{"id":1228351194105602000,"conversation_id":"1228351193027616768","created_at":1581696720000,"date":"2020-02-14","time":"16:12:00","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"On Feb. 14, 2008, a gunman killed five students and wounded 17 more at Northern Illinois University. On that day we lost:\n \nGayle Dubowski\nCatalina Garcia\nJulianna Gehant\nRyanne Mace\nDaniel Parmenter","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":17,"likes_count":40,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1228351194105602055","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1225191555482443800,"conversation_id":"1225191554475753479","created_at":1580943404000,"date":"2020-02-05","time":"22:56:44","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"After this vote and after this day, those of us who are entrusted with this high office must each do our part to work to bind the wounds of our divided nation. I hope we can leave the Senate chamber with that common resolve.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":50,"retweets_count":62,"likes_count":360,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1225191555482443776","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1225099988323225600,"conversation_id":"1225099988323225601","created_at":1580921573000,"date":"2020-02-05","time":"16:52:53","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"The landmark Family and Medical Leave Act turns 27 today. FMLA was an important step forward—but there is more work to be done to protect families’ economic security. My Family Medical Leave Modernization Act will update FMLA to ensure every caregiving relationship is covered.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":12,"retweets_count":52,"likes_count":261,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1225099988323225601","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1224775906205618200,"conversation_id":"1224775906205618177","created_at":1580844305000,"date":"2020-02-04","time":"19:25:05","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"I lost my father to lung cancer when he was only 53 years old.\n\nOn #WorldCancerDay, we remember all those who lost their lives to this terrible disease, their families, and their friends. We must do everything in our power to find better cures and treatments.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":15,"retweets_count":73,"likes_count":378,"hashtags":["#worldcancerday"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1224775906205618177","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1224507858991091700,"conversation_id":"1224507856088715270","created_at":1580780398000,"date":"2020-02-04","time":"01:39:58","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"It didn't take long to recognize what an impressive young man De’Andre is. A talented athlete & outstanding student, he is a role model in his neighborhood & has a bright future ahead of him. I'm honored to have De’Andre join me for the #SOTU2020.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":14,"likes_count":59,"hashtags":["#sotu2020"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1224507858991091713","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1224426883854622700,"conversation_id":"1224423000688283649","created_at":1580761092000,"date":"2020-02-03","time":"20:18:12","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"The House managers made clear, compelling, and thorough arguments throughout this process. I want to thank Reps. Nadler, Demings, Garcia, & Crow for their hard work. Their dedication to the truth stood in stark contrast to much of what we heard from the President’s defense team.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":32,"retweets_count":132,"likes_count":611,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1224426883854622720","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1224354470940872700,"conversation_id":"1224354470940872711","created_at":1580743827000,"date":"2020-02-03","time":"15:30:27","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Senators will soon hear closing arguments from House managers & the President’s defense team, bringing this show trial closer to its rigged conclusion. The American people wanted the truth—in rushing to an ending without witnesses or documents, the Senate is failing them.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":168,"retweets_count":335,"likes_count":1219,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1224354470940872711","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1224082615248081000,"conversation_id":"1224082615248080896","created_at":1580679012000,"date":"2020-02-02","time":"21:30:12","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Note to editors and producers: please do not refer to the “Senate Impeachment Trial.” There were no sworn witnesses, no documents, no evidence, and clearly no trial. Please refer to it as “That Senate Impeachment Thing.”","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":469,"retweets_count":2298,"likes_count":7368,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1224082615248080896","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1223727823476621300,"conversation_id":"1223727823476621313","created_at":1580594423000,"date":"2020-02-01","time":"22:00:23","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"The Earned Income Tax Credit is one of the most effective tools we have to put money in the pockets of working people & families. Yesterday was Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day—a reminder that we must pass the Working Families Tax Relief Act & expand the EITC.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":26,"retweets_count":58,"likes_count":185,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1223727823476621313","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1223694584737411000,"conversation_id":"1223694584737411075","created_at":1580586498000,"date":"2020-02-01","time":"19:48:18","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Today marks the beginning of #NationalGunViolenceSurvivorsWeek.\n \n58% of American adults or someone they care for have experienced gun violence in their lifetime.\n \nThat’s unacceptable—we must end the gun violence epidemic that is plaguing our nation. #MomentsThatSurvive","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":38,"retweets_count":136,"likes_count":410,"hashtags":["#nationalgunviolencesurvivorsweek","#momentsthatsurvive"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1223694584737411075","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1223683839903633400,"conversation_id":"1223683839903633410","created_at":1580583937000,"date":"2020-02-01","time":"19:05:37","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Bolton’s book has been buried in the same White House file as President Trump’s tax returns. Yesterday, Senate Republicans succeeded in guaranteeing the information Bolton has will come out only after this proceeding.