Position Drift

Richard J. Durbin — Position over time

Every dated record on this entity, arranged chronologically. Promises and the breaks that followed them; statements made and the conduct that contradicted them; votes that diverged from prior commitments. 2 events on record.

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2009

2009-06-14 VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: statement_vs_disclosure
Durbin claimed there was 'nothing that was told to me that wasn't in the morning paper' regarding his September 2008 stock trades made the day after a closed briefing with Paulson and Bernanke. The Washington Examiner called the circumstantial evidence 'strongly suggestive' that he used inside information. The STOCK Act, which Durbin later voted for, was passed partly in response to such congressi…

1982

1982-1983 VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: position_evolution
Durbin was AIPAC's 'first successful recruit' in 1982 and built his early career with heavy pro-Israel donor backing. By 2019, he was the only Illinois Democrat voting against Sanders' Gaza human rights disclosure amendment. Yet in November 2023, Durbin became the first senator to call for a Gaza ceasefire, and in November 2024 he voted for all three Sanders resolutions to block offensive arms sal…

What this view assembles

  • Promises & violations — every documented commitment + each documented break, with primary sources.
  • Contradiction pairs — fact-against-fact entries from the contradictions ledger; the "said" appears in its year, the "did" appears in its year.
  • Vote-based analyses — for elected officials, every documented case where a vote diverged from a stated commitment.
  • Entity events — major dated events recorded against the entity (acquisitions, indictments, appointments, etc.).

This view DOES NOT auto-detect new drift candidates. It surfaces records that are already on file. If you spot an undocumented inversion, the curator workflow (admin) is where to add it.