. . . . . . "Senate Assistant Majority Leader" . . . . "American lawyer, politician" . . . . "United States Senator" . . . . . . . "Dick Durbin"@en . . "1944Z"^^ . "Richard Joseph \"Dick\" Durbin (born November 21, 1944) is the senior United States Senator from Illinois, in office since 1997. He has been the Assistant Minority Leader (whip), the second highest position in the Democratic Party leadership in the Senate, since 2015.Durbin was born in East St. Louis, Illinois. He graduated from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and Georgetown University Law Center."@en . "1944-11-21Z"^^ . . "Durbin, Dick"@en . . . . . . "Senate Assistant Minority Leader" . .