{"id":1084901606154534900,"conversation_id":"1084901606154534912","created_at":1547495674000,"date":"2019-01-14","time":"19:54:34","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Congrats to Illinois' 43rd Governor, JB Pritzker, and Lieutenant Governor, Juliana Stratton. I know they’re ready to take on the difficult issues we face, and be leaders for people in every corner of our state. I look forward to helping them succeed in every way I can.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":110,"retweets_count":148,"likes_count":859,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1084901606154534912","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":1083518956869242900,"conversation_id":"1083518950003171328","created_at":1547166024000,"date":"2019-01-11","time":"00:20:24","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"The Senate doesn't have to wait for a permission slip to exercise our constitutional authority. The votes to pass a bill that reopens govt, I believe, are on the floor of the Senate today and that is what has led Senator McConnell to the conclusion that he won’t call the bill.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":177,"retweets_count":766,"likes_count":2063,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1083518956869242885","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":1082825945273253900,"conversation_id":"1082825945273253888","created_at":1547000797000,"date":"2019-01-09","time":"02:26:37","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Democrats support strong border security. And we can have a debate about effective border security, but we shouldn’t do it while holding the federal government hostage.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":129,"retweets_count":247,"likes_count":1064,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1082825945273253888","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":1082825340249169900,"conversation_id":"1082825340249169921","created_at":1547000653000,"date":"2019-01-09","time":"02:24:13","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Tonight, what we heard from the Oval Office was a desperate attempt by the President to gain support for his medieval border wall. It won’t work.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":511,"retweets_count":1615,"likes_count":7302,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1082825340249169921","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":1082758645052510200,"conversation_id":"1082758643932712961","created_at":1546984752000,"date":"2019-01-08","time":"21:59:12","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Instead of worrying about what this important body might find in terms of corruption, he should be supporting its work and focusing on improving the lives and security of the Guatemalan people.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":11,"retweets_count":12,"likes_count":50,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1082758645052510209","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":1082736511957848000,"conversation_id":"1082736372975370240","created_at":1546979475000,"date":"2019-01-08","time":"20:31:15","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"President Trump and Senate Republicans must pass the House-passed bill to reopen our government and let federal workers get back to work.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":35,"retweets_count":45,"likes_count":187,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1082736511957848069","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":1082727636324024300,"conversation_id":"1082727630762315777","created_at":1546977359000,"date":"2019-01-08","time":"19:55:59","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"This is just one example of the smart and effective border security that Democrats support and would gladly fund to help keep Americans safe.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":35,"retweets_count":61,"likes_count":249,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1082727636324024322","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":1082727634893713400,"conversation_id":"1082727630762315777","created_at":1546977358000,"date":"2019-01-08","time":"19:55:58","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"CBP Commissioner McAleenan said it would cost $300 million per year to inspect all arrival cargo, passenger vehicles, and sea containers. That’s a far cry from $5 billion or more per year for a border wall.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":23,"retweets_count":89,"likes_count":273,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1082727634893713409","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":1082727633912254500,"conversation_id":"1082727630762315777","created_at":1546977358000,"date":"2019-01-08","time":"19:55:58","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"According to DHS, these drive-through inspection systems examine 98% of rail cars but only 18% of cargo, passenger vehicles, and sea containers combined. Yet the President’s FY 2019 Budget request included just $44 million for these systems.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":9,"retweets_count":31,"likes_count":119,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1082727633912254467","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":1082727632893079600,"conversation_id":"1082727630762315777","created_at":1546977358000,"date":"2019-01-08","time":"19:55:58","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"CBP Commissioner McAleenan told me in October 2017 that his top priority to secure the border was more drive-through inspection systems at ports of entry. He didn’t mention a border wall.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":8,"retweets_count":26,"likes_count":113,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1082727632893079553","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":1082355672250048500,"conversation_id":"1082355666537328640","created_at":1546888676000,"date":"2019-01-07","time":"19:17:56","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"I urge Senate Republicans to pass and the President to sign the House-passed bill to reopen our government, reopen our labs, and allow federal employees to get back to work.