U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07) today led 17 Senators and 20 Representatives in the reintroduction of the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act, bicameral legislation to prohibit the use of the death penalty at the federal level and require re-sentencing of those currently on death row. This bill is particularly important today given that last month, the Department of Justice (DOJ)… Continue Reading
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Senate Democrats in speaking on the floor against the Trump Administration’s actions to restrict Americans’ voting rights, as well as the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais, in which the Court further eviscerated the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and held that Louisiana’s congressional map is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Durbin began his speech by recalling the civi… Continue Reading
During today’s Senate Judiciary Committee nominations hearing, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, criticized the Trump Administration’s misuse of taxpayer dollars to line the pockets of January 6 insurrectionists and Trump’s political allies through a nearly $2 billion Department of Justice slush fund. Today’s nominations hearing includes Benjamin Flowers, to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; Matthew Schwartz,… Continue Reading
May 19, 2026