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Aug. 11, 2022
Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Rep. Mike Levin Leads Letter Urging Dept. of Education to Include VSO Employees in Loan Forgiveness Program
Rep. Sean Casten, ...
Aug. 10, 2022
Letter to Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Cortez Masto Calls on Administration to Release Unspent COVID Relief Funds to Restaurants
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 9, 2022
Schakowsky, Cicilline Introduce Legislation to Hold Airlines Accountable for Antitrust Violations
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Aug. 5, 2022
Schakowsky, Takano Introduce Legislation to Bring Transparency to Nursing Home Ownership
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 5, 2022
Letter to Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve, Michael Hsu, Acting Comptroller of Currency, Martin Gruenberg, Acting Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - Brown, Colleagues Applaud CRA Proposed Rule, Push for More Support for Underserved Communities
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 4, 2022
Letters to Digital Assets Industry CEOs - Chairwoman Waters, Representatives Beatty, Green, Foster and Lynch Send Letter to Digital Assets Industry Requesting Diversity and Inclusion Data
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Aug. 3, 2022
Schneider, Walorski Introduce Bipartisan Special Needs Trust Act
Rep. Brad Schneider
July 29, 2022
Duckworth Joins Brown, Colleagues in Reintroducing Legislation to Fight Discrimination from Financial Institutions
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 28, 2022
Bipartisan Bill Reese's Law Passes the House
Rep. Robin Kelly
July 27, 2022
Durbin Statement On Senate Passage Of Bipartisan CHIPS And Science Act
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 21, 2022
Tweet - "Enjoyed meeting with the new Vice Chair for Supervision at the Federal Reserve, Michael Barr. We discussed the historic role of his new position and the importance of the Federal Reserve. I look forward to working with him as he takes on this important job."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 20, 2022
Letter to Lance Magnum, Staff Vice President, Government Affairs of FedEx - Reps. Krishnamoorthi, Phillips, Pressley, Porter, And Bush Call On Private Mail Carriers To Uphold Customers' Constitutional Rights To Privacy And Protections Against Unreasonable Search And Seizure Of Abortion Medications
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
July 20, 2022
Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Rep. García and 11 Members of Congress Urge Secretary Blinken to Support Guatemala Land Defenders Against Illegal Mining Project
Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
July 19, 2022
Manchin, Bipartisan Senators Urge Small Business Administration to Process Remaining COVID Loan Applications
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 18, 2022
Letter to Hon. Gary Gensler, Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission - Senator Baldwin Leads Colleagues in Pushing SEC to Increase Transparency and Strengthen Oversight of Predatory Activist Hedge Funds
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 16, 2022
Tweet - "It's time to learn the truth about crypto. Let's start with the obscene amounts of electricity needed to mine Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Families and businesses in America will pay the price for crypto's mining ventures."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 15, 2022
Letter to Hon. Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator of the US Small Business Administration - Baldwin Joins Bipartisan Group of Senators Urging SBA to Process All Eligible COVID EIDL Applications
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 14, 2022
Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States - Demanding Relaxation of Import Duties on Fertilizer
Rep. Mary Miller, ...
July 14, 2022
Letter to Hon. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Mann, Marshall Lead Letter Demanding President Biden Relax Import Duties on Fertilizer
Rep. Mary Miller, ...
July 11, 2022
Letters to CEOs of Financial Institutions - An Hollen, Colleagues Press Big Banks on Widespread Zelle Fraud
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 8, 2022
Durbin, Duckworth Announce $2,000,000 For WIU's New Emergency Operations Center
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 6, 2022
Letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Protect Data Privacy of People Seeking Reproductive Health Care
Rep. Sean Casten, ...
June 27, 2022
Letter to Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, Gary Restaino, Acting Director of the ATF - Harshbarger, Budd Defend American Gun Retailers
Rep. Mary Miller, ...
