Biography
DURBIN, Richard Joseph, a Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born in East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Ill., November 21, 1944; graduated from Assumption High School, East St. Louis 1962; B.S., Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Washington, DC 1966; intern in the office of Illinois Senator Paul Douglas during his senior year in college; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center 1969; admitted to the Illinois bar 1969, and commenced practice in Springfield; legal counsel to Illinois Lieutenant Governor Paul Simon 1969-1972; legal counsel, Illinois State senate judiciary committee 1972-1982; Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor of Illinois 1978; associate professor, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield 1978-1983; delegate, Democratic National

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Bills Sponsored (110)
Bill name Last Action
S.3713A bill to provide for the integration of the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center a...11/20/2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1...
S.2136A bill to address the treatment of primary mortgages in bankruptcy, and for other purposes.
11/19/2008Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
S.3690A bill to help struggling families stay in their homes and to ensure that taxpayers are protected...11/19/2008Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
S.3197A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to exempt for a limited period, from the applicatio...10/20/2008Signed by President.
S.1276A bill to facilitate the creation of methamphetamine precursor electronic logbook systems, and fo...10/14/2008Signed by President.

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Bills Co-Sponsored (607)
Bill name Last Action
S.3737A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out a program to enable certain individu...12/11/2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
S.RES.713A resolution calling on all parties to the escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of ...11/20/2008Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unani...
S.1924A bill to amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to create a presumption that a disabil...11/17/2008By Senator Lieberman from Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs filed written r...
S.1738A bill to require the Department of Justice to develop and implement a National Strategy Child Ex...10/13/2008Became Public Law No: 110-401.
S.1492A bill to improve the quality of federal and state data regarding the availability and quality of...10/10/2008Signed by President.

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