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":109,"retweets_count":204,"likes_count":734,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1223683839903633410","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1223627488158457900,"conversation_id":"1223627486786879488","created_at":1580570501000,"date":"2020-02-01","time":"15:21:41","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"It is a tragedy that today, the Trump Administration pursues an official U.S. government policy that conflicts with our nation’s values.  America must be and is better than this.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":32,"retweets_count":79,"likes_count":305,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1223627488158457856","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1223627486786879500,"conversation_id":"1223627486786879488","created_at":1580570501000,"date":"2020-02-01","time":"15:21:41","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Just days after the third anniversary of the original Muslim travel ban, President Trump has doubled down on this un-American action by instituting a travel ban that will hurt innocent people seeking reunion with their families and refuge from life-threatening situations.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":42,"retweets_count":126,"likes_count":419,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1223627486786879488","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1223393133997760500,"conversation_id":"1223393132076847105","created_at":1580514627000,"date":"2020-01-31","time":"23:50:27","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Instead, the President’s call was a thinly veiled shakedown for President Trump’s personal, political advantage.\n \nThe Senate impeachment jury has been terminated by Senator McConnell and his loyalists, but the ultimate jury of American voters will have the last word in November.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":75,"retweets_count":106,"likes_count":507,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1223393133997760512","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1223393132076847000,"conversation_id":"1223393132076847105","created_at":1580514626000,"date":"2020-01-31","time":"23:50:26","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Senate Republicans are afraid of a trial and afraid of the truth.  Turning the lights off in this impeachment proceeding is an admission by the White House that the President’s phone conversation with the President of Ukraine was far from perfect.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":104,"retweets_count":235,"likes_count":1073,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1223393132076847105","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1223133201562030000,"conversation_id":"1223133200047902725","created_at":1580452654000,"date":"2020-01-31","time":"06:37:34","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Tomorrow, the Senate will deliberate and then vote on the question of whether or not witnesses will be heard. I hope Senators both sides of the aisle can come together and give the American people what they want & deserve-a full & fair trial that gets to the truth of this matter.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":73,"retweets_count":101,"likes_count":511,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1223133201562030088","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1223133200047902700,"conversation_id":"1223133200047902725","created_at":1580452654000,"date":"2020-01-31","time":"06:37:34","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"After hearing from the House managers & the President’s defense team as they made their cases & answered questions from Senators, I remain convinced that getting access to key documents & witnesses is essential to holding a full & fair trail. Anything less would be a cover up.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":111,"retweets_count":285,"likes_count":1316,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1223133200047902725","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1222936567158837200,"conversation_id":"1222936567158837249","created_at":1580405773000,"date":"2020-01-30","time":"17:36:13","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"The argument Prof. Dershowitz made yesterday would set a dangerous precedent for Presidential power. If we accept that a President’s personal/political interests are equal to our national interest, then it may well become impossible for Congress to hold any President accountable.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":73,"retweets_count":170,"likes_count":562,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1222936567158837249","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1222928670672769000,"conversation_id":"1222928670672769025","created_at":1580403890000,"date":"2020-01-30","time":"17:04:50","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"11 years ago this week, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed into law, closing loopholes that allow for gender-based wage discrimination. But we've still got work to do - it’s time to pass the #PaycheckFairness Act to help close the pay gap for good.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":37,"likes_count":102,"hashtags":["#paycheckfairness"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1222928670672769025","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1222906228780818400,"conversation_id":"1222906226608091137","created_at":1580398540000,"date":"2020-01-30","time":"15:35:40","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"I'm deeply concerned this plan will further legitimize Israeli settlements & be seen as green light from Trump Admin for Netanyahu to annex key parts of West Bank. It’s near impossible to believe this approach will lead to dialogue & compromise needed for lasting peace agreement.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":15,"retweets_count":35,"likes_count":160,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1222906228780818434","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1222895758736646100,"conversation_id":"1222895758736646145","created_at":1580396043000,"date":"2020-01-30","time":"14:54:03","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"By misleading regulators about their water sampling results, ArcelorMittal has not only likely violated federal law, but jeopardized the public health of local residents & compounded the severity of their original wrongdoing.