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Dick Durbin

Illinois · Democrat

In the Senate since 1997 · 15 Congresses served

About

Richard Joseph Durbin is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from 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.

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In the 119th Congress

Dick Durbin sits 41st from the left of 102 scored senators (2 of them since left office, marked "former" below). Ringed below; the rest of the chamber is faded.

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Most looked up (Wikipedia) · 101 members

Sen. Jon OssoffD-GASen. Mitch McConnellR-KYSen. Bernie SandersI-VTSen. Darline GrahamR-SCSen. John KennedyR-LASen. John FettermanD-PASen. Ted CruzR-TXSen. Chuck GrassleyR-IASen. Josh HawleyR-MOSen. Mark KellyD-AZSen. Susan CollinsR-MESen. Chuck SchumerD-NYSen. Cory BookerD-NJSen. Ashley MoodyR-FLSen. Jon HustedR-OHSen. Elissa SlotkinD-MISen. Amy KlobucharD-MNSen. Elizabeth WarrenD-MASen. Marsha BlackburnR-TNSen. Tommy TubervilleR-ALSen. John CornynR-TXSen. Rand PaulR-KYSen. Bernie MorenoR-OHSen. Ed MarkeyD-MASen. Raphael WarnockD-GASen. Rick ScottR-FLSen. John ThuneR-SDSen. Adam SchiffD-CASen. Tom CottonR-ARSen. Tim ScottR-SCSen. Richard BlumenthalD-CTSen. Dan SullivanR-AKSen. Roger MarshallR-KSSen. Kirsten GillibrandD-NYSen. Thom TillisR-NCSen. Mark WarnerD-VASen. Dave McCormickR-PASen. Jeanne ShaheenD-NHSen. Chris Van HollenD-MDSen. Ruben GallegoD-AZSen. Gary PetersD-MISen. Chris MurphyD-CTSen. Tim KaineD-VASen. Lisa MurkowskiR-AKSen. Tammy DuckworthD-ILSen. Katie BrittR-ALSen. Bill CassidyR-LASen. Angus KingI-MESen. Alex PadillaD-CASen. Jim JusticeR-WVSen. Pete RickettsR-NESen. Joni ErnstR-IASen. Sheldon WhitehouseD-RISen. Patty MurrayD-WASen. Tammy BaldwinD-WISen. Tim SheehyR-MTSen. Ron JohnsonR-WISen. Michael BennetD-COSen. Chris CoonsD-DESen. Eric SchmittR-MOSen. John HickenlooperD-COSen. Andy KimD-NJSen. Mike LeeR-UTSen. Ron WydenD-ORSen. Maggie HassanD-NHSen. Tina SmithD-MNSen. Bill HagertyR-TNSen. Peter WelchD-VTSen. Jim RischR-IDSen. Alan ArmstrongR-OKSen. Angela AlsobrooksD-MDSen. John BarrassoR-WYSen. Shelley Moore CapitoR-WVSen. Mazie HironoD-HISen. Ted BuddR-NCSen. Jack ReedD-RISen. Cindy Hyde-SmithR-MSSen. Brian SchatzD-HISen. Maria CantwellD-WASen. Cynthia LummisR-WYSen. Jeff MerkleyD-ORSen. John CurtisR-UTSen. Todd YoungR-INSen. Catherine Cortez MastoD-NVSen. Lisa Blunt RochesterD-DESen. Steve DainesR-MTSen. Jim BanksR-INSen. Ben Ray LujánD-NMSen. James LankfordR-OKSen. Jerry MoranR-KSSen. Martin HeinrichD-NMSen. Roger WickerR-MSSen. Jacky RosenD-NVSen. John BoozmanR-ARSen. Mike RoundsR-SDSen. Mike CrapoR-IDSen. Deb FischerR-NESen. John HoevenR-NDSen. Kevin CramerR-NDSen. Lindsey GrahamR-SC (fmr)Sen. Markwayne MullinR-OK (fmr)

Ideological trajectory · dimension 1 by Congress

Dick Durbin's per-Congress position (nokken–poole), against the party mean.

-0.50-0.251997200320092015202120252019: -0.292019: -0.36

Illinois delegation · both senators on dimension 1

Dick Durbin and their seatmate, gap 0.15. All 50 delegations →

-1.0-0.50.00.51.0IllinoisDurbin -0.26Duckworth -0.410.15

Committee memberships

Dick Durbin’s 3 committee assignments in the 119th Congress ranked by seniority. Each row also shows how Dick Durbin’s own position compares to that committee’s overall blend.

JudiciaryRanking Member
21 members · seniority rank 1
Δ 0.41 from center
▸Serves on 1 subcommittee
  • Crime and CounterterrorismRanking Member
    10 members
Appropriations
28 members · seniority rank 2
Δ 0.29 from center
▸Serves on 6 subcommittees
  • Department of Defense
    17 members
  • Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
    17 members
  • Energy and Water Development
    17 members
  • Financial Services and General Government
    10 members
  • State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
    14 members
  • Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
    16 members
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
23 members · seniority rank 4
Δ 0.34 from center
▸Serves on 2 subcommittees
  • Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade
    13 members
  • Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety
    13 members
Dick Durbin’s own positionCommittee’s blended position

Laws Dick Durbin sponsored or cosponsored

Every public law that Dick Durbin sponsored or cosponsored, newest first. Each law shows the part Dick Durbin played, the policy area, and its closest recorded final-passage vote. Only bills that became law appear: most bills a member sponsors never do.

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    Data notes

    Public laws from the 93rd Congress (1973) on, from Congress.gov and GovInfo bill data, listed under the bill that was enacted. Cosponsors who withdrew are not counted. “Major” follows David Mayhew’s list of important enactments, which stops at the 118th Congress; later laws are not yet assessed. Votes and policy areas are as on the Laws page.

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