Confirmation: Keith Sonderling, of F.L., to be Secretary of Labor
Senate roll call 256 · Sep 30, 2026
On the Nomination · Result: Nomination Confirmed
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Senate · IL · Democratic
Open full interactive profile ↗Richard J. Durbin
Office phone: (202) 224-2152
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Career and professional background
- Education
graduated from Assumption High School, East St. Louis 1962
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B.S., Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Washington, DC 1966
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intern in the office of Illinois Senator Paul Douglas during his senior year in college
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J.D., Georgetown University Law Center 1969
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admitted to the Illinois bar 1969, and commenced practice in Springfield
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legal counsel to Illinois Lieutenant Governor Paul Simon 1969-1972
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legal counsel, Illinois State senate judiciary committee 1972-1982
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Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor of Illinois 1978
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associate professor, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield 1978-1983
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delegate, Democratic National Conventions 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996
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chairman of Illinois state delegation in 1996
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elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 2, 1997)
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elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1996
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reelected in 2002, 2008, 2014, and again in 2020 for the term ending January 3, 2027
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Democratic party whip (2005-)
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chair, Committee on the Judiciary (One Hundred Seventeenth and One Hundred Eighteenth Congresses).
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Recent recorded congressional votes
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Motion to Invoke Cloture: Keith Sonderling to be Secretary of Labor
Senate roll call 255 · Sep 30, 2026
On the Cloture Motion · Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to
Official roll call ↗Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 9340
Senate roll call 254 · Sep 30, 2026
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · Result: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
Official roll call ↗Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed: H.R. 7008
Senate roll call 253 · Sep 30, 2026
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · Result: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
Official roll call ↗Motion to Discharge S. Res. 852
Senate roll call 252 · Sep 29, 2026
On the Motion to Discharge · Result: Motion to Discharge Rejected
Official roll call ↗Motion to Proceed to S.J. Res. 197
Senate roll call 251 · Sep 29, 2026
On the Motion to Proceed · Result: Motion to Proceed Rejected
Official roll call ↗S. 4668, as amended
Senate roll call 250 · Sep 28, 2026
On Passage of the Bill · Result: Bill Passed
Official roll call ↗Booker Amdt. No. 6835
Senate roll call 249 · Sep 28, 2026
On the Amendment · Result: Amendment Rejected
Official roll call ↗Reported campaign finances
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FEC record S6IL00151
2026 cycle · Reporting through 09/30/2026
- Reported receipts
- $84,084
- Disbursements
- $918,220
- Cash on hand
- $840,652
- Debts owed
- $0
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