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":68,"retweets_count":104,"likes_count":403,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1082355672250048512","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":1081356037553307600,"conversation_id":"1081356037553307648","created_at":1546650344000,"date":"2019-01-05","time":"01:05:44","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Leader McConnell must step up & put the House-passed government funding bills on the Senate floor for a vote – bills which were passed by the Republican-led Senate Appropriations Committee last year. President Trump’s reckless shutdown has gone on long enough.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":937,"retweets_count":2862,"likes_count":8728,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1081356037553307648","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":1080948996921794600,"conversation_id":"1080948996921794561","created_at":1546553298000,"date":"2019-01-03","time":"22:08:18","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"If Leader McConnell is going to stand back and wait for a permission slip from President Trump to do his job and fund the government as the Republican Leader in the Senate, then we clearly are at an impasse.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":752,"retweets_count":3651,"likes_count":11373,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1080948996921794561","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":1080921004967288800,"conversation_id":"1080921001641369602","created_at":1546546624000,"date":"2019-01-03","time":"20:17:04","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"And Rep. Casten is a clean energy entrepreneur who brings that background to D.C. at the right moment. I look forward to working with all of them in the #116thCongress.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":9,"retweets_count":21,"likes_count":201,"hashtags":["#116thcongress"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1080921004967288832","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":1080921003503435800,"conversation_id":"1080921001641369602","created_at":1546546624000,"date":"2019-01-03","time":"20:17:04","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Rep. Underwood's career in nursing & experience with the Obama Admin prepared her for her new policy role in the House. Rep. Garcia brings a wealth of experience serving in Cook County & the General Assembly.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":14,"retweets_count":21,"likes_count":213,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1080921003503435776","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":1080921001641369600,"conversation_id":"1080921001641369602","created_at":1546546623000,"date":"2019-01-03","time":"20:17:03","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"It is an honor to welcome three talented new Representatives from IL as they are sworn-in as members of Congress in Washington: Reps. Garcia, Casten, and Underwood. In particular, Rep. Underwood’s arrival is historic as she is the youngest African American woman ever in Congress.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":16,"retweets_count":75,"likes_count":521,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1080921001641369602","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":1080608328923967500,"conversation_id":"1080608325983703041","created_at":1546472077000,"date":"2019-01-02","time":"23:34:37","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"The President failed to give us even one reason why the eight Cabinet departments and dozens of smaller agencies in the 6 bills, which are separate and apart from border security, should remain closed.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":265,"retweets_count":615,"likes_count":2315,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1080608328923967488","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":1080608327959228400,"conversation_id":"1080608325983703041","created_at":1546472076000,"date":"2019-01-02","time":"23:34:36","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Today, we urged the President and Republican leaders to pass the 6 other appropriations bills, which would reopen most of the government, along with a short-term bill to keep DHS funded and working while we continue to debate the path forward on border security.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":90,"retweets_count":447,"likes_count":2013,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1080608327959228417","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":1080608325983703000,"conversation_id":"1080608325983703041","created_at":1546472076000,"date":"2019-01-02","time":"23:34:36","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Let me be clear: Dems support strong, effective border security. The type of border security that Dems have long-supported, including increased funds for tech, is what experts have said is needed & actually works. What doesn’t work is an ineffective, expensive & medieval wall.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2145,"retweets_count":7928,"likes_count":26078,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1080608325983703041","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":1079154749591687200,"conversation_id":"1079154749591687171","created_at":1546125516000,"date":"2018-12-29","time":"23:18:36","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"It has been one week since President Trump decided to shut down the government over his demand for a $5 billion border wall. Federal employees continue to go without pay because of the President’s temper tantrum over a wasteful and ineffective wall.