Gang of Eight - member
Bi-partisan members attempting to negotiate deficit reduction deal in order to avoid the
Fiscal Cliff
Richard Durbin
Senator Illinois
Elected 1996
Committees:
Appropriations
Foreign Relations
Judiciary
Rules and Administration
Ratings:
Liberal: less
defense spending
protect civil liberties,
human rights
ACLU American Civil
Liberties Union 93
Protect
individuals from legal infringements on rights
Liberal
labor
LCV League of
Conservation Voters 100
Pro-environmental
protection
Promote
electronic commerce and innovation
NTU National
Taxpayers Union 6
Pro-taxpayer
rights
Pro-business
Conservative: foreign policy
social
and budget issues
CFG Club for Growth 0
Pro-tax
limitation
Conservative: promotes marriage and family
oppose
abortion
Votes in 111th Congress: 2009 – 2010
Yes Overturn Ledbetter
Extend
statute of limitations in pay discrimination
Yes Pass $787
Billion Stimulus
Funds to
revive U.S.
No Repeal DC Gun Laws
Yes Confirm Sonia Sotomayor
Confirm
Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court
Yes Pass Health Care Bill
Provides
insurance for people without health insurance
Yes Regulate Financial Firms
Regulations
on financial services firms
Yes Pass Tax Cuts for Some
Bush era
tax cuts to continue for incomes under $250,000
Yes Legalize Immigrants’ Kids
Give
children of illegal parents path to legal status
Yes Ratify New START
Ratify
Strategic Arms Treaty with Russia
Yes Confirm Elena Kagan
Confirm Elena Kagan to Supreme
Court
No Stop EPA Climate Regulations
Oppose EPA
regulations of greenhouse gases under Clean Air Act
Yes Repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Lift ban on
openly gay people in military
Year Candidate Vote Campaign
Chest
2008 Richard
Durbin (D) 3,615,844 68% 11,317,550
Steve
Sauerberg (R) 1,520,621 29 1,117,161
Kathy
Cummings (G) 119,135
2
G Green Party
2002 Richard
Durbin (D) 2,103,766 60% 4,979,865
Jim
Durkin (R) 1,325,703 38 794,634
1996 Richard
Durbin (D) 2,384,028 56% 4,966,804
Al
Salvi (R) 1,728,824 41 4,696,065
Illinois
Population 2010: 12,830,632
State Rank: 5th
Change since 2000: up
3.3%
Urban: 87%
Rural: 13
Cities:
Median Income: 55,095
Median Home Value: 207,300
Private Employment: 82%
Government Employment: 13
Self-Employed: 5
Poverty: 13
Blue Collar: 22
White Collar: 61
Median Age: 36
Over 65: 12%
Under 18: 25
High School Graduates: 86%
College Graduates: 30
Graduate Degree: 11
Veterans: 8%
Registered Voters 2010:
No Party Registration
Voter Turnout - 3,792,770
Turnout, Voting Age -
39%
White: 64%
Black: 14
Hispanic: 16
Asian: 5
2008 Presidential Vote:
Barack Obama (D) - 3,419,348 62%
John McCain (R) - 2,031,179 37
2004 Presidential Vote:
John Kerry (D) - 2,891,550 55%
George W. Bush (R) - 2,345,946 44
Richard Durbin's Voting History:
Votes in the 110th Congress: 2007 – 2008
Yes Raise CAFE standards
Limit
debate on setting higher fuel standards for vehicles
Yes Expand SCHIP
Expand
State Children’s Health Insurance Program
Yes Cap Greenhouse Gases
Limit
debate on setting Cap and Trade system to curb climate change
Yes Bailout Financial Markets
$700
billion dollar bailout of financial industry
No Make English Official Language
English the
official language of the US
Yes Path to Citizenship
Limit
debate on immigration reform bill
No Fetus is Unborn Child
Define
fetus as an unborn child
Yes Prosecute Hate Crimes
Limit
debate on measure funding prosecution of hate crimes
Yes Withdraw Troops March, 2008
Withdrawal
of most US Iraq
Yes Iran Guard is Terrorist Group
Iranian
Revolutionary Guard is terrorist group
No Increase Missile
Defense Funding
Increase
funding for missile defense
No Overhaul FISA
Overhaul
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Votes in the 109th Congress: 2005 – 06
Yes Bar ANWR Drilling
Bar oil and
gas leasing in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
No FY06 Spending Curb
Curb
federal entitlement spending
No Estate Tax Repeal
Limit
debate on proposal to permanently repeal estate tax
Yes Raise Minimum Wage
Increase
minimum wage to $7.25
No Confirm Samuel
Alito
Confirm
Samuel Alito as Associate Justice, Supreme Court
Yes Path to Citizenship
Path to
citizenship for illegal immigrants
No Bar Same Sex Marriage
Limit
debate on Constitutional amendment for marriage to man, woman
Yes Stem Cell Research Funding
Federal
funds for embryonic stem cell research
No Limit
Interstate Abortion
Prohibit
