Sen. Richard Durbin
Democrat · Illinois · in the Senate since 1997
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Sen. Richard Durbin has missed 29 of 921 roll-call votes this Congress, 3.1% of them, about the same as the typical senator (2.5%).
What they show up for, and what they skip
Richard Durbin almost always votes on amendments (missed 0%) and votes on economy and public finance (0%), but misses far more procedural votes (5%).
By kind of vote
Share missed · the gray tick is their overall 3.1%
By topic
From the Library of Congress subject of each bill · topics with 10+ votes
Days of the week: missed 7.4% of Thursday votes and 0% of Tuesday votes.
Votes cast and missed, month by month
Each bar is one month of roll calls in the 119th Congress. Shaded months have a reason on record.
- Voted (yes, no or present)
- Missed
- Reason on record
Year by year
Share of votes missed. The gray tick is the typical senator.
Missed days in 2026
Each square is a day the Senate held votes. Darker means more votes missed that day.
- Jan 5: voted every time
- Jan 6: voted every time
- Jan 7: voted every time
- Jan 8: voted every time
- Jan 12: voted every time
- Jan 13: voted every time
- Jan 14: voted every time
- Jan 15: voted every time
- Jan 27: voted every time
- Jan 29: voted every time
- Jan 30: voted every time
- Feb 2: voted every time
- Feb 3: voted every time
- Feb 4: voted every time
- Feb 5: voted every time
- Feb 9: voted every time
- Feb 10: voted every time
- Feb 11: voted every time
- Feb 12: voted every time
- Feb 24: voted every time
- Feb 25: voted every time
- Feb 26: voted every time
- Mar 2: voted every time
- Mar 4: voted every time
- Mar 5: voted every time
- Mar 9: voted every time
- Mar 10: voted every time
- Mar 11: voted every time
- Mar 12: voted every time
- Mar 17: voted every time
- Mar 18: voted every time
- Mar 20: voted every time
- Mar 21: missed 2 of 2
- Mar 22: missed 1 of 1
- Mar 23: voted every time
- Mar 24: voted every time
- Mar 25: voted every time
- Mar 26: voted every time
- Apr 13: voted every time
- Apr 14: voted every time
- Apr 15: voted every time
- Apr 16: voted every time
- Apr 20: voted every time
- Apr 21: voted every time
- Apr 22: voted every time
- Apr 23: voted every time
- Apr 27: voted every time
- Apr 28: voted every time
- Apr 29: voted every time
- Apr 30: voted every time
- May 11: voted every time
- May 12: voted every time
- May 13: voted every time
- May 14: voted every time
- May 18: missed 1 of 1
- May 19: voted every time
- May 20: voted every time
- Jun 1: voted every time
- Jun 2: voted every time
- Jun 3: voted every time
- Jun 4: voted every time
- Jun 5: voted every time
- Jun 8: voted every time
- Jun 9: voted every time
- Jun 10: voted every time
- Jun 11: voted every time
- Jun 15: voted every time
- Jun 16: voted every time
- Jun 17: voted every time
- Jun 18: missed 2 of 2
- Jun 22: voted every time
- Jun 23: voted every time
- Jun 24: voted every time
- Jul 13: voted every time
- Jul 14: voted every time
- Jul 15: voted every time
- Jul 16: voted every time
- Jul 20: voted every time
- Jul 21: voted every time
- Jul 22: voted every time
- Jul 23: voted every time
- Jul 27: voted every time
- Jul 28: voted every time
- Jul 29: voted every time
- Jul 30: voted every time
- Aug 3: voted every time
- Aug 5: voted every time
- Aug 7: voted every time
- Aug 8: voted every time
- Sep 14: voted every time
- Sep 15: voted every time
- Sep 17: voted every time
- Sep 22: voted every time
- Sep 23: voted every time
- Sep 24: voted every time
- Sep 28: voted every time
- Sep 29: voted every time
- Sep 30: missed 1 of 4
- Nov 9: voted every time
- Nov 10: voted every time
- Nov 12: missed 4 of 4
Voted every time Missed every vote
Reasons on record
What the member or their office said, with the source. Absences with no reason given are listed as such.
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No reason given 29 votes on 16 days
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Missed votes that could have changed the result
Votes Richard Durbin missed where the members who didn't vote outnumbered the margin. "Their side lost" means most of their party voted on the losing side.
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Absences could have flipped it Their side lost Sep 30, 2026 · Senate #256Confirmation: Keith Sonderling, of F.L., to be Secretary of LaborOn the Nomination PN1129
It passed 47–41 with 6 Democrats and 6 Republicans not voting. The losing side was 6 votes short and 6 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have tied 47–47, leaving the Vice President to decide. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (53–47).
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Absences could have flipped it Their side lost May 18, 2026 · Senate #125Confirmation: En Bloc Nominations Provided For Under the Provisions of S. Res. 690On the Nomination PN726-1 and PN726-3 and PN726-7 and PN726-10 and PN726-13 and PN726-14 and PN730-41 and PN730-48 and PN730-67 and PN730-66 and PN730-22 and PN730-29 and PN730-31 and PN730-27 and PN726-8 and PN730-56 and PN730-25 and PN786-11 and PN730-52 and PN786-8 and PN806-3 and PN730-57 and PN730-58 and PN730-60 and PN730-8 and PN730-21 and PN730-40 and PN730-43 and PN730-50 and PN730-62 and PN806-6 and PN730-12 and PN786-4 and PN730-3 and PN730-28 and PN730-37 and PN730-51 and PN730-54 and PN786-7 and PN730-68 and PN730-9 and PN730-5 and PN806-4 and PN730-44 and PN730-26 and PN730-61 and PN852-7 and PN730-1 and PN806-1 · PN 0
It passed 46–43 with 7 Republicans and 4 Democrats not voting. The losing side was 3 votes short and 4 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have failed 46–47. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (53–47).
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Absences could have flipped it Their side lost Jul 17, 2025 · Senate #417Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Hurley to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial CrimesOn the Cloture Motion PN24-3 · PN 0
It passed 46–36 with 10 Democrats and 7 Republicans and 1 independent not voting. The losing side was 10 votes short and 11 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have failed 46–47. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (53–47).
How that compares
Data: the House Clerk and senate.gov, updated with every roll call. All members →