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1508,"retweets_count":3698,"likes_count":12088,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1079154749591687171","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":1078764989517910000,"conversation_id":"1078764989517910021","created_at":1546032590000,"date":"2018-12-28","time":"21:29:50","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Just went through TSA at STL Lambert. These professionals continue to do their job, without pay, in good spirits with many passengers thanking them. How can anyone be “proud” of a shutdown that hurts so many innocent people?","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1201,"retweets_count":4372,"likes_count":18702,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1078764989517910021","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":1078706065179664400,"conversation_id":"1078706065179664386","created_at":1546018541000,"date":"2018-12-28","time":"17:35:41","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"President Trump has taken hundreds of thousands of federal employees' pay hostage in a last ditch effort to fulfill a campaign promise. Building a wall from sea to shining sea won't make us safer or stop drugs from coming into our country.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":812,"retweets_count":2086,"likes_count":6107,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1078706065179664386","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":1078447720778657800,"conversation_id":"1078447720778657792","created_at":1545956947000,"date":"2018-12-28","time":"00:29:07","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Enough. The deaths of eight-year-old Felipe and seven-year-old Jackelin a few weeks apart are evidence that Trump’s “get tough” border policies are dangerous, especially to small children. In the name of our caring nation, Secretary Nielsen must go.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2118,"retweets_count":5561,"likes_count":16867,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1078447720778657792","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":1078348757182398500,"conversation_id":"1078348757182398464","created_at":1545933353000,"date":"2018-12-27","time":"17:55:53","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"No end in sight to the President’s government shutdown. He’s taken our government hostage over his outrageous demand for a $5 billion border wall that would be both wasteful and ineffective.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1487,"retweets_count":2767,"likes_count":8712,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1078348757182398464","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":1078020022461714400,"conversation_id":"1078020022461714433","created_at":1545854976000,"date":"2018-12-26","time":"20:09:36","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"President Trump’s senseless government shutdown continues. Hundreds of thousands of federal employees remain without pay - during the holidays - because of his reckless demand for a medieval border wall. This will end when the President and Republicans want it to.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":405,"retweets_count":930,"likes_count":2850,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1078020022461714433","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":1077273517274599400,"conversation_id":"1077273517274599425","created_at":1545676995000,"date":"2018-12-24","time":"18:43:15","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"America owes Defense Secretary Jim Mattis a thank you for a lifetime of service. The President’s decision to oust him January 1 only serves to remind us that Mattis-brand of integrity is not welcome in this Administration.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":398,"retweets_count":2210,"likes_count":8394,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1077273517274599425","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":1076619834555801600,"conversation_id":"1076619834555801602","created_at":1545521145000,"date":"2018-12-22","time":"23:25:45","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"More than 400,000 federal employees will have to report to work without pay while President Trump continues his senseless government shutdown. Trying to gouge $5 billion for his medieval wall is taking priority over the paychecks of hardworking Americans.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":531,"retweets_count":1236,"likes_count":3414,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1076619834555801602","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":1076502779089375200,"conversation_id":"1076502779089375234","created_at":1545493237000,"date":"2018-12-22","time":"15:40:37","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"At midnight, President Trump decided to shut down the government over his demand for a medieval border wall. Hundreds of thousands of federal employees - more than 8,000 in Illinois - will go without a paycheck over the holidays. This is senseless and cruel.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":560,"retweets_count":1629,"likes_count":4684,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1076502779089375234","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":1076162557222838300,"conversation_id":"1076162557222838273","created_at":1545412122000,"date":"2018-12-21","time":"17:08:42","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"If President Trump chooses to shut the government down – hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be furloughed and without pay during the holidays. People who protect our border would be forced to work without pay.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":353,"retweets_count":1285,"likes_count":3096,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1076162557222838273","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":1076156777908109300,"conversation_id":"1076156772942049280","created_at":1545410744000,"date":"2018-12-21","time":"16:45:44","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Instead President Trump is threatening to shut down the government if he doesn’t get nearly $6 billion for a wasteful & ineffective border wall. We need modern technology to stop drug cartels from importing the poison that is killing our kids, not a medieval solution like a wall.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":63,"retweets_count":87,"likes_count":298,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1076156777908109318","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":1076156775722815500,"conversation_id":"1076156772942049280","created_at":1545410744000,"date":"2018-12-21","time":"16:45:44","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"According to DHS, these drive-through inspection systems examine 98% of rail cars but only 18% of cargo, passenger vehicles, and sea containers combined. Yet the President’s Budget for FY19 includes just $44 million for these systems.