Richard J. Durbin
AnalysisD IL · Senate
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Policy Effects
Estimated effects on people, organizations, and industries in bills this legislator sponsored, cosponsored, or voted on. Includes bills they voted against.
These are assessments of legislative text, not measurements of realized outcomes or the legislator’s intent.
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13 identified effects across 9 analyzed clauses in 2 bills.
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Potential benefits are effects assessed as favorable to the named group. Potential burdens impose costs, restrictions, risks, or lost opportunities on that group.
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Historical bill versions are included. Clauses analyzed in different versions count separately. A bill’s current status does not establish that every analyzed provision was enacted.
Only direct effects with high or medium confidence in the policy-area assignment are included. Bills are connected through sponsorship, cosponsorship, or Yea/Nay votes; a vote against a bill does not reverse its assessed effects. Vote dates filter recorded votes and vote-linked bills; sponsorship remains included.
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Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills
s3128-118
Primary SponsorTo streamline the reporting of violations against immigrant children in Federal custody, to provide protections for unaccompanied immigrant children, and to ensure safe release to sponsors, and for other purposes.
sres672-118
CosponsorRecognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.
sres500-118
CosponsorDesignating November 8, 2023, as National First-Generation College Celebration Day.
sres67-118
CosponsorSupporting the goals and ideals of Career and Technical Education Month.
sres645-118
CosponsorDesignating the week of April 20 through April 28, 2024, as National Park Week.
sres548-118
CosponsorDesignating the week of February 5 through 9, 2024, as National School Counseling Week.
sres448-118
CosponsorSupporting the goals and ideals of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
sres570-118
CosponsorDesignating March 1, 2024, as National Speech and Debate Education Day.
sres83-118
CosponsorDesignating the week of February 6 through 10, 2023, as National School Counseling Week.
sres21-118
CosponsorSupporting the observation of National Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month during the period beginning on January 1, 2023, and ending on February 1, 2023, to raise awareness of, and opposition to, human trafficking and modern slavery.
sres412-118
CosponsorSupporting the nearly 150,000 United Auto Workers currently negotiating collective bargaining agreements with the “Big Three” automakers.
sres841-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeA resolution celebrating the 35th anniversary of the independence of Ukraine from the former Soviet Union.
s5331-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeProtect American Values Act of 2026
sres837-119
CosponsorA resolution designating the week of August 22 through August 30, 2026, as "National Park Week".
sres832-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeA resolution establishing a process to assure the long-term fiscal stability of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
sres829-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeA resolution reaffirming the policy of the United States to support a peaceful democratic transition in Venezuela through free and fair elections.
sres823-119
CosponsorA resolution designating the week of August 2 through August 8, 2026, as "National Farmers Market Week".
s5194-119
Primary Sponsor In CommitteeJudicial Space and Facilities Management Effectiveness Act of 2026
s5201-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeA bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.
s5190-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeRestoring Justice for Workers Act
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