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":9,"retweets_count":56,"likes_count":145,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1222895758736646145","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1222734953324187600,"conversation_id":"1222734951713509376","created_at":1580357704000,"date":"2020-01-30","time":"04:15:04","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"The President is threatening to invoke executive privilege. But as House managers explained, he hasn’t. Why? He’d have to identify which docs/communications he wants to protect. So instead he’s claiming “absolute immunity,“ which courts reject.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":29,"retweets_count":81,"likes_count":320,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1222734953324187650","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1222733261543264300,"conversation_id":"1222733261543264258","created_at":1580357301000,"date":"2020-01-30","time":"04:08:21","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"In the first day of questioning by Senators, House managers & the President's lawyers debated the meaning of Bolton’s and Mulvaney’s statements & conflicting accounts of WH meetings. There’s one way we can get to the bottom of all these issues – calling witnesses & key documents.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":54,"retweets_count":222,"likes_count":840,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1222733261543264258","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1222574667573219300,"conversation_id":"1222574667573219328","created_at":1580319489000,"date":"2020-01-29","time":"17:38:09","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Today Senators will begin asking questions of both the House managers & the President’s defense team. I look forward to hearing what both sides will have to say. But the elephant in the room remains—we cannot have a full & fair trial without key documents & relevant witnesses.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":105,"retweets_count":108,"likes_count":533,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1222574667573219328","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1222567024704000000,"conversation_id":"1222567024704000001","created_at":1580317667000,"date":"2020-01-29","time":"17:07:47","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"While hanging out in Davos with corporate elites, Pres. Trump suggested he was open to cutting Medicare and Social Security. While I hope he simply misspoke, his budgets have proposed cuts to these vital programs for working Americans.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":21,"retweets_count":74,"likes_count":215,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1222567024704000001","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1222317168668348400,"conversation_id":"1222317166248321024","created_at":1580258097000,"date":"2020-01-29","time":"00:34:57","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"During the meeting, Mr. Anderson committed to implementing much needed changes to its accessibility policies. It’s imperative Amtrak updates its policies to ensure that Americans with disabilities are treated fairly & are able to access Amtrak trains w/out facing discrimination.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":9,"retweets_count":29,"likes_count":185,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1222317168668348422","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1221996938041745400,"conversation_id":"1221996938041745408","created_at":1580181748000,"date":"2020-01-28","time":"03:22:28","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Today, the President’s team's presentation continued to show why key documents & relevant witnesses should be provided -especially John Bolton. If Senators vote to move forward without them, we would be giving the American people a cover up, not a full & fair trial.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":83,"retweets_count":229,"likes_count":975,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1221996938041745408","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1221850626314920000,"conversation_id":"1221850626314919937","created_at":1580146864000,"date":"2020-01-27","time":"17:41:04","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"The reporting about John Bolton blows a hole in the President’s defense, and calls into question much of what the President’s lawyers told us on Saturday. The easiest way to resolve this dispute would be calling in witnesses like Amb. Bolton.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":127,"retweets_count":324,"likes_count":1469,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1221850626314919937","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1221845034020036600,"conversation_id":"1221845034020036609","created_at":1580145531000,"date":"2020-01-27","time":"17:18:51","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Three years ago today, within a week of assuming office, President Trump issued the first version of his Muslim travel ban. The ugliness of that moment—and the subsequent campaign to uphold the ban in court—has done lasting damage.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":12,"retweets_count":67,"likes_count":233,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1221845034020036609","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1221840363037642800,"conversation_id":"1221840363037642752","created_at":1580144417000,"date":"2020-01-27","time":"17:00:17","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"As we prepare to hear from the President’s lawyers this afternoon, the need for access to key documents & relevant witnesses becomes more glaring by the day. We cannot hold a full & fair trial w/out access to all the necessary evidence—especially with so much dispute over facts.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":64,"retweets_count":130,"likes_count":475,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1221840363037642752","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1221834933083222000,"conversation_id":"1221834933083222017","created_at":1580143123000,"date":"2020-01-27","time":"16:38:43","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"On #HolocaustMemorialDay, we remember the millions of lives that were lost 75 years ago and honor the survivors who faced immeasurable horrors with courage & resolve. We must re-commit ourselves to fighting anti-Semitism and hate wherever it may surface. #NeverAgain","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":16,"retweets_count":90,"likes_count":319,"hashtags":["#holocaustmemorialday","#neveragain"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1221834933083222017","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1221140853563043800,"conversation_id":"1221140853563043841","created_at":1579977641000,"date":"2020-01-25","time":"18:40:41","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"President Trump’s attorney Mr. Philbin said “Cross-examination in our legal system is regarded as the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth.” I agree - that’s why we need witnesses for this to be a full and fair trial.