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":7,"retweets_count":26,"likes_count":69,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1076156775722815488","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":1076156774879821800,"conversation_id":"1076156772942049280","created_at":1545410743000,"date":"2018-12-21","time":"16:45:43","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"CBP Commissioner McAleenan told me directly in October 2017 that his top priority to secure the border was more drive-through inspection systems, known as Z-portals. He didn’t mention a border wall.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":10,"retweets_count":25,"likes_count":60,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1076156774879821824","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":1076156774091317200,"conversation_id":"1076156772942049280","created_at":1545410743000,"date":"2018-12-21","time":"16:45:43","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"For example, the DEA has found that the cartels transport the bulk of their illicit goods over the Southwest border through legal ports of entry using passenger vehicles or tractor trailers.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":8,"retweets_count":20,"likes_count":63,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1076156774091317248","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":1075896237474373600,"conversation_id":"1075896237474373632","created_at":1545348626000,"date":"2018-12-20","time":"23:30:26","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"America has lost more than an exceptional Secretary of Defense. We have lost the adult in the room when the President goes off on a tweet-filled, uninformed rant about our national security.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":87,"retweets_count":237,"likes_count":1048,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1075896237474373632","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":1075593724841857000,"conversation_id":"1075593724841857026","created_at":1545276502000,"date":"2018-12-20","time":"03:28:22","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"It is unfortunate President Trump’s demand for a border wall from sea to shining sea has held up 7 appropriations bills that have been passed out of committee. I’m glad this didn’t end in an unnecessary government shutdown, but stopgap spending bills are no way to run a country.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":56,"retweets_count":155,"likes_count":621,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1075593724841857026","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":1075221885854593000,"conversation_id":"1075221882847289345","created_at":1545187848000,"date":"2018-12-19","time":"02:50:48","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"I commend my colleagues for their spirit of cooperation on this important piece of legislation and I look forward to seeing this legislation signed by the President.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":16,"likes_count":94,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1075221885854593025","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":1075221884705390600,"conversation_id":"1075221882847289345","created_at":1545187848000,"date":"2018-12-19","time":"02:50:48","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"By passing this bill, we will now begin to relieve our overcrowded prisons, redirect funding to our most pressing crime prevention efforts, make our communities safer, and ensure the integrity of our justice system.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":24,"likes_count":119,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1075221884705390592","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":1075221882847289300,"conversation_id":"1075221882847289345","created_at":1545187848000,"date":"2018-12-19","time":"02:50:48","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"The First Step Act was supported by an amazing coalition of unlikely partners – progressive Democrats and conservative Republicans, law enforcement groups and civil rights groups, business leaders and faith-based organizations.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":11,"retweets_count":51,"likes_count":181,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1075221882847289345","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":1075184888721096700,"conversation_id":"1075184888721096710","created_at":1545179028000,"date":"2018-12-19","time":"00:23:48","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Tonight the Senate votes on the #FirstStepAct, a bill years in the making & the product of bipartisan compromise. It makes important reforms to our criminal justice system like curbing harsh mandatory minimum sentences. Urging my colleagues to vote yes on final passage.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":14,"retweets_count":73,"likes_count":229,"hashtags":["#firststepact"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1075184888721096710","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":1075169496900476900,"conversation_id":"1075169496900476928","created_at":1545175358000,"date":"2018-12-18","time":"23:22:38","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Groups representing law enforcement, crime victims, progressives and conservatives all oppose the Cotton-Kennedy amendments. These amendments do not improve the #FirstStepAct – they gut it.