Senator Dick Durbin

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MORNING READ: On Sunday, 800 Peorians gathered to join @alzIllinois in the fight to #EndAlz http://t.co/nDdKHoJYgK #whatimreading @pjstar — PolitiTweet.org

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On #WCD2015, hear from 6 Haitian women whose access to contraception is changing their lives: http://t.co/sc5GSJxJG5 http://t.co/4CvYdKledo — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DMDII_: Chicago Public School students touring and learning about our factory of the future! #MFGDay15 #MFGDayDMDII http://t.co/0zNdcz8… — PolitiTweet.org

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Based in Chicago the Digital Lab will have a "hub and spokes" model, w/work also being done in Quad Cities, Champaign, Peoria&more #MFGDay15 — PolitiTweet.org

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Last yr, I helped secure the Digital Lab, a manufacturing hub that will bring hightech manufacturing to IL http://t.co/ecE4UO2UPn #MFGDay15 — PolitiTweet.org

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#MetroEast educators&businesses are working to give students tools to succeed in manufacturing: http://t.co/k9Qtj75rDJ @bellevillenewsd — PolitiTweet.org

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Rockford is home to a strong&growing aerospace manufacturing industry with many ties to defense manufacturing #MFGDay15 — PolitiTweet.org

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Illinois is a national leader in manufacturing&is at the forefront of innovation and research #MFGDay15 — PolitiTweet.org

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Today we’re celebrating National Manufacturing Day #MFGDay15 http://t.co/81HRrrGA9T — PolitiTweet.org

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MORNING READ: AL takes step back&closes driver's license offices in counties w/ >75% nonwhite voters #whatimreading https://t.co/Bnjqeva6g2 — PolitiTweet.org

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Met with Ukrainian Members of Parliament today for an update on the situation in Ukraine https://t.co/UFn17zFQbQ — PolitiTweet.org

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Frustrated that Congress hasn’t come together to effectively address gun violence. — PolitiTweet.org

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My thoughts w/all those impacted by gun violence every day–when will we, as a nation, stand up&address this scourge? https://t.co/xMWfQjwPDy — PolitiTweet.org

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Now working 2 jobs, Mr Alroustom isn't a fiscal drain on our country–we should feel proud that our country welcomed Mr. Alsoustom&his family — PolitiTweet.org

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#SyrianRefugee Hussam Alroustom joined me at the hearing–he fled Syria w/his wife&children &moved to US this June https://t.co/oB9eOgw5QV — PolitiTweet.org

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I met w/Chicago #SyrianRefugees to discuss need for Syrian humanitarian safe zones&increasing refugee resettlements: https://t.co/nJFiEOf9sr — PolitiTweet.org

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In June, I joined a bipartisan group of Senators in calling for establishment of humanitarian safe zones in Syria: https://t.co/g6pxE9elNk — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Klobuchar&I led a group of Senators in urging @POTUS to increase the number of #SyrianRefugees the US accepts: https://t.co/aFAIMzYF8m — PolitiTweet.org

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Accepting 10k #SyrianRefugees is a good start, but w/millions displaced by the conflict in Syria, the US should be prepared to accept 100k — PolitiTweet.org

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Historically, the US has a history of responding to humanitarian crises, and we need to do it again #SyrianRefugees — PolitiTweet.org

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Now entering its 5th year, the Syrian Civil War has forced over half of Syria’s 23 million people from their homes #SyrianRefugees — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m speaking at a Senate Judiciary hearing on #SyrianRefugees–watch LIVE here: https://t.co/8bGi1DVlBh — PolitiTweet.org

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AFTERNOON READ: @ALPLM engages young Illinoisans w/an interactive exhibit on Civil War technologies https://t.co/twafcIDgPP #whatimreading — PolitiTweet.org

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Given tight budgets&overcrowded prison cells, we need to reform these outdated&ineffective laws that have cost American taxpayers billions — PolitiTweet.org

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My #FairSentencing Act reduced disparity btw crack&powder cocaine #tbt–#SentencingReform bill makes it retroactive https://t.co/MnKaS8E6sD — PolitiTweet.org

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In 2013, I shared Eugenia Jennings' story, an Illinoisan sentenced to 22yrs in prison for a minor drug offense http://t.co/Se7LmYXA1c #tbt — PolitiTweet.org

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Once seen as strong deterrents mandatory minimum sentences are unfair, fiscally irresponsible&threat to public safety http://t.co/ESNtOZHWUE — PolitiTweet.org

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The United States incarcerates more of its citizens than any other country on Earth http://t.co/3QW45kYDJi — PolitiTweet.org

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The Sentencing Reform & Corrections Act brings practical, much-needed reform to the criminal justice system https://t.co/NxMllZnox5 — PolitiTweet.org

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Joined by @ChuckGrassley @SenMikeLee @SenWhitehouse @JohnCornyn @CoryBooker @GrahamBlog @SenatorLeahy @SenSchumer — PolitiTweet.org