Senator Richard Durbin

Party: D
State: IL
Obstruction rate: 28.1% (142/505)


Senator Richard Durbin, D from IL, has voted in favor of a filibuster 142 out of a total of 505 opportunities. This amounts to an obstruction record of 28.1%.

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Data sources and methodology

The data that powers this site comes from a number of sources including: Senate.gov and Govtrack.us. XML files from these sources are pulled in, parsed, and aggregated daily.

My premise is that a vote against a cloture motion is equal to a vote for a filibuster. So basically, the obstruction rate is the number of Nay votes on cloture motions, divided by the total number of cloture votes in the given time period.

Please note, I am currently only considering votes since the beginning of the 101st Congress (1989-present).