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":44,"likes_count":117,"hashtags":["#firststepact"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1075169496900476928","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":1075155675850989600,"conversation_id":"1075155675850989570","created_at":1545172063000,"date":"2018-12-18","time":"22:27:43","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Joining Chuck on #MTPDaily soon to discuss the #FirstStepAct and why I'm hopeful the Senate will seize on this great bipartisan opportunity to improve our criminal justice system. Tune in. #cjreform","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":19,"retweets_count":15,"likes_count":49,"hashtags":["#mtpdaily","#firststepact","#cjreform"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1075155675850989570","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":1075091029030826000,"conversation_id":"1075091029030825985","created_at":1545156650000,"date":"2018-12-18","time":"18:10:50","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"The largest increase in the federal prison population is nonviolent drug offenders, and this is largely because of inflexible mandatory minimum sentences. The #FirstStepAct would reduce federal mandatory minimum penalties in a targeted way. #cjreform","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":21,"retweets_count":56,"likes_count":210,"hashtags":["#firststepact","#cjreform"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1075091029030825985","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":1074836155483480000,"conversation_id":"1074836153147252736","created_at":1545095883000,"date":"2018-12-18","time":"01:18:03","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"I look forward to debating the #FirstStepAct & sharing why Congress must pass this bipartisan bill to begin relieving overcrowded prisons, redirecting funding to our most pressing crime prevention efforts, making communities safer & ensuring the integrity of our justice system","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":12,"retweets_count":32,"likes_count":131,"hashtags":["#firststepact"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1074836155483480064","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":1072928201138159600,"conversation_id":"1072928198323773442","created_at":1544640991000,"date":"2018-12-12","time":"18:56:31","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"The American people deserve answers to interference in the 2016 election, including the Trump Administration’s efforts to hold those responsible accountable, such as WikiLeaks.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":97,"retweets_count":90,"likes_count":284,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1072928201138159617","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":1072585399233626100,"conversation_id":"1072585399233626113","created_at":1544559261000,"date":"2018-12-11","time":"20:14:21","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Senate Republicans just voted to confirm a circuit court nominee, Jonathan Kobes, who was rated “not qualified” to serve in this position by the non-partisan American Bar Association. Why are Republicans pushing unqualified judges?","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2762,"retweets_count":16810,"likes_count":37333,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1072585399233626113","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":1072561035205402600,"conversation_id":"1072561034219716608","created_at":1544553452000,"date":"2018-12-11","time":"18:37:32","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Over the past few years, but especially this year, freedom of the press has been under attack at home and abroad. Journalists have died or continue to risk their lives in pursuit of their stories. Many have been held prisoner or remain imprisoned.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":6,"retweets_count":37,"likes_count":165,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1072561035205402624","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":1072548016689766400,"conversation_id":"1072548016689766400","created_at":1544550348000,"date":"2018-12-11","time":"17:45:48","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Democrats support border security and we stand ready to work on bipartisan immigration reform legislation. But we are not going to support the Trump Administration’s hardline anti-immigrant agenda.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":351,"retweets_count":1793,"likes_count":6208,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1072548016689766400","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":1072299751331254300,"conversation_id":"1072299751331254272","created_at":1544491157000,"date":"2018-12-11","time":"01:19:17","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Teachers across the country relied on TEACH grants to pay for their education in return for teaching a high-need subject in a low income school. They upheld their end of the bargain but many had their grants converted to loans.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":11,"retweets_count":83,"likes_count":224,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1072299751331254272","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":1070705863109894100,"conversation_id":"1070705860706516993","created_at":1544111145000,"date":"2018-12-06","time":"15:45:45","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"It is clear that Ms. Kraninger would continue the deregulatory and anti-consumer approach that has been the hallmark of her predecessor. I intend to oppose her nomination to run the CFPB.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":6,"retweets_count":20,"likes_count":124,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1070705863109894144","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":1070705861797077000,"conversation_id":"1070705860706516993","created_at":1544111144000,"date":"2018-12-06","time":"15:45:44","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Allowing Wall Street’s enablers like Ms. Kraninger to run the CFPB will only continue to hurt hardworking Americans while further tilting the scale in favor of Wall Street and other powerful special interests. The American people deserve better.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":22,"likes_count":100,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1070705861797076992","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":1070705860706517000,"conversation_id":"1070705860706516993","created_at":1544111144000,"date":"2018-12-06","time":"15:45:44","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Kathleen Kraninger, President Trump’s nominee to serve as the next CFPB Director, is no different than Mick Mulvaney. In fact during her committee hearing, Kraninger stated that she, “cannot identify any actions that Acting Director Mulvaney has taken with which I disagree.”","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":8,"retweets_count":63,"likes_count":134,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1070705860706516993","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":1069403706326687700,"conversation_id":"1069403706326687750","created_at":1543800686000,"date":"2018-12-03","time":"01:31:26","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Wishing a happy start to #Hanukkah for families and friends in Illinois and everyone celebrating across the world today. May your holiday be filled with light and joy.