Senator Dick Durbin

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AFTERNOON READ: Through ingenuity & entrepreneurship @DINGERBATS is thriving in Southern Illinois #SmallBusinessWeek https://t.co/VQh6mwuD11 — PolitiTweet.org

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.@PPFA @NIH Pres Trump likes to tout his business experience. But what successful business budgets five months at a time? — PolitiTweet.org

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.@PPFA @NIH With short term funding, we ignore changes in policy priorities&restrict agencies from shifting dollars… https://t.co/VInYhmmS9D — PolitiTweet.org

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.@PPFA @NIH Short term funding is unreliable & unpredictable, and it prevents the government from operating effectively & efficiently — PolitiTweet.org

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.@PPFA @NIH Bad news? Short term funding is no way to run a government — PolitiTweet.org

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.@PPFA @NIH It gives $1 billion to permanently fund health care for retired coal miners & sets aside $103 million t… https://t.co/Uht5vbc0XF — PolitiTweet.org

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.@PPFA The bill increases funding for critical medical research at @NIH by $2 billion & public transit grants by $236 million — PolitiTweet.org

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It gives $8B in emergency&disaster relief funding to fight wildfires, flooding&other extreme weather events, & made no cuts to @PPFA funding — PolitiTweet.org

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There's no funding for a border wall or mass deportation force, & it doesn't hold critical law enforcement funds hostage — PolitiTweet.org

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Good news: late last night, negotiators in Congress reached agreement on govt funding deal. Let's breakdown some of the highlights — PolitiTweet.org

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While #4profit colleges enroll only about 9% of all college students, they account for a disproportionate 35% of student loan defaults. — PolitiTweet.org

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Students defrauded by Corinthian and other predatory #4profit colleges shouldn’t be left holding the bag when these schools collapse — PolitiTweet.org

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Joined @ILAttyGeneral at @WoodstockInst today to call on the Trump Administration to put students before for-profit… https://t.co/P13qOUN0Wh — PolitiTweet.org

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MORNING READ: congrats @IlliniMGolf on winning your 8th Big Ten Championship title in the last 9 seasons #B1GMGolf https://t.co/2kZjO2qO0m — PolitiTweet.org

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Hoy me uno a los millones de trabajadores, inmigrantes y aliados que alzan sus voces en contra de la discriminación e injusticia #MayDay2017 — PolitiTweet.org

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Today, I stand w/ the millions of workers, immigrants, & allies raising their voices against discrimination & injustice #MayDay2017 — PolitiTweet.org

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.@IHAhospitals 5.5M Illinoisans have a pre-existing condition, but with #TrumpCare, they would go back to paying sk… https://t.co/Ld4iqCxVL6 — PolitiTweet.org

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.@IHAhospitals #TrumpCare would cut $40B from Illinois’ Medicaid program&raise costs on seniors&families to give bi… https://t.co/iMesfywJ8x — PolitiTweet.org

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.@IHAhospitals predicts that #TrumpCare would result in more than 55,000 job losses in Illinois alone — PolitiTweet.org

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Next year alone, #TrumpCare would take health insurance away from 311k Illinoisans with private health plans & 170k who depend on Medicaid — PolitiTweet.org

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What would it mean for Illinois if Trump & the Republicans have their way with repealing health care? — PolitiTweet.org

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Happy #ArborDay. Did you know a large tree can provide a day’s supply of oxygen for up to four people? — PolitiTweet.org

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.@DEAHQ Drug manufacturers need to stop flooding the market with addictive painkillers and deceiving patients & docs about risks — PolitiTweet.org

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.@DEAHQ US health care providers wrote 245 million prescriptions for painkillers in 2014, enough for every adult Am… https://t.co/GdDueYiOPP — PolitiTweet.org

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.@DEAHQ Deaths from prescription opioids quadrupled since 1999 and 4 of 5 new heroin users started out by misusing prescription opioids — PolitiTweet.org

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.@DEAHQ The road to opioid addiction can begin in your bathroom medicine cabinet. Parents, don’t hold on to unused pills. — PolitiTweet.org

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On last year’s Take Back day, @DEAHQ collected nearly 450 tons of medicine at more than 5,000 sites in all 50 states. — PolitiTweet.org

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National Prescription Drug #TakeBack Day is Saturday. Clean out the medicine cabinet & find a local collection site https://t.co/Od0TB0Aqq0 — PolitiTweet.org

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I hope that many people will tell Trump that this is no way to celebrate 100 days, by taking health insurance away from 24 million people — PolitiTweet.org

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The #ACA did away with that, but those dark days would be back if Trump & the Republicans have their way https://t.co/02HniuXMP8 — PolitiTweet.org