U.S. Sen.Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.)
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Recent News About U.S. Sen.Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.)
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Sen. Duckworth declines to comment on the VA Home Loan Reform Act as veteran housing fears mount
Senator Duckworth, a member of the Veterans Affairs Committee, declined to comment to the Old North News on the VA Home Loan Reform Act.
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Steve Cortes: Duckworth, Durbin ‘clearly decided to prioritize illegal aliens and a radical open borders agenda’
Steve Cortes, founder of the League of American Workers (LAW), said today that Illinois U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D) and Dick Durbin (D) “decided to prioritize illegal aliens” by voting against a measure that would have prohibited illegal aliens from being factored into the count for apportionment of congressional districts and the Electoral College map.
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Duckworth, Durbin vote to allow illegal aliens to be counted toward congressional representation
Illinois U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D) and Dick Durbin (D) both voted against a measure that would have prohibited illegal aliens from being factored into the count for apportionment of congressional districts and the Electoral College map.
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Duckworth, Durbin Announce $750,000 for Drug-free Communities Program
On September 5, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced $750,000 in federal funding for Illinois communities through the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s (ONDCP) Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Program. This funding will be used by communities to achieve and sustain a reduction in local youth substance use, tackling issues ranging from tobacco prevention to opioid misuse.
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Duckworth Announces $3.5 Million in Congressionally Directed Spending to Support Water Improvements in Harvey
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), co-founder of the Senate’s first Environmental Justice Caucus, today announced that $3.5 million she secured through a Fiscal Year 2022 Congressionally Directed Spending Request will be sent by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the City of Harvey for its Central Area Water and Sewer Improvement Project. This Duckworth-secured federal funding will increase Harvey’s financial capacity to implement long-overdue water infrastructure upgrades to help address chronic flooding and reduce resource costs for breaks and leaks repairs, while also helping provide higher quality drinking water to residents.
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Duckworth, Durbin Announce $2.1 Million in Federal Grant Funding for Fair Housing Efforts in Chicago-area
On August 23, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced a total of $2,125,000 in federal funding for Illinois housing non-profits from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The funding comes from the Fiscal Year (FY23) Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) Second- and Third-Year Private Enforcement Initiative (PEI) grants. Continuing the funding these organizations secured in FY21 and FY22 FHIP competitions, today’s PEI grants will support private, non-profit fair housing enforcement organizations that meet statutory requirements to conduct testing, investigate violations and obtain enforcement of the rights granted under the Fair Housing Act. These grant recipients support and assist individuals who are the victims of housing discrimination.
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Following Their Letter, Duckworth, Durbin, Applaud Biden Administration for Approving Illinois Disaster Declaration Following Severe Summer Storms
The Senators led the entire Illinois delegation in calling for federal assistance for Cook County
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Duckworth, Durbin Join Sente Dem Caucus to Introduce Resolition Recognizing June as LGBTQ Pride Month
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined their Senate Democratic Caucus colleagues to introduce a Senate resolution recognizing June as LGBTQ Pride Month.
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Duckworth, Durbin Legislation Receive Positive Testimony at Senate Hearing
U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today commended the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for holding a hearing on two of their bills, the 1908 Springfield Race Riot National Monument Act and the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley, and Roberts Temple National Historic Site Act.
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Senate Passes Duckworth, Durbin Resolition Marking One Year Anniversary of July 4th Mass Shooting in Highland Park
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution introduced by U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), expressing the condolences of the Senate and honoring the memory of the victims on the first anniversary of the mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, on July 4, 2022.
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Ahead of Dobbs Anniversary, Duckworth Joins Murray, Schumer, Senate Democratic Women to Announce Floor Action on Commonsense Bills to Protect Women’s Fundamental Freedoms
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today joined U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and seven of her Democratic women colleagues to mark the upcoming one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v.
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During Pride Month, Duckworth & Durbin Join Merkley, Baldwin, Booker to Introduce the Equality Act
Despite significant steps forward, LGBTQ+ Americans around the country are facing an uptick in discrimination and dangerous state-sponsored legislation.
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In Southern Illinois, Duckworth Commemorates Juneteenth
Ahead of Monday’s Juneteenth holiday, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) celebrated and honored the holiday in Carbondale.
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Duckworth Blasts Republican Effort to Strip Servicemembers of Their Reproductive Rights in Upcoming NDAA
Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth—member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and who served in the Reserve Forces for 23 years—condemned Republican efforts to overturn an existing Department of Defense policy that allows servicemembers to seek the care they need and protects their reproductive rights.
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After Securing More Than $18 Million in Federal Funding, Duckworth, Durbin Break Ground on Southern Illinois Multimodal Station
U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today joined Amtrak and local leaders to break ground on the Southern Illinois Multimodal Station (SIMMS). Duckworth and Durbin helped secure a total of $18.3 million in federal funding for this project and have been long-time champions of the project.
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Duckworth Joins Markey, Hirono in Re-Introducing Legislation to Codify Right to Contraception, Safeguard 60 Years of Settled Precedent
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) in re-introducing the Right to Contraception Act, legislation that would codify and strengthen the right to contraception—which the Supreme Court first recognized more than half a century ago in its Griswold v. Connecticut decision.
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Ahead of Dobbs Decision Anniversary, Duckworth Reinforces Commitment to Protecting Reproductive Rights
Nearly one year after the disastrous Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) visited Southern Illinois’s CHOICES Center for Reproductive Health to learn more about the clinic’s work.
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Duckworth Visits Sesser to Discuss $750,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending Secured for Water Infrastructure Improvements
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) visited Sesser to meet with the city’s leadership and discuss the $750,000 she secured through a Fiscal Year 2022 Congressionally Directed Spending Request for City of Sesser for the rehabilitation of its sanitary sewer collection system.
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New Duckworth-Collins Bipartisan Legislation Would Improve Maternal Care at VA
Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and who served in the Reserve Forces for 23 years—and U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced new bipartisan legislation to help improve maternal care at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
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Duckworth Urges Colleagues on Floor: Uphold Highest Standards for Pilot Training to Keep Flying Public Safe
U.S. Senator and pilot Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations and Innovation—delivered an impassioned speech on the Senate floor on the importance of upholding the strong pilot certification standards, such as the 1,500-hour rule, in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2023 and warned her Senate colleagues of the deadly consequences of complacency in aviation.