Dick Durbin

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Acting · East St. Louis, Illinois, USA

Richard Joseph Durbin (born November 21, 1944) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Illinois, a seat he has held since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Durbin is in his fifth Senate term and has served as the Senate Democratic whip since 2005 (the second-highest position in the Democratic leadership in the Senate) and as the Senate majority…

Known for

• Four Hours at the Capitol — Self - Illinois Senator2021
• The Problem with Jon Stewart — Self2021
• Inside Obama's White House — Self2016
• The Circus — Self (archive footage)2016
• Every Three Seconds2014
• The World According to Dick Cheney — Self (archive footage)2013
• Pricele$$ — Self2010
• Hype: The Obama Effect — Self (archive footage)2008
• Fox News Sunday1996
• Face The Nation1954

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Music · MusicBrainz

Country

US

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools

   · 2009 · cited 58,112x

2. Fast and accurate short read alignment with Burrows–Wheeler transform

   · 2009 · cited 46,748x

3. The ERA5 global reanalysis

   · 2020 · cited 22,659x

4. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

   · 2001 · cited 18,515x

5. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,370x

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Quotes

• “The purpose of this closed session in the Senate chamber is to finally give the truth to at least the members of the Senate—to finally call to task the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.”
• “For a year and a half, we've been waiting for phase two. You know there comes a point where we'll be in next year, it'll be too close to an election and this will once again just slip through our hands. I think we owe the American people some straight answers. We certainly owe the troops who are risking their lives every day straight answers.”
• “It is within the power of the majority to close down the closed session. They can do it by majority vote to return to the legislative calendar. We're serving notice on them at this moment: Be prepared for this motion every day until you face the reality. The Senate Intelligence Committee has a responsibility.”
• “The banks—hard to believe in a time when we're facing a banking crisis—that many of the banks created—are still the most powerful lobby on Capitol Hill. And they frankly own the place.”
• “If you want to get to the heart of this, it's the way we finance our campaigns for the United States Senate and the House of Representatives.”

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Key facts

Preceded by

Paul Simon

Leader

Chuck Schumer

Succeeded by

John Thune

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Wikidata facts

Official website

www.durbinforsenate.com

Image

Dick Durbin October 2017 (cropped).jpg

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