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":51,"retweets_count":244,"likes_count":869,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1221140853563043841","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1221130728278298600,"conversation_id":"1221130728278298630","created_at":1579975227000,"date":"2020-01-25","time":"18:00:27","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"If the President’s lawyers are going to spend their time disputing the facts of this case, then Senators must be given access to the key government documents that would help resolve those disputes before making any kind of judgement.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":54,"retweets_count":289,"likes_count":948,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1221130728278298630","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1221123924441862100,"conversation_id":"1221123924441862145","created_at":1579973605000,"date":"2020-01-25","time":"17:33:25","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"I don’t know how any Senator could hear these disputes over the facts and not want to hear testimony from first-hand witnesses like Mick Mulvaney and John Bolton.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":178,"retweets_count":517,"likes_count":2373,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1221123924441862145","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1221085962480103400,"conversation_id":"1221085962480103424","created_at":1579964554000,"date":"2020-01-25","time":"15:02:34","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Over the last 3 days, House managers made a compelling & fact-based case. And today, we will begin hearing from the President’s lawyers. But one thing remains abundantly clear - we still need access to key documents & relevant witnesses to conduct a full & fair trial.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":83,"retweets_count":150,"likes_count":632,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1221085962480103424","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1220888866850328600,"conversation_id":"1220888865734569984","created_at":1579917563000,"date":"2020-01-25","time":"01:59:23","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"It is my hope that their words broke through to at least four of my Republican colleagues on the need for this to be a fair & full trial, with key evidence and relevant witnesses allowed. America is watching. And history will remember.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":32,"retweets_count":79,"likes_count":453,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1220888866850328578","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1220888865734570000,"conversation_id":"1220888865734569984","created_at":1579917563000,"date":"2020-01-25","time":"01:59:23","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Tonight, the House managers wrapped up their thoughtful, fact-based, compelling case, laying out Pres. Trump’s scheme to solicit foreign interference in our elections for his personal, political gain. I am grateful to them for their hard work, dedication, and professionalism.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":64,"retweets_count":227,"likes_count":1332,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1220888865734569984","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1220766071705284600,"conversation_id":"1220766071705284609","created_at":1579888286000,"date":"2020-01-24","time":"17:51:26","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"As House managers close their presentation today, the American people are watching. The House has made a compelling case, but it won’t be a full and fair trial without access to all the key documents & relevant witnesses. The American people deserve the whole truth.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":67,"retweets_count":153,"likes_count":541,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1220766071705284609","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1220561920845066200,"conversation_id":"1220561920845066241","created_at":1579839613000,"date":"2020-01-24","time":"04:20:13","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"For 9.5 hours today, House managers presented a compelling & fact-based case, laying out Pres. Trump’s scheme to solicit foreign interference in our elections & put self above country. The need to have a fair trial w/key documents & relevant witnesses becomes clearer by the day.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":106,"retweets_count":311,"likes_count":1439,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1220561920845066241","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1220388995848396800,"conversation_id":"1220388992044150784","created_at":1579798384000,"date":"2020-01-23","time":"16:53:04","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"As we discussed today, we can move our cities & towns forward by bringing federal dollars home to increase access to affordable housing, expand broadband services, & improve Amtrak service & transportation. I will continue working with our mayors to advocate for IL priorities.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":10,"retweets_count":9,"likes_count":53,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1220388995848396800","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1220363199402430500,"conversation_id":"1220363199402430468","created_at":1579792234000,"date":"2020-01-23","time":"15:10:34","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"On the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we mourn the victims, honor the survivors, and recommit ourselves to fighting anti-Semitism and racism. #NeverAgain","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":15,"retweets_count":86,"likes_count":363,"hashtags":["#neveragain"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1220363199402430468","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1220178304914874400,"conversation_id":"1220178304914874370","created_at":1579748152000,"date":"2020-01-23","time":"02:55:52","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"For 8.5 hours today, House managers started making their thorough, fact-based case about Pres. Trump’s scheme to solicit foreign interference in our elections for his own personal, political gain. Their presentation was compelling & demonstrates why we need key docs & witnesses.