is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from the state of Illinois, a seat he has held since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Durbin is in his fifth Senate term and has served since 2005 as the Senate Democratic Whip and since 2025 as the Senate minority whip. He is the longest-serving Democratic whip since the position was established in 1913. Durbin chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2021 to 2025, and led the Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court nomination hearings.

Voting record

• Participation: shows up to vote 97% of the time.
• Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 26.7% of the time.
• Alignment with the district's political lean: 60.5%.
• Bills sponsored: 250; passed into law: 0.

Recent votes by Sen. Durbin, Richard J.

• Voted Yea on Study health career training grant outcomes — Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
• Voted Nay on Tighten financial sanctions on Russia over Ukraine — CHIPS and Science Act of 2022
• Voted Yea on Increase Medicare and Medicaid payments to rural hospitals — Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
• Voted Nay on Speaker reserves procedural placeholder for House — Secure the Border Act of 2023
• Voted Yea on Exempts active military pay from income tax — National Defense Authorization Act FY2024
• Voted Yea on Procedural placeholder reserved for Speaker — Lower Drug Costs Now Act
• Voted Yea on Raises passenger fees for airport improvements — Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
• Voted Nay on Speaker reserves bill number for future legislation — Parents Bill of Rights Act
• Voted Yea on Require Muslim Brotherhood foreign terrorist designation — Clean Energy for America Act
• Voted Nay on Eliminates funding for National Endowment for Humanities — Social Security Fairness Act
• Voted Yea on Extends federal funding through early 2025 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
• Voted Nay on Close loophole for large independent banks — Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act
• Voted Yea on Shortens wetland disposal ban periods — FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
• Voted Yea on Boosts crime victims fund with settlement money — A bill to deposit certain funds into the Crime Victims Fund, to waive matching requirements, and for other purposes.
• Voted Yea on Raises federal borrowing limit by $2.5 trillion — A joint resolution joint resolution relating to increasing the debt limit.

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