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Priority Bill Status
Ukraine Voting Record
Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022
Ratification of NATO accession protocols for Sweden and Finland
Emergency supplemental appropriations providing $61B in Ukraine assistance
National Defense Authorization Act with Ukraine security assistance provisions
About
Elected: 1996 (5th term)
- Background: Former Senate Democratic Whip until 2025; long-standing voice on refugee protection
- Committees: Top Democrat on Senate Judiciary Committee; Senate Ukraine Caucus Co-Chair (top Democratic Ukraine position in Senate)
- State: Illinois Ukrainian community is the largest organized diaspora in the country
- Ukrainian American community: Chicago Ukrainian Village as his primary constituent base
Bio Dick Durbin is the author of the Protecting Our Guests Act (S. 696), which extends legal status for Ukrainian refugees, the Senate companion to H.R. 2118. As the top Democrat on Judiciary, he controls Democratic strategy on Ukrainian refugee and immigration legislation.
Ukraine Record
- Author of the Protecting Our Guests Act (S. 696)
- Co-Chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, a bipartisan group of senators who support Ukraine
- Led Senate Ukraine Caucus delegations to Kyiv
- Voted YES on every Ukraine aid bill
Advocacy Insight
- Ask them to: Force the Judiciary Committee to vote on the Protecting Our Guests Act (S. 696) and introduce a Senate companion to the Ukrainian Adjustment Act (H.R. 3104), which protects Ukrainians in the U.S. from deportation.
- Why it works with them: He is already the Senate's leading voice on Ukrainian refugee protection. Ask him to use procedural tools to force action.
- Your connection: Mention the Chicago Ukrainian Village and its coordinated weekly calling campaigns, which are his home constituency's most powerful tool.
- Avoid: Asking him to reconsider Ukraine. He is already there. Ask him to move bills forward.
Without this bill, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians who fled the war and built lives in the U.S. face deportation back to an active war zone. This is the single most urgent protection for Ukrainians in America.
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Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME], a constituent from [YOUR CITY/ZIP]. I'm calling to urge Representative [REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME] to cosponsor H.R. 3104, the Ukrainian Adjustment Act of 2025. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians fled Russia's invasion and are now living in the U.S. on temporary status. They cannot safely return to an active war zone. H.R. 3104 gives them a path to permanent residency. It's bipartisan, it's targeted, and it's the right thing to do. Will Representative [REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME] cosponsor H.R. 3104? Thank you.
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