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":181,"retweets_count":413,"likes_count":2076,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1220178304914874370","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1220035751146086400,"conversation_id":"1220035751146086401","created_at":1579714164000,"date":"2020-01-22","time":"17:29:24","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Every woman has the right to choose. But 47 years after the landmark #RoevWade decision, that right is under attack. I will keep fighting to protect Roe and ensure that women continue to have the right to plan their lives and families as they choose.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":28,"retweets_count":83,"likes_count":377,"hashtags":["#roevwade"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1220035751146086401","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1220033060252672000,"conversation_id":"1220033060252672000","created_at":1579713523000,"date":"2020-01-22","time":"17:18:43","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"The youth vaping epidemic has now hooked 5 million kids - an increase of 135% over the past 2 years of the Trump Administration. We must act now to protect the next generation of children from nicotine addiction.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":21,"retweets_count":12,"likes_count":70,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1220033060252672000","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1219876825624645600,"conversation_id":"1219876825624645633","created_at":1579676274000,"date":"2020-01-22","time":"06:57:54","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"For the past 13 hours, Senate Dems & the House managers fought to make the impeachment trial of President Trump a fair & credible trial with the inclusion of relevant documents and witnesses. Sadly, our Republican colleagues continued to enable a cover-up.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":154,"retweets_count":560,"likes_count":1793,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1219876825624645633","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1219669261309878300,"conversation_id":"1219669257358921728","created_at":1579626786000,"date":"2020-01-21","time":"17:13:06","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"As of this morning, a majority of the American people are calling for this President to be impeached and removed from office.\n \nIf Senator McConnell has his way, critical moments in this trial may not see the light of day.\n \nBut they will not escape the light of history.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":44,"retweets_count":69,"likes_count":229,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1219669261309878273","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1219669260332675000,"conversation_id":"1219669257358921728","created_at":1579626786000,"date":"2020-01-21","time":"17:13:06","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Sen. McConnell & his enablers believe the American people will not take notice. They are wrong. Americans are not asleep at the wheel of this democracy. They are wide awake to any Senator or President who disrespects their constitutional duties or claims to be above the law.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":15,"retweets_count":60,"likes_count":199,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1219669260332675072","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1219669259384737800,"conversation_id":"1219669257358921728","created_at":1579626786000,"date":"2020-01-21","time":"17:13:06","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Senator McConnell and those who enable him believe that if they hurry the proceedings, restrict the evidence, limit the witnesses, and force the whole enterprise into the midnight hour, they can conceal any misconduct by the President.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":25,"likes_count":86,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1219669259384737795","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1219669258352955400,"conversation_id":"1219669257358921728","created_at":1579626786000,"date":"2020-01-21","time":"17:13:06","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"With his resolution outlining the course of the trial, Sen. McConnell & those who enable him demonstrate that Republicans believe that the American people are not entitled to judge for themselves whether Pres. Trump abused the power of his office & obstructed this Congress.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":37,"likes_count":117,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1219669258352955393","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1219669257358921700,"conversation_id":"1219669257358921728","created_at":1579626785000,"date":"2020-01-21","time":"17:13:05","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"From day one, we have learned that Senator McConnell’s political loyalty to this President is more important than respect for the Constitution, the integrity of the Senate, and common decency.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":88,"retweets_count":180,"likes_count":661,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1219669257358921728","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1218221400613367800,"conversation_id":"1218221400613367810","created_at":1579281590000,"date":"2020-01-17","time":"17:19:50","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Rural communities too often struggle to find quality, affordable health care. If Pres. Trump & the GOP succeed in their lawsuit to undo the ACA, rural hospitals will be harmed & Americans w/pre-existing conditions in rural communities will lose their health care. #ProtectOurCare","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":54,"retweets_count":116,"likes_count":305,"hashtags":["#protectourcare"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1218221400613367810","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1217874941485506600,"conversation_id":"1217874941485506560","created_at":1579198987000,"date":"2020-01-16","time":"18:23:07","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"The USMCA will support Illinois’ economy, provide more certainty to agriculture, & improve trade relationships with Canada & Mexico, our top trading partners. Glad the Senate voted today to pass this agreement on a bipartisan basis, with the support of business, labor, & farmers.