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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill) looks on as Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill) accepts victory in her race for the Senate. A Monday petition calls on the two senators to reject President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for the Department of Homeland Security.

Activists call for Durbin, Duckworth to oppose Trump’s Homeland Security budget

April 3, 2017

Activists delivered a petition Monday afternoon to the local offices of U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) that calls on them to reject President Donald Trump’s proposed budget...

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill) looks on as Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill) accepts victory in her race for the Senate. Both senators co-sponsored legislation to repeal an executive order on immigration.

Illinois Senators vocally oppose Trump on immigration orders

February 22, 2017

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) joined 20 other senators last week in introducing legislation to repeal an executive order calling for increased deportation. The order, signed...

Sen. Dick Durbin looks on at then-Representative Tammy Duckworth as she accepts victory in her race for the Senate in November. Both senators voted against Secretary of State Rex Tillerson today.

Illinois senators oppose Tillerson, other Trump nominees

February 2, 2017

Both Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) voted against the nomination of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson today and have shown opposition to other Trump administration nominees. In...

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill) looks on as Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill) accepts victory in her race for the Senate against Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill). Duckworth won by a margin of 14 percent, Politico reported.

U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth clinches Senate seat

November 9, 2016

Tammy Duckworth promised to unify Illinois and work for those living in both Chicago and rural areas in her acceptance speech Tuesday night in the Loop. Duckworth, who currently represents the 8th...

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) speaks to students about the effect of voting for a third party candidate in the upcoming presidential election. She urged students and faculty to support Hillary Clinton by continuing frequent phone banking and making a personal impact on undecided voters.

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky visits College Democrats phone banking for Hillary Clinton

October 13, 2016

With fewer than four weeks until the presidential election, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) visited the College Democrats on Thursday to encourage students phone banking for Hillary Clinton and to discourage...

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