WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Casten Introduces New CO2 Cap-And-Trade Bill Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) introduced the Tradeable Energy Performance Standards (TEPS) Act, legislation to eliminate the net emissions of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from power plants and large industrial thermal energy users by 2048 in the most economically-efficient way possible. "Carbon dioxide emissions from power pl  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth, Durbin, Colleagues to Education Secretary: "We Will Not Stand By as You Attempt to Turn Back the Clock on Education in This Country" March 19, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - As the Trump administration and Elon Musk attack public education in America by closing offices and laying off 1,300 workers at the Department of Education, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Democra  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth, Senate Democratic Veterans Slam Trump and Musk for Erasing Legacy of American Military Heroes from Department of Defense Websites March 19, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--a member of both the U.S. Senate Armed Services (SASC) and Veterans' Affairs Committees (SVAC)--led a group of her fellow Senate Democratic Veterans, including SASC Ranking Me  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Join Colleagues To Push Back On Proposed Cuts To Disaster Recovery Programs March 18, 2025 In a new letter, the lawmakers pushed back against U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner's proposed cuts to critical disaster recovery programs WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) j  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Padilla Lead Push To Save Task Force Combatting Threats To Election Officials WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) led 29 Democratic Senators in urging Attorney General Pam Bondi to continue the essential work of the Department  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Padilla, Booker, Welch Statement On Trump Invoking The Alien Enemies Act To Target Immigrants Without Due Process SPRINGFIELD - Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Peter Welch (D-VT) issued the following st  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging posted the following fact sheet: * * * The Republican Plan for Medicaid Will Harm Illinois More than 3.2 million Illinoisans rely on Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Republican Cuts to Medicaid Put Illinoisans' Health and Coverage At-Risk Every proposal on the Republican wish list of more than $2 trillion in Medicaid cuts is bad news for Illinoisan  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Kelly Gathers Elected Officials, Healthcare Advocates Against Republican Medicaid Cuts WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) condemned House Republicans' $880 billion budget cut to Medicaid alongside U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson (IL-01), healthcare providers and community members at Roseland Community Hospital (RCH). Cuts to Medicaid would force RCH   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Schakowsky and Nadler Joint Statement on Trump's Attempt to Illegally Fire Two Democratic FTC Commissioners WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, and Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * SCHNEIDER STATEMENT ON RENEWED FIGHTING IN GAZA LINCOLNSHIRE, IL - Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and co-chair and co-founder of the bipartisan, bicameral Abraham Accords Caucus, released the following statement in response to renewed fighting in Gaza. "It's been 530 days since thousands of Hamas-led terrorists invaded Israel, murdered more than   more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on March 19, 2025: * * * URBANA: Budzinski Hosts Agriculture Roundtable on Impacts of Administrative Actions URBANA, IL -- Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, visited Sola Gratia Farms in Urbana to engage with individuals and organizations impacted by the Trump Administration's policies on climate-smart agriculture and the local farm economy. She w  more