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":37,"retweets_count":15,"likes_count":65,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1217874941485506560","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1217530334784508000,"conversation_id":"1217530334784507905","created_at":1579116827000,"date":"2020-01-15","time":"19:33:47","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"If the ACA is repealed—as Pres. Trump wants—the Medicare Rx drug “donut hole” would be reopened & seniors would see their costs increase immediately. Insurance companies would also once again be able to deny coverage of Rx drugs to Americans w/private insurance. #ProtectOurCare","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":17,"retweets_count":79,"likes_count":162,"hashtags":["#protectourcare"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1217530334784507905","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1217205041318256600,"conversation_id":"1217205041318256640","created_at":1579039271000,"date":"2020-01-14","time":"22:01:11","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Thanks to the #ACA, being a woman is no longer considered a pre-existing condition, insurers can't charge women higher premiums than men, & health plans must cover maternity/newborn care, mammograms, and contraceptive care. We can't let Pres. Trump take that away. #ProtectOurCare","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":26,"retweets_count":162,"likes_count":519,"hashtags":["#aca","#protectourcare"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1217205041318256640","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1217187005089702000,"conversation_id":"1217187003638468615","created_at":1579034970000,"date":"2020-01-14","time":"20:49:30","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Congress must put #StudentsFirst & reject Sec. DeVos’ rewritten borrower defense rule. The House will vote this week to do just that. Soon, I will bring a similar resolution to the Senate floor. Senators will have a choice—stand with DeVos or with defrauded borrowers & taxpayers.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":8,"retweets_count":35,"likes_count":122,"hashtags":["#studentsfirst"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1217187005089701888","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1217187003638468600,"conversation_id":"1217187003638468615","created_at":1579034970000,"date":"2020-01-14","time":"20:49:30","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Betsy DeVos is doing everything in her power to gut essential protections for student borrowers & taxpayers. Her new borrower defense rule would make it almost impossible for these students to get the relief that they are entitled to under federal law.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":9,"retweets_count":86,"likes_count":190,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1217187003638468615","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1217164953410592800,"conversation_id":"1217164953410592770","created_at":1579029713000,"date":"2020-01-14","time":"19:21:53","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Today marks 250 days since the House passed the Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act, another bipartisan health care bill that is languishing in Leader McConnell’s legislative graveyard. What is Senator McConnell waiting for? #ProtectOurCare","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":34,"retweets_count":214,"likes_count":495,"hashtags":["#protectourcare"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1217164953410592770","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1217153248718741500,"conversation_id":"1217153248718741504","created_at":1579026922000,"date":"2020-01-14","time":"18:35:22","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Despite tough weather and markets, Illinois once again led the nation in soybean production in 2019. It’s a testament to the faith and perseverance of Illinois farmers and 100+ years of soybean production in our great state.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":21,"retweets_count":30,"likes_count":206,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1217153248718741504","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1217121143661957000,"conversation_id":"1217121140688158722","created_at":1579019268000,"date":"2020-01-14","time":"16:27:48","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"We must be more caring and considerate than that. While I believe that we should be incentivizing people to move towards jobs, training, & employment, we should not be withholding their food to do so. I urge the Administration to rethink this harmful SNAP policy.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":15,"likes_count":77,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1217121143661957127","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1217121142273605600,"conversation_id":"1217121140688158722","created_at":1579019267000,"date":"2020-01-14","time":"16:27:47","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"SNAP serves rural America just as much as urban America – and taking food off the table won’t help anyone get a job. With this “get tough” new rule set to take effect soon, many in Illinois will face new paperwork hurdles as they struggle to make ends meet.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":25,"likes_count":79,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1217121142273605637","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1215705338156068900,"conversation_id":"1215705338156068869","created_at":1578681713000,"date":"2020-01-10","time":"18:41:53","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Our nation is in the midst of a vaping epidemic that has now hooked five million kids—an increase of 135 percent over the past two years of the Trump Administration. We must not allow Big Vape and Big Tobacco to continue addicting an entire generation of kids to nicotine.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":81,"retweets_count":19,"likes_count":77,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1215705338156068869","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1215396290726711300,"conversation_id":"1215396290726711297","created_at":1578608031000,"date":"2020-01-09","time":"22:13:51","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Betsy DeVos has made it clear that she sides with predatory #4profit colleges over the students they defrauded. Her new borrower defense rule makes it almost impossible for defrauded borrowers to get the relief to which they are entitled under federal law.