June 21, 2022
Letter to Ynon Kreiz, Chief Executive Officer of Mattel, Inc. - Blumenthal, Schakowsky & Colleagues Probe Fisher-Price Over Deadly Infant Rockers
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 17, 2022
Digital Trade Caucus Celebrates Renewal of WTO Digital Tariff Moratorium
Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
June 15, 2022
Letter to Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Accountability on Disaster Loans
Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
June 15, 2022
Oversight Subcommittee Report Reveals EPA Failed to Protect Pets, Owners From Dangerous Flea and Tick Collar
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 14, 2022
Letter to Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy - Sens. Ossoff, Casey, Whitehouse Pushing to Reduce Energy Costs for Businesses & Manufacturers
Rep. Sean Casten, ...
June 13, 2022
DUCKWORTH, DURBIN MEET WITH BOEING CEO FOLLOWING DECISION TO MOVE HEADQUARTERS FROM CHICAGO
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 13, 2022
Tweet - "Following last month's disappointing decision by @Boeing to move their headquarters from Chicago, @SenDuckworth and I met with Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun today to express our disappointment and urge him to stick by his commitment to maintain a strong presence in Illinois."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 10, 2022
Letter to Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative - Protect American Companies and Workers Against New Tariffs at WTO Conference
Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
June 1, 2022
For Country Caucus Members Introduce Bill to Exact Penalties on Businesses Still Operating in Russia
Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
May 25, 2022
Duckworth Applauds FTC's New Inquiry Into Causes of Infant Formula Shortages
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
May 20, 2022
Tweet - "In the face of an unprecedented pandemic, IL small businesses have showed great resilience while Democrats worked persistently to provide them with the aid they needed. Disappointed but not surprised my Republican colleagues blocked vital relief for small businesses yesterday."
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 19, 2022
Duckworth Statement on Failed Vote to Bring Critical Relief to Small Businesses
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
May 19, 2022
Durbin Statement On Failed Vote To Provide Relief To Small Businesses
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 18, 2022
Duckworth's Bipartisan Bill to Codify Boots to Business Program Passes Senate Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
May 13, 2022
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Duckworth Joins Booker, Klobuchar in Urging Usda to Address Infant Formula Shortages
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
May 13, 2022
Rep. Demings Cosponsors New Legislation to Ban Price Gouging
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
May 12, 2022
Letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Duckworth Requests Inquiry Into How the Infant Formula Industry's Consolidation and Business Practices Are Impacting Consumer Prices, Supply Chain Resilience and Public Health
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 12, 2022
Baldwin, Warren, Schakowsky Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Crack Down on Corporate Price Gouging
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
May 12, 2022
Letter to Chris Van Hollen, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services - Grassley, Whitehouse Lead Senators in Call to Fully Fund FinCEN's Anti-Money Laundering Operations
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 10, 2022
Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States - Diplomatic Engagement with Venezuela and Lifting Sanctions Following Failed Trump Policies
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
May 6, 2022
Schakowsky, Durbin Call for Passage of Bipartisan Inform Consumers Act
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 4, 2022
Durbin Delivers Opening Statement at Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Credit and Debit Card interchange Fees
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 4, 2022
Durbin Questions Visa and Mastercard Witnesses at Hearing on Credit and Debit Card Swipe Fees
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 21, 2022
Tweet - "Tomorrow Visa and Mastercard are scheduled to hike their swipe fees, despite bipartisan calls for them to stand down. Raising swipe fee rates will increase the already high costs consumers are facing and add to inflationary pressures. These fees should be reduced, not raised."
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 15, 2022
Letter to Alfred Kelly, Chair and CEO of Visa, Michael Miebach, CEO of Mastercard - Sen. Marshall Urges Visa and Mastercard to Call Off Planned Swipe Fee Increases On Vulnerable American Families and Businesses
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 14, 2022
Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Brown, Warren, Durbin Urge Review of Student Loan Program Mismanagement
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 12, 2022
Letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Oversight Committee Shares Evidence of Troubling Financial Conduct by Washington Commanders with Federal Trade Commission
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Date
Title
Politician
Aug. 11, 2022
Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Rep. Mike Levin Leads Letter Urging Dept. of Education to Include VSO Employees in Loan Forgiveness Program
Rep.Sean Casten, ...
