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Richard (Dick) J. Durbin (D)
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Capitol: 202.224.2152
FAX: 202.228.0400
District: 618.998.8812
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Senator
Room 711 HSOB- Hart Senate Office Building Constitution Avenue and 2nd Street, NE
Washington, DC 20510-1304
Residence: Springfield, IL
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| Elected: 1996 Next Election: 2014 | | Spouse: Loretta Schaefer DOB: 11/21/1944 |
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| Chairman | Senate Subcommittee on Defense | | Co-Chair | Senate Hunger Caucus | | Co-Chair | Congressional Heart and Stroke Coalition | | FC Member | Congressional Glaucoma Caucus | | Chairman | Senate Subcommittee on The Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights | | Chairman | Senate Baltic Caucus | | Co-Chair | Midwest High Speed Rail Congressional Caucus | | Co-Chair | Global AIDS Emergency Task Force | | FC Member | Congressional Bicameral High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail Caucus | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and the Courts | | FC Member | Congressional Soybean Caucus | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government | | Co-Chair | Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee | | FC Member | Senate Auto Caucus | | Member | Senate Committee on Rules and Administration | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, International Environmental Protection, and Peace Corps | | FC Member | Senate Law Enforcement Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Global Internet Freedom Caucus | | FC Member | Senate AIDS Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Caucus on WMD Terrorism | | FC Member | Senate Community College Caucus | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global Women's Issues | | FC Member | Senate Friends of Scotland Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Working Group on Malaria | | FC Member | Congressional Prevention Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Taiwan Caucus | | Member | Senate Committee on Judiciary | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on African Affairs | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security | | FC Member | Senate Manufacturing Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Nanotechnology Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Coalition on Adoption | | FC Member | Congressional French Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Cultural Caucus | | FC Member | Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on European Affairs | | FC Member | Senate National Security Working Group | | FC Member | Senate Army Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Bike Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Taiwan Caucus | | Member | Senate Committee on Appropriations | | FC Member | Senate Afterschool Caucus | | FC Member | Senate India Caucus | | Member | Senate Committee on Foreign Relations | | FC Member | Senate Cancer Coalition | | FC Member | Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Impact Aid Coalition | | FC Member | Senate Rural Health Caucus | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development | | FC Member | Senate Diabetes Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Fire Services Caucus | | FC Member | Senate National Guard Caucus | | FC Member | Great Lakes Task Force | | FC Member | Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional TRIO Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Farmer Cooperative Caucus | | FC Member | Coalition for Autism Research and Education (CARE) | | FC Member | Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease | | FC Member | Congressional Internet Caucus | | FC Member | International Conservation Caucus (ICC) | | FC Member | Air Force Caucus |
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BioSenator Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Springfield, is the 47th U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois, the state’s senior senator, and the convener of Illinois’ bipartisan congressional delegation. Durbin also serves as the Assistant Majority Leader, the second highest ranking position in the Senate. Also known as the Majority Whip, Senator Durbin has been elected to this leadership post by his Democratic colleagues every two years since 2006. In 2004, he was elected as Minority Whip. Durbin is only the fifth Illinois Senator in history to serve as a Senate leader. Elected to the U.S. Senate on November 5, 1996, and re-elected in 2002 and 2008, Durbin fills the seat left vacant by the retirement of his long-time friend and mentor, U.S. Senator Paul Simon. Durbin sits on the Senate Judiciary, Appropriations, Foreign Relations and Rules Committees. He is the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights and the Appropriations Committee's Financial Services and General Government subcommittee. Senator Durbin makes approximately 50 round trips a year between Washington and Illinois. He is married to Loretta Schaefer Durbin. Their family consists of three children--Christine (deceased), Paul and Jennifer--as well as one grandchild, Alex. They reside in Springfield.
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