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":17,"retweets_count":53,"likes_count":183,"hashtags":["#4profit"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1215396290726711297","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1215039210790498300,"conversation_id":"1215039207498035204","created_at":1578522896000,"date":"2020-01-08","time":"22:34:56","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"I represent Lake Michigan—which the Little Calumet River feeds into—and the countless constituents who could be affected by this pollution. I will be demanding accountability. Big corporations must not be allowed to destroy our environment without repercussions.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":13,"retweets_count":28,"likes_count":116,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1215039210790498305","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1215039209234415600,"conversation_id":"1215039207498035204","created_at":1578522896000,"date":"2020-01-08","time":"22:34:56","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"By falsifying its tests, ArcelorMittal has lied to state regulators and everyone who lives in the Lake Michigan watershed. Strong enforcement from the U.S. EPA is required. The Clean Water Act makes it clear that ArcelorMittal must be held accountable.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":26,"likes_count":101,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1215039209234415623","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1215027609530224600,"conversation_id":"1215027606472531968","created_at":1578520130000,"date":"2020-01-08","time":"21:48:50","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"In our letter, we also shared our grave concerns with the President’s repeated comments about using our military to target Iranian cultural sites. Such an order would be illegal and entirely inconsistent with American values. Should that order be given, it must not be followed.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":7,"retweets_count":30,"likes_count":122,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1215027609530224640","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1214723617868660700,"conversation_id":"1214723617868660737","created_at":1578447653000,"date":"2020-01-08","time":"01:40:53","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"The escalation of violence between Iran and the United States makes the constitutional responsibility of Congress to decide whether to declare war more important than ever. Stand up colleagues.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":217,"retweets_count":610,"likes_count":2575,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1214723617868660737","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1214720204464414700,"conversation_id":"1214720204464414720","created_at":1578446839000,"date":"2020-01-08","time":"01:27:19","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"My prayers are with the U.S. service members and personnel in harms way in Iraq right now, as well as their families.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":54,"retweets_count":128,"likes_count":863,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1214720204464414720","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1214670385171574800,"conversation_id":"1214670381983977473","created_at":1578434961000,"date":"2020-01-07","time":"22:09:21","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Secretary DeVos has sided with predatory #4profit colleges time & time again. It’s time for Congress to say enough is enough. Once this resolution passes the House, I will bring it to the Senate floor. I urge my colleagues to support this effort & stand with defrauded students.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":27,"likes_count":133,"hashtags":["#4profit"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1214670385171574784","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1212872773833502700,"conversation_id":"1212872770788495363","created_at":1578006378000,"date":"2020-01-02","time":"23:06:18","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"While I believe that today’s announcement is a positive step, it is far from a comprehensive one. We must continue working to develop a national strategy to end the youth vaping epidemic that has already impacted the lives of five million kids.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":18,"retweets_count":17,"likes_count":51,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1212872773833502720","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1212872772512301000,"conversation_id":"1212872770788495363","created_at":1578006377000,"date":"2020-01-02","time":"23:06:17","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"We should be removing all e-cigarette flavors from the market–including menthol. And we should not be exempting flavored nicotine products that kids can access in vape shops. There is simply no public health benefit to allowing these flavors to remain on the market.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":17,"retweets_count":20,"likes_count":71,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1212872772512301056","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1212872770788495400,"conversation_id":"1212872770788495363","created_at":1578006377000,"date":"2020-01-02","time":"23:06:17","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"The Trump Administration announced today that it will ban the sale of some flavored e-cigarette pods and cartridge products, such as those used in JUUL devices. While this is a step in the right direction, this policy still has a number of gaping holes.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":43,"retweets_count":26,"likes_count":117,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1212872770788495363","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1211742478115770400,"conversation_id":"1211742478115770369","created_at":1577736894000,"date":"2019-12-30","time":"20:14:54","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"The shooting that took place in a Texas church yesterday is a sad reminder that not even houses of worship are safe from the threat of gun violence. My heart breaks for the victims and their families and my prayers are with them as they grieve and begin the healing process.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":71,"retweets_count":46,"likes_count":219,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1211742478115770369","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"247334603","username":"SenatorDurbin"}],"retweet_date":""}
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