| July 30, 2018
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Tweet - "Good news: Illinois' colleges and universities can start applying for federal funds for open textbook projects to help save students money."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 27, 2018
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Tweet - "Those who ignore the lessons of history are doomed to repeat it. The Trump-DeVos Department of Education is inviting a new wave of for-profit college fraud on students and taxpayers."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 26, 2018
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Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Collins, King Join Bipartisan Group of Senators in Calling on DeVos to Allow the Use of FAFSA Income Data to Help Determine TRIO Eligibility
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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| July 26, 2018
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Tweet - "The new doctrine for the Trump-DeVos Department of Education is "Student Borrower Beware" It's not personal responsibility, it's government complicity in the illegal and predatory practices of the for-profit college industry."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 25, 2018
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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi's Career, Technical, And Vocational Education Bill Passes House Unanimously And Heads To The President's Desk
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Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
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| July 25, 2018
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Durbin Statement On Trump-DeVos Rewrite Of Borrower Defense Rule
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 24, 2018
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Durbin Releases Shocking New Data On Department Of Education's Borrower Defense Application Backlog
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 24, 2018
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Scott, Krishnamoorthi Praise Senate Passage of Workforce Development Bill
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Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
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| July 20, 2018
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Letter to Chairman Clayton - Weak Settlement With Former For-Profit College Executive
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| July 20, 2018
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Tweet - "#4profit college ITT Tech Chief Officer Kevin Modany made $36 million while defrauding students, taxpayers, and investors. The SEC fined him $200,000. Sound fair?"
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 12, 2018
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Durbin, Smith, Reed, & Senators Introduce Bill To Prevent Unnecessary Private Student Loan Debt And Improve Transparency
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| July 12, 2018
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Duckworth, Durbin Announce Nearly $3 Million for Chicagoland Head Start Programs
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth
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| July 12, 2018
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Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $7 Million for Northwest Illinois Head Start Programs
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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| July 12, 2018
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Duckworth, Durbin Announce Nearly $6 Million for Southern Illinois Head Start Programs
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| July 12, 2018
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Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $9 Million for Central Illinois Head Start Programs
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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| July 11, 2018
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Tweet - "I'm asking IL community colleges to assist students attending the closing Illinois Institute of Art campuses and Argosy-Schaumburg. These students deserve a chance to continue their studies at quality, affordable institutions like community colleges. https://www.durbin.senate.gov/download/illinois-community-colleges-letter-on-dceh
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| June 28, 2018
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Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education, and the Hon. Jeff Sessions, US Attorney General - Demand Answers Regarding Unaccompanied Minors in Administration's Custody
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Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
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| June 26, 2018
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Letter to Dr. Gellman-Danley - Investigate Reports Of Misleading Practices By Dream Center Education Holdings
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| June 25, 2018
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Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Stop Withholding Funds from TRIO
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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| June 19, 2018
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Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Failure to Implement Public Service Loan Forgiveness
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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| June 19, 2018
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Letter to the