Aug. 10, 2022
Letter to Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Cortez Masto Calls on Administration to Release Unspent COVID Relief Funds to Restaurants
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 9, 2022
Schakowsky, Cicilline Introduce Legislation to Hold Airlines Accountable for Antitrust Violations
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
Aug. 5, 2022
Schakowsky, Takano Introduce Legislation to Bring Transparency to Nursing Home Ownership
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 5, 2022
Letter to Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve, Michael Hsu, Acting Comptroller of Currency, Martin Gruenberg, Acting Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - Brown, Colleagues Applaud CRA Proposed Rule, Push for More Support for Underserved Communities
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 4, 2022
Letters to Digital Assets Industry CEOs - Chairwoman Waters, Representatives Beatty, Green, Foster and Lynch Send Letter to Digital Assets Industry Requesting Diversity and Inclusion Data
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
Aug. 3, 2022
Schneider, Walorski Introduce Bipartisan Special Needs Trust Act
Rep.Brad Schneider
July 29, 2022
Duckworth Joins Brown, Colleagues in Reintroducing Legislation to Fight Discrimination from Financial Institutions
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 28, 2022
Bipartisan Bill Reese's Law Passes the House
Rep.Robin Kelly
July 27, 2022
Durbin Statement On Senate Passage Of Bipartisan CHIPS And Science Act
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 21, 2022
Tweet - "Enjoyed meeting with the new Vice Chair for Supervision at the Federal Reserve, Michael Barr. We discussed the historic role of his new position and the importance of the Federal Reserve. I look forward to working with him as he takes on this important job."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 20, 2022
Letter to Lance Magnum, Staff Vice President, Government Affairs of FedEx - Reps. Krishnamoorthi, Phillips, Pressley, Porter, And Bush Call On Private Mail Carriers To Uphold Customers' Constitutional Rights To Privacy And Protections Against Unreasonable Search And Seizure Of Abortion Medications
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
July 20, 2022
Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Rep. García and 11 Members of Congress Urge Secretary Blinken to Support Guatemala Land Defenders Against Illegal Mining Project
Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
July 19, 2022
Manchin, Bipartisan Senators Urge Small Business Administration to Process Remaining COVID Loan Applications
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 18, 2022
Letter to Hon. Gary Gensler, Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission - Senator Baldwin Leads Colleagues in Pushing SEC to Increase Transparency and Strengthen Oversight of Predatory Activist Hedge Funds
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 16, 2022
Tweet - "It's time to learn the truth about crypto. Let's start with the obscene amounts of electricity needed to mine Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Families and businesses in America will pay the price for crypto's mining ventures."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 15, 2022
Letter to Hon. Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator of the US Small Business Administration - Baldwin Joins Bipartisan Group of Senators Urging SBA to Process All Eligible COVID EIDL Applications
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 14, 2022
Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States - Demanding Relaxation of Import Duties on Fertilizer
Rep.Mary Miller, ...
July 14, 2022
Letter to Hon. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Mann, Marshall Lead Letter Demanding President Biden Relax Import Duties on Fertilizer
Rep.Mary Miller, ...
July 11, 2022
Letters to CEOs of Financial Institutions - An Hollen, Colleagues Press Big Banks on Widespread Zelle Fraud
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 8, 2022
Durbin, Duckworth Announce $2,000,000 For WIU's New Emergency Operations Center
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 6, 2022
Letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Protect Data Privacy of People Seeking Reproductive Health Care
Rep.Sean Casten, ...
June 27, 2022
Letter to Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, Gary Restaino, Acting Director of the ATF - Harshbarger, Budd Defend American Gun Retailers
Rep.Mary Miller, ...
