119TH CONGRESS · U.S. SENATE

TAXPAYER RECORD & ACCOUNTABILITY DATA

SENATOR: Richard J. Durbin
STATE: IL · Democrat
1. MEMBER OVERVIEW
Chamber
United States Senate
State
IL
First Senate Service
January 7, 1997
Years in Senate
29
Current Term
January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2027
Party
Democrat
Birth Date
November 21, 1944
BioGuide ID
D000563
2. COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Ranking Member

Leadership / Special Roles:
Ranking Member: Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Ranking Member: Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Crime and Counterterrorism

3. LEGISLATIVE RECORD
Original-sponsored laws enacted
Open Congress.gov record
Sponsored legislation
Congress.gov
Cosponsored legislation
Congress.gov
Amendments / resolutions
Congress.gov

Pen to Power standard: enacted-law count is original sponsor only. Cosponsorship is kept separate.

4. FISCAL VOTING RECORD
Appropriations
See Senate roll calls
Budget resolutions
See Senate roll calls
Debt ceiling / limit
See Senate roll calls
Current roll-call source
Senate.gov

Spending, budget and debt-limit votes remain separate categories; no combined partisan score.

5. COST TO THE TAXPAYER · CUMULATIVE DURING TENURE
Congressional salary received
$6,320,587
Senate office operating funds (SOPOEA)
Official disbursement compilation
Staff payroll
Included within office-account records
State / D.C. office costs
Included within office-account records
Official travel / communications
Included within office-account records
National debt during tenure
+$38.4 trillion

Salary is personal compensation. SOPOEA and other office expenditures are taxpayer-funded operating resources, not personal income. Debt is fiscal context, not blame.

6. CAMPAIGN FINANCE
FEC Candidate ID
H2IL20026
Candidate-controlled receipts
See FEC record
Individual contributions
See FEC record
PAC / party support
See FEC record
Candidate self-funding
See FEC record
Outside spending
Kept separate · see FEC

Outside expenditures are never added to candidate-controlled receipts.

7. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES
Disclosure source
Senate eFD
Assets
Reported ranges
Liabilities
Reported ranges
Transactions / income
Underlying filing
Positions / travel / gifts
Underlying filing

Pen to Power will not convert statutory disclosure ranges into a fabricated exact net-worth figure.

8. ATTENDANCE & VOTING PARTICIPATION
Current Senate roll calls
Senate.gov
Voting-history reference
GovTrack
Not voting / present
Source record
Comparison standard
Chamber record
9. TENURE IMPACT SNAPSHOT
Years in Senate
29
Salary received
$6,320,587
Debt change during tenure
+$38.4 trillion
Current committees
3
Committee leadership roles
2
10. OFFICIAL CONTACT
Office
711 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone
202-224-2152

Official website
https://www.durbin.senate.gov

Contact form
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/contact/

11. LINKS & SOURCES
Congress.gov
https://www.congress.gov/member/D000563

GovTrack.us
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/300038
FEC
https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H2IL20026/

Senate Financial Disclosures
https://efdsearch.senate.gov/search/
Senate Roll Calls
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/votes_new.htm

Official Senate Website
https://www.durbin.senate.gov
TRANSPARENCY. ACCOUNTABILITY. THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER.
PRIMARY SOURCES: CONGRESS.GOV · SENATE.GOV · FEC.GOV · SENATE eFD · GOVTRACK · BIOGUIDE · LAST BUILD: AUGUST 7, 2026