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U.S. Senator, Illinois · Democrat

Richard J. Durbin

419 statements indexed, set against 915 recorded votes.

915 recorded votes

  • Voted for32335.3%
  • Voted against56762.0%
  • Did not vote252.7%
97.3%
of the votes they could cast
419
statements indexed
16,548
words on the floor

Turned up for 97.3% of the votes they could have cast, below the middle of the Senate, which is 97.9%.

In plain English

Durbin voted 97 times out of every 100 they could. That is less than the middle of the Senate, which is 98.

They vote the same way as Sheldon Whitehouse more than anyone else. The two agreed 93 times out of 100.

Across the aisle they line up most with Susan M. Collins. They agreed 28 times out of 100.

The Record prints their remarks under 8 headings more than once. The list below names them.

First took office
January 7, 1997
Terms served
5 terms in the Senate
Previously
7 terms in the House
Current term
January 3, 2021 to January 3, 2027
Born
November 21, 1944

Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.

What They Spoke On

Durbin has more remarks indexed here than any other member. Immigration is the thread that recurs: six under that heading, five more under Immigration and Customs Enforcement, five under the Department of Homeland Security. Twelve fall under resolutions of congressional disapproval, and government funding and Iran account for most of the rest.

The business the Congressional Record printed their remarks under, counted, with the chamber's own procedure left out. It is what was before the chamber, which is not always what the member was addressing.

What Was Said, and What Was Done

419 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against Richard J. Durbin’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.

All 419 statements, with a search →

Counted from the record

What Their Votes Add Up To

The Senate takes 54 votes of this kind this Congress against the House's 391: its floor time goes to cloture motions and nominations, where a yes does not mean pass the thing. There is not enough here to set out.

Voting With Their Party

On the 842 votes this Congress where a majority of Democrats took one side and a majority of Republicans took the other, Richard J. Durbin voted on 818 and was with the Democrat majority on 763 of them.

818 party line votes cast

  • With their party76393.3%
  • Against their party556.7%

Votes Against Their Own Party

Who They Vote With

In Their Own Party

Of the votes both took part in.

Voting Across the Aisle

The record itself

Where the Words Are

The Congressional Record marks Richard J. Durbin as speaking in 1211 items of business across 235 sitting days of this Congress.

Many of those appearances are procedural: yielding time, a request to revise and extend, a call for the yeas and nays. The count comes from the Record's own speaker tagging, which is not complete, so a member may have spoken more often than it shows.

The eight most recent, each linking to that day's Record at govinfo.

Every Recorded Vote

All 915 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in which the Senate lists Richard J. Durbin. The most recent 4 below, each linking to the official record of that vote.

All 915 recorded votes, newest first →

Elsewhere in the Record

The other Illinois seat in this chamber is held by Tammy Duckworth.

How these records are gathered, and what they leave out, is set out on the Promise Tracker.