WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: CHICAGO U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement applauding President Biden for commuting the sentences of most individuals currently on federal death row to life imprisonment. In November, Durbin led 12 Senators in a letter to President Biden calling on him to review the cases of all individuals currently on federal d  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Congressman Danny K. Davis (IL-7) is sounding the alarm over the catastrophic impact on Illinois if the Continuing Resolution fails to pass. The state stands to lose $2.647 billion in vital federal funding for disaster relief, infrastructure projects, and economic development, jeopardizing recovery efforts and community well-being across the region. "The failure to pass the Continuing Resolution is not j  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) introduced the Protecting Foster Youth Resources Act to protect the benefits and assets of foster youth by stopping states from making disabled and orphaned foster youth pay for their own care. When child welfare entities serve as Social Security Representative Payees for foster youth, they are supposed to act as fiduciaries and use funds in the be  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) and author of the All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP) Act--celebrated the United States Senate voting by voice vote to confirm David Capozzi to serve on Amtrak's Board of Directors as the Boards' designated disability advocate--a seat created by a provision Duckworth authored and succ  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Under the leadership of Chair Durbin, the Senate Judiciary Committee held 145 full Committee hearings, 88 subcommittee hearings, and 86 executive business meetings; advanced 373 executive and judicial nominees out of Committee; and reported 56 bills out of Committee from 2021 to 2024 Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released a review of the accomplishme  more