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October 18, 2024Duckworth Applications Closing Soon for Class of 2029 Service Academy Nominations
[SPRINGFIELD, IL] - Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), today announced that her office is accepting applications from high school students seeking a Congressional nomination to a United States Military Service Academy for the Class of 2029 through Friday, November 1. Each year Duckworth, along with a nomination committee, selects from the applicants a group of outstanding Illinois students to receive Congressional nominations to attend West Point, the Air Force Academy, the … Continue Reading
October 18, 2024Duckworth, Durbin, Quigley Announce More than $81 Million in Additional Federal Funding for the CREATE Program
[CHICAGO, IL] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL-05) today announced $81,301,065 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) INFRA (Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight & Highway Projects) Program for the Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program, which aims to reduce traffic delays, increase rail junction safety, and improve mobility t… Continue Reading
October 17, 2024Duckworth, Foster Reinforce Support for IVF Providers and Families
[NAPERVILLE, IL] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL-11) today hosted a discussion with IVF providers, advocates and families on the challenges they face with IVF access at risk across the country after Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Justices overturned Roe v. Wade. Duckworth and Foster were joined by Dr. Amanda Schwartz of the Reproductive Medicine Institute, Dr. Megan Sax of Fertility Centers of Illinois and the Beck Family, a Crystal Lake-based family wh… Continue Reading
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September 20, 2024Kangaroo leather ban introduced in US Senate
Dive Brief: The Kangaroo Protection Act of 2024 was introduced to the U.S. Senate on Thursday, according to a release posted by Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., one of the bill’s sponsors. Co-sponsored by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., the bill would ban the sale and manufacturing of products made from kangaroo skin, as well as the sale of kangaroo skin itself, in the U.S. The legislation is designed to prevent the use of kangaroo leather, also known as k-leather, in commercial products, notably whe… Continue Reading
September 18, 2024Democrats' bill to protect IVF fails again: Why Republicans blocked it
Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a bill protecting access to in-vitro fertilization as the fight over reproductive rights and having children heats up in the 2024 election. IVF, a treatment for infertility, has increasingly become a political issue after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling in Februrary gave embryos fertilized through IVF the same legal rights as children, causing many providers to temporarily halt treatment in the state. The Right to IVF Act, sponsored by Sen. Tammy Duckworth… Continue Reading
September 17, 2024Duckworth slams Trump, GOP after 2nd failed attempt to pass IVF protections
For the second time, the U.S. Senate on Tuesday failed to advance a bill to enshrine protections for in-vitro fertilization [IVF]. Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois proposed the measure that the Senate blocked in June. The measure failed to reach 60 votes again on Tuesday in a mostly party-line vote. It was not expected to pass. Duckworth used the fertility treatment to have her two children. She's concerned that a conservative U.S. Supreme Court that struck down Roe v. Wade cou… Continue Reading
