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Durbin Leads Letter to President Biden Urging the Administration to Create a Parole Program to Allow Noncitizens Work Authorization, Address Workforce Shortages

U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led 11 Senate colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging his Administration to create a parole program allowing state governments to sponsor noncitizens for parole and work authorization to meet critical workforce needs.


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Graham: There Is A Concentrated Effort by the Left to Delegitimize The Supreme Court

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today discussed efforts by Democrats to try and undermine the legitimacy of the United States Supreme Court.


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Senate Republicans Urge Biden To Reverse Course And Keep Title 42 In Place

Eleven Republican members of the United States Senate today sent a letter to President Biden urging him to reverse course and keep the Title 42 removal authority in place.


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Durbin Leads Letter to President Biden Urging the Administration to Create a Parole Program to Allow Noncitizens Work Authorization, Address Workforce Shortages

U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led 11 Senate colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging his Administration to create a parole program allowing state governments to sponsor noncitizens for parole and work authorization to meet critical workforce needs.


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Durbin Leads Letter to President Biden Urging the Administration to Create a Parole Program to Allow Noncitizens Work Authorization, Address Workforce Shortages

The bill creates targeted exceptions to Section 230, imposing basic accountability on tech companies for child sexual abuse material on their platforms


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Senate Judiciary Committee Advances the EARN IT Act, Three Nominees to the Full Senate

The bill creates targeted exceptions to Section 230, imposing basic accountability on tech companies for child sexual abuse material on their platforms


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Durbin Statement on ProPublica Report & Supreme Court Ethics Reform

U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement regarding a ProPublica report that alleges that Justice Clarence Thomas accepted and failed to disclose private school tuition payments for his grandnephew made by prominent Republican donor Harlan Crow:


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Durbin: It’s Time to Establish Enforceable Rules of the Road for All Justices

U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor on the need for Supreme Court ethics reform, including a clear, enforceable code of conduct for Supreme Court justices, following yesterday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the topic.


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Durbin Reflects on Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Devastating Fallout Since the Supreme Court Overruled Roe V. Wade

U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke on the Senate floor on the state of reproductive rights in America and steps he’s taking to shine a light on the serious threats to abortion rights nationwide, including holding last week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the issue.


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Durbin Statement on Governor Abbott’s Continued Political Stunts & Exploitation of Migrant Families, Calls for More Funding for Chicago

U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) sent a letter to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot stating that he will continue his inhumane practice of busing migrants from Texas to Chicago:


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Durbin Questions Witnesses During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Supreme Court Ethics Reform

U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned witnesses during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled, “Supreme Court Ethics Reform.”


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Durbin Delivers Opening Statement During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Supreme Court Ethics Reform

Durbin: “The highest court in the land should not have the lowest ethical standards. That reality is driving a crisis in public confidence in the Supreme Court. The status quo must change.”


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Senate Confirms Anthony Johnstone to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Under the leadership of Chair Durbin, the Senate has confirmed 120 judges to lifetime appointments on the federal bench during the Biden administration


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Durbin, Klobuchar Reintroduce Comprehensive Legislation to Address Threats Targeting Election Workers

Legislation continues Durbin’s longstanding efforts to protect the safety of election workers


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Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Judge Amanda Brailsford for Confirmation by Full Senate

On April 27, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Judge Amanda Brailsford to the District of Idaho by voice vote for consideration by the full Senate.


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Ahead of Senate Vote, Durbin Calls on His Colleagues to Support the Equal Rights Amendment

Durbin: “If we want to live up to the promise of America, we need to protect the rights of every American. Let’s start with the ERA.”


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Durbin Statement on Failed Senate Vote on the Equal Rights Amendment

U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement after Senate Republicans voted against S.J.Res.4, a bipartisan, joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which would enshrine gender equality into the Constitution: