Senator · Illinois

Richard J. Durbin

Richard J. Durbin is a Democratic senator from Illinois, in Congress since 1983. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 25, and cast 763 of 817 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 1983
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressSenate9152.7%25 of 915 · rank 42 of 10193%763 of 817 · rank 87 of 1011390 became law22%113 of 507
118th CongressSenate6917.2%50 of 691 · rank 21 of 101100%504 of 506 · rank 21 of 1011292 became law16%84 of 522
117th CongressSenate9490.3%3 of 949 · rank 95 of 100100%765 of 766 · rank 3 of 1001193 became law17%102 of 613

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.34+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54· Against party
  2. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
    Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64· Against party
  3. H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Yea
    Jan 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 71–29· Against party
  4. H.R. 5371: Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026Yea
    Nov 10, 2025· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 60–40· Against party
  5. H.R. 5371: Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026Yea
    Nov 10, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 60–40· Against party
  6. S. 2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Yea
    Oct 9, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 51–46· Against party
  7. S. 2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Yea
    Oct 9, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 53–43· Against party
  8. H.R. 3746: Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023Nay
    Jun 1, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 30–69· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22
  2. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
  3. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50
  4. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54· Against party
  5. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
  6. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
  7. H.Con.Res. 89: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
    Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50
  8. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23
  9. H.R. 6500: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027Yea
    Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6
  10. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
  11. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
    Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64· Against party
  12. S.Res. 817: An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.Nay
    Jul 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Resolution· Resolution Agreed to 50–47

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

387 sponsored · 5 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced33787%
  2. Reported by committee194.9%
  3. Passed one chamber266.7%
  4. Became law51.3%

Policy areas

  1. Crime and Law Enforcement63
  2. Health48
  3. Education38
  4. International Affairs32
  5. Government Operations and Politics24
  6. Immigration20
  7. Public Lands and Natural Resources16
  8. Finance and Financial Sector15

Latest activity

  1. S. 5632 National Archives Protection Act
    Introduced· Sep 30, 2026
  2. S. 5560 Immigration Warrants Reform Act of 2026
    Introduced· Sep 24, 2026
  3. S. 5515 CARE for Moms Act
    Introduced· Sep 24, 2026
  4. S. 5455 Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2026
    Introduced· Housing and Community Development· Sep 22, 2026
  5. S.J.Res. 213 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media".
    Introduced· Immigration· Sep 17, 2026
  6. S. 4955 Gateway Arch National Park Boundary Revision Act of 2026
    Introduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Sep 16, 2026
  7. S. 3444 A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois, as the "Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building".
    Reported by committee· Government Operations and Politics· Sep 14, 2026
  8. S.Res. 815 A resolution commending the Chicago Cubs baseball teams as it celebrates its 150th anniversary on August 29, 2026.
    Passed one chamber· Sports and Recreation· Aug 7, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$80.5K
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$1M
From committees
-$29.8K
4 committees
From contractor PACs
-$2,000
1 PACs · — of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
davita inc.davita inc. political action committee (dapac)$1,000DAVITA INC.AI match · 97% · the same organization$179.4M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$80.5K-$29.8K-$2,0001 PACs · — of committee money
2024$1.1M$161.6K$38.1K16 PACs · 24% of committee money
2022$1.2M$183K$46.5K19 PACs · 25% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. Senate · IllinoisJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. Senate · IllinoisJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2021
  3. Senate · IllinoisJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2015
  4. Senate · IllinoisJan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2009
  5. Senate · IllinoisJan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 2003
  6. House · Illinois's 20th districtJan 4, 1995 – Jan 3, 1997
  7. House · Illinois's 20th districtJan 5, 1993 – Jan 3, 1995
  8. House · Illinois's 20th districtJan 3, 1991 – Jan 3, 1993
  9. House · Illinois's 20th districtJan 3, 1989 – Jan 3, 1991
  10. House · Illinois's 20th districtJan 6, 1987 – Jan 3, 1989
  11. House · Illinois's 20th districtJan 3, 1985 – Jan 3, 1987
  12. House · Illinois's 20th districtJan 3, 1983 – Jan 3, 1985

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
www.durbin.senate.gov
Phone
202-224-2152
Office
711 Hart Senate Office Building
Contact form
Contact form

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.