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Dick Durbin's Political Summary on Issue: Death Penalty

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. Webmail
Washington, D.C. Website

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525 South Eighth Street
Springfield, IL 62703

217-492-4062

250 West Cherry Street
Suite 115-D
Carbondale, IL 62901

618-351-1122

1504 Third Avenue
Suite 227
Rock Island, IL 61201

309-786-5173

230 South Dearborn Street
Suite 3892
Chicago, IL 60604

312-353-4952

711 Hart Senate Building
Washington, DC 20510

202-224-2152

Current Issue:

Death Penalty

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07/13/2023
Press Release: Durbin, Pressley Reintroduce Bill to End Federal Death Penalty
05/12/2021
Press Release: Momentum Grows for Pressley Legislation to End Federal Death Penalty
01/12/2021
Statement: Durbin, Pressley, Colleagues Announce Plans To Introduce Bill To Federal Death Penalty
11/13/2020
Letter: Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General for the Dept. of Justice - Durbin, Pressley, Leahy, Booker To Trump Administration: Suspend All Federal Executions During Transition Period
Social Media: Tweet - "Today @RepPressley , @SenatorLeahy , @SenBooker , & I are calling on AG Barr to suspend all federal executions so the incoming Biden-Harris Admin. can evaluate--and hopefully end--the use of the federal death penalty. It is discriminatory, immoral & ineffective. Read our letter here:"
10/29/2019
Social Media: Tweet - "Powerful story about victims' family's opposition to the first federal execution in 20 years. It's time for Congress to pass my bill with @AyannaPressley, @SenLeahy & @SenBooker to place a ban on the arbitrary and unfair federal death penalty."
07/31/2019
Press Release: Kaine Joins Durbin, Leahy, Booker To Introduce Legislation To Ban The Death Penalty
Social Media: Tweet - "Try as we might, we cannot escape the fact that the death penalty in America is disproportionately imposed on minorities & poor people. SCOTUS Justices Blackmun & Stevens both declared their opposition to it by the end of their careers, recognizing the system to be deeply flawed."
03/25/2009
Speech: Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
07/20/2007
Vote: Dick Durbin voted Yea (Passage With Amendment) - HR 2669 - Student Loan Lender Subsidy Cuts and Student Grants
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