+ − Upcoming Hearings (4)
October 4, 2023 at 10:00am EDT
-
Committee:Senate Appropriations
-
Location:
-
Description:
-
Tracked Bills to be Heard:
-
Tracked Legislators to be in Attendance:
October 4, 2023 at 10:00am EDT
-
Committee:Senate Judiciary
-
Location:
-
Description:
-
Tracked Bills to be Heard:
-
Tracked Legislators to be in Attendance:
October 5, 2023 at 10:00am EDT
-
Committee:Senate Judiciary
-
Location:
-
Description:
-
Tracked Bills to be Heard:
-
Tracked Legislators to be in Attendance:
October 3, 2023 at 2:30pm EDT
-
Committee:Subcommittee on Intellectual Property
-
Location:
-
Description:
-
Tracked Bills to be Heard:
-
Tracked Legislators to be in Attendance:
+ − Contact Information
Phone: (202) 224-2152
Fax: (202) 228-0400
Office Address:
711 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
+ − Biography
DURBIN, Richard Joseph, a Senator and a Representative from Illinois; born in East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Ill., November 21, 1944; graduated from Assumption High School, East St. Louis 1962; B.S., Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Washington, DC 1966; intern in the office of Illinois Senator Paul Douglas during his senior year in college; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center 1969; admitted to the Illinois bar 1969, and commenced practice in Springfield; legal counsel to Illinois Lieutenant Governor Paul Simon 1969-1972; legal counsel, Illinois State senate judiciary committee 1972-1982; Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor of Illinois 1978; associate professor, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield 1978-1983; delegate, Democratic National Conventions 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996; chairman of Illinois state delegation in 1996; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 2, 1997); elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1996; reelected in 2002, 2008, and again in 2014 for the term ending January 3, 2021; Democratic party whip (2005-).
+ − Committees (17)
US - Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate)
Title:
Member
US - Senate Appropriations (Senate)
Title:
Member
US - Subcommittee on Defense (Senate)
Title:
Ranking
US - Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (Senate)
Title:
Member
US - Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development (Senate)
Title:
Member
US - Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (Senate)
Title:
Member
US - Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (Senate)
Title:
Member
US - Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (Senate)
Title:
Member
US - Senate Judiciary (Senate)
Title:
Member
US - Subcommittee on Constitution (Senate)
Title:
Member
US - Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism (Senate)
Title:
Member
US - Subcommittee on Intellectual Property (Senate)
Title:
Member
US - Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration (Senate)
Title:
Ranking
US - Senate Rules and Administration (Senate)
Title:
Member
US - Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade (Senate)
Title:
Member
US - Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, and Natural Resources (Senate)
Title:
Member
US - Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management and Trade (Senate)
Title:
Member