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":10,"retweets_count":44,"likes_count":407,"hashtags":["#hanukkah"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1069403706326687750","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":1069035909922861000,"conversation_id":"1069035909922861057","created_at":1543712997000,"date":"2018-12-02","time":"01:09:57","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Read the book “Flyboys” and you will never think of President George H. W. Bush as anything other than one of the heroes of World War II.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":18,"retweets_count":60,"likes_count":472,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1069035909922861057","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":1068283882598993900,"conversation_id":"1068283882598993920","created_at":1543533700000,"date":"2018-11-29","time":"23:21:40","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Thanks to the efforts of so many, the nomination of Thomas Farr - a notorious defender of voter suppression - to serve as a federal judge now lacks the votes to pass.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":127,"retweets_count":947,"likes_count":5002,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1068283882598993920","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":1068230917179752400,"conversation_id":"1068230913530765318","created_at":1543521072000,"date":"2018-11-29","time":"19:51:12","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"It’s time that every state adopt a plan with minimum standards based on best practices to keep our youth healthy and safe from the dangers of concussions.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":22,"likes_count":98,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1068230917179752448","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":1067857656034074600,"conversation_id":"1067857656034074626","created_at":1543432079000,"date":"2018-11-28","time":"19:07:59","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Republicans just voted to advance Thomas Farr's nomination for final Senate consideration. Farr, a notorious defender of voter suppression, doesn't deserve a lifetime appointment to the federal bench.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":359,"retweets_count":2441,"likes_count":5838,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1067857656034074626","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":1067806021417091100,"conversation_id":"1067806016803401729","created_at":1543419769000,"date":"2018-11-28","time":"15:42:49","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"This is just one of many troubling issues in Farr’s record that should disqualify him from the federal bench. Given his decades-long history of supporting & defending efforts to restrict the right to vote, I will oppose his nomination.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":13,"retweets_count":63,"likes_count":215,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1067806021417091072","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":1067806019856814100,"conversation_id":"1067806016803401729","created_at":1543419768000,"date":"2018-11-28","time":"15:42:48","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Mr. Farr later admitted participating in that meeting. And a former Justice Department attorney told the Raleigh News & Observer in 2009 that Mr. Farr “was certainly involved in the scheme as it was being developed.”","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":52,"likes_count":128,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1067806019856814082","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":1067806018850172900,"conversation_id":"1067806016803401729","created_at":1543419768000,"date":"2018-11-28","time":"15:42:48","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"Farr told the Judiciary Committee he didn't participate in any campaign meetings in which this mailing was discussed before it was sent. News reports then indicated Farr did participate in an Oct 1990 meeting that included discussion about challenging voters’ residency.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":27,"likes_count":47,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1067806018850172928","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":1067806017654874100,"conversation_id":"1067806016803401729","created_at":1543419768000,"date":"2018-11-28","time":"15:42:48","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"The Helms campaign sent over 100,000 postcards to mostly African American voters warning that they might be ineligible to vote for residency reasons. The postcards warned that the recipients might be arrested for voter fraud if they came to the polls.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":25,"likes_count":38,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1067806017654874113","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":1067806016803401700,"conversation_id":"1067806016803401729","created_at":1543419767000,"date":"2018-11-28","time":"15:42:47","timezone":"UTC","user_id":247334603,"username":"senatordurbin","name":"Senator Dick Durbin","place":"","tweet":"The 1990 campaign for Jesse Helms in North Carolina engaged in deeply disturbing tactics aimed at suppressing the vote. Who was Helms’ legal counsel? Thomas Farr – now seeking Senate confirmation to be a federal judge in NC.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":23,"retweets_count":266,"likes_count":395,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1067806016803401729","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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