Total votes
1,037
all sessions
Attendance
97%
35 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
97%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
2%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
1,993
bills & resolutions
Higher than 86% of chamber peers
Committees
12
assignments
12 committee assignments · 2 leadership roles
Committee assignments
Sen. Durbin serves on 12 standing committees, with leadership in 2 of them. Committee work shapes which bills reach the floor and which quietly die in markup.
01
Ranking member
Standing committee
Crime and Counterterrorism Subcommittee
02
Ranking member
Standing committee
Judiciary Committee
03
member
Standing committee
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
04
member
Standing committee
Appropriations Committee
05
member
Standing committee
Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade Subcommittee
06
member
Standing committee
Department of Defense Subcommittee
07
member
Standing committee
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
08
member
Standing committee
Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
09
member
Standing committee
Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee
10
member
Standing committee
Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety Subcommittee
11
member
Standing committee
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee
12
member
Standing committee
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
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