WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today announced that they will begin accepting applications from those interested in serving as a Federal District Court Judge in the Central District of Illinois. The Senators will be assisted by a screening committee whose task is to review and vet District Court candidates and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representatives Matthew Cartwright (D-PA-08) and Zach Nunn (R-IA-03) today introduced bicameral and bipartisan legislation to collect demographic data on public school teachers and principals to improve the accuracy of educator workforce data. The Strengthening Educator Workforce Data Act would establish a permanent, national mechanism to collect tea more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today announced that they will begin accepting applications from those interested in serving as a Federal District Court Judge in the Central District of Illinois. The Senators will be assisted by a screening committee whose task is to review and vet District Court candidates an more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * The bill increases the maximum child care credit to $4,000 for one child or $8,000 for two or more children. * * * Representatives Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), and Linda Sanchez introduced the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act to permanently expand child care tax credits to help working families receive up to $4,000 for one child or $8,000 for two or more children more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), released the following statement on her opposition to H.R. 7217: "The extremist Republicans' Israel Security Supplemental is another cynical political game that alienates our allies in Ukraine, denies urgently needed assistance to Palestinian civilians, and leaves out funding to protect our places of worship. I cannot, in good conscience, vote for this bill. "W more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Full Text of Letter (PDF) WASHINGTON- U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce, and U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (TX-37), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Subcommittee on Health, led lawmakers in a letter to United States Trade Ambassador Katherine Tai, urging her to support more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: MOLINE, IL - Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, promoted clean energy investments going to rural communities and highlighted his work to strengthen Illinois agriculture. Sorensen joined U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Senior Advisor Cindy Axne and Rural Development State Director Betsy Dirksen Londrigan to highlight clean energy investments on local farms  more PR