minors crossing borders for abortion without parental consent
No CAFTA
Central
American Free Trade Agreement
Yes Urge Iraq
Start
withdrawing US troops from Iraq
Yes Provide Detainee Rights
Habeas
Corpus rights for military detainees
Votes in the 108th Congress: 2003 – 2004
Yes Ban Drilling
in ANWR
Block
drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
No Approve Bush Tax Cut
Reduce
taxes by $350 billion through 2013
No Medicare/Rx Bill
Medicare
prescription drug benefit legislation
Yes Bar Overtime Pay Regulations
Block funds
for federal regulations of overtime pay
No Energy Bill
Cloture
motion to end debate on comprehensive energy bill
Yes Support Roe v. Wade
Senate
support for Roe v. Wade decision
No Ban Partial
Birth Abortion
Ban
procedure opponents describe as “partial-birth” abortion
Yes Assault Weapons Ban
Extend for
10 years ban on assault weapons sale and possession
No Ban Same Sex Marriage
Cloture
motion to end debate on Constitutional amendment to ban same-sex
marriage
Yes Ban Bunker
Buster Bomb
Prohibit
Energy Department funding of “bunker-buster” program
Yes Fund Iraq
Provides
$87 billion for US operations in Iraq Afghanistan
Yes Restrict
Missile Defense
Restrict
deployment of national missile defense system
Votes in the 107th Congress: 2001 – 2002
No Approve Bush Tax Cuts
Cut taxes
$1.35 trillion over 10 years
Yes Expand Patients’ Rights
Expand
patients’ rights dealing with insurers, health organizations
Yes Campaign Finance Reform
Eliminate
use of “soft money”, raise contribution limits
No Permit ANWR Development
Cloture
motion to end debate on allowing energy development of Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge
No Confirm Ashcroft as AG
Confirm
John Ashcroft as Attorney General
No Bar Gays in the Boy Scouts
Withhold
education funds from schools prohibiting Boy Scout use
Yes Funds for Hate Crime Prosecution
Cloture
motion to end debate on funding to prosecute hate crimes
Yes Overseas
Military Abortions
Abortion
services for military personnel and dependents overseas
Yes Bar
Cooperation with International
Court
Prohibit US
No Trade Promotion Authority
Authority
for president to negotiate trade agreements
No Authorize
Force in Iraq
Authorize US Iraq
Yes Homeland
Security Department Union
Cloture
motion to limit debate on excluding presidential authority to bar union
membership
Votes in the 106th Congress: 1999 – 2000
No Education Savings Accounts
Tax free
education savings accounts for children in public, private schools
Yes Prescription Drug Benefit
Establish
prescription drug Medicare benefits
No Delay Ergonomic Standards
Delay
federal standards for ergonomic protection for one year
No Phase Out
Estate Tax
Phase out
estate and gift taxes
No Review Movie Violence
Federal
review of violence in entertainment produced on federal property
Yes Gun Show Background Checks
Background
checks on persons purchasing guns at gun shows
No Ban Partial
Birth Abortion
Ban
late-term procedures known as partial birth abortion
Yes Broaden Hate Crimes List
Broaden coverage
of federal hate crimes
Yes NATO War in Serbia
Authorize
US operations as part of NATO campaign against Yugoslavia
No Table Cuba
Table
proposal to bar US citizens’ travel to Cuba
Yes Nuclear
Test-Ban Treaty
Ratify
comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
Yes Permanent
Trade with China
Enable
permanent trade relations with China
Votes in the 105th Congress: 1997 – 1998
No Balanced Budget Amendment
Amend
Constitution requiring a balanced budget
No Clinton
Implements
entitlement spending cuts per budget agreement
Yes Cloture on Tobacco
Invoke
cloture on tobacco settlement
No Education IRAs
Expand
education savings accounts to include private schools
Yes Satcher for Surgeon General
Confirm
David Satcher as US Surgeon General
Yes Highway Set-asides
Table
proposal to end minority set-aside funding benefits
No Table Child Gun Locks
Table
proposal requiring gun dealers sell child safety locks on handguns
No Override Partial Birth Veto
Override Clinton
Yes Chemical Weapons Treaty
ratify
treaty barring chemical weapons
Yes Cuban Humanitarian Aid
Provide
humanitarian assistance to Cuban citizens
No Table Bosnia
Table
proposal requiring legislation to continue US forces in Bosnia
Yes Funds for Test Ban Treaty
Increase
funding for expenses related to nuclear test-ban treaty
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