CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today convened a meeting at Northwestern Medicine Bronzeville Outpatient Center with the hospital CEOs that partnered with him on his Chicago HEAL Initiative to discuss the progress made thanks to the Initiative over the past eight years. Established by Durbin in 2018, the Chicago HEAL Initiative is a partnership between 10 of the largest hospitals serving Chicago with the aim to address the root causes of gun violence through economic, he… Continue Reading
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today cast his 17,000th vote as a member of the United States Congress. Those votes include his service in the U.S. House of Representatives (1983-1997) and the U.S. Senate (1997-2027). Of the more than 12,500 members who have ever served in Congress, Durbin’s vote tally puts him in the top 100 of all-time vote casters. And of Members of Congress who have served in the Senate, only six have ever cast more yea or nay votes in their congressional care… Continue Reading
- U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Co-Chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, today delivered a speech on the Senate floor reflecting on his recent congressional delegation trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, and Kosovo in October with U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The trip was Durbin’s final congressional delegation trip as a United States Senator. Durbin previously traveled to the Balkans in 1… Continue Reading
November 10, 2026