June 21, 2022
Letter to Ynon Kreiz, Chief Executive Officer of Mattel, Inc. - Blumenthal, Schakowsky & Colleagues Probe Fisher-Price Over Deadly Infant Rockers
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 17, 2022
Digital Trade Caucus Celebrates Renewal of WTO Digital Tariff Moratorium
Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
June 15, 2022
Letter to Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Accountability on Disaster Loans
Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
June 15, 2022
Oversight Subcommittee Report Reveals EPA Failed to Protect Pets, Owners From Dangerous Flea and Tick Collar
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 14, 2022
Letter to Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy - Sens. Ossoff, Casey, Whitehouse Pushing to Reduce Energy Costs for Businesses & Manufacturers
Rep.Sean Casten, ...
June 13, 2022
DUCKWORTH, DURBIN MEET WITH BOEING CEO FOLLOWING DECISION TO MOVE HEADQUARTERS FROM CHICAGO
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 13, 2022
Tweet - "Following last month's disappointing decision by @Boeing to move their headquarters from Chicago, @SenDuckworth and I met with Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun today to express our disappointment and urge him to stick by his commitment to maintain a strong presence in Illinois."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 10, 2022
Letter to Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative - Protect American Companies and Workers Against New Tariffs at WTO Conference
Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
June 1, 2022
For Country Caucus Members Introduce Bill to Exact Penalties on Businesses Still Operating in Russia
Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
May 25, 2022
Duckworth Applauds FTC's New Inquiry Into Causes of Infant Formula Shortages
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
May 20, 2022
Tweet - "In the face of an unprecedented pandemic, IL small businesses have showed great resilience while Democrats worked persistently to provide them with the aid they needed. Disappointed but not surprised my Republican colleagues blocked vital relief for small businesses yesterday."
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 19, 2022
Duckworth Statement on Failed Vote to Bring Critical Relief to Small Businesses
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
May 19, 2022
Durbin Statement On Failed Vote To Provide Relief To Small Businesses
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 18, 2022
Duckworth's Bipartisan Bill to Codify Boots to Business Program Passes Senate Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
May 13, 2022
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Duckworth Joins Booker, Klobuchar in Urging Usda to Address Infant Formula Shortages
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
May 13, 2022
Rep. Demings Cosponsors New Legislation to Ban Price Gouging
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
May 12, 2022
Letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Duckworth Requests Inquiry Into How the Infant Formula Industry's Consolidation and Business Practices Are Impacting Consumer Prices, Supply Chain Resilience and Public Health
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 12, 2022
Baldwin, Warren, Schakowsky Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Crack Down on Corporate Price Gouging
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
May 12, 2022
Letter to Chris Van Hollen, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services - Grassley, Whitehouse Lead Senators in Call to Fully Fund FinCEN's Anti-Money Laundering Operations
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 10, 2022
Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States - Diplomatic Engagement with Venezuela and Lifting Sanctions Following Failed Trump Policies
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
May 6, 2022
Schakowsky, Durbin Call for Passage of Bipartisan Inform Consumers Act
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 4, 2022
Durbin Delivers Opening Statement at Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Credit and Debit Card interchange Fees
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 4, 2022
Durbin Questions Visa and Mastercard Witnesses at Hearing on Credit and Debit Card Swipe Fees
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 21, 2022
Tweet - "Tomorrow Visa and Mastercard are scheduled to hike their swipe fees, despite bipartisan calls for them to stand down. Raising swipe fee rates will increase the already high costs consumers are facing and add to inflationary pressures. These fees should be reduced, not raised."
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 15, 2022
Letter to Alfred Kelly, Chair and CEO of Visa, Michael Miebach, CEO of Mastercard - Sen. Marshall Urges Visa and Mastercard to Call Off Planned Swipe Fee Increases On Vulnerable American Families and Businesses
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 14, 2022
Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Brown, Warren, Durbin Urge Review of Student Loan Program Mismanagement
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 12, 2022
Letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Oversight Committee Shares Evidence of Troubling Financial Conduct by Washington Commanders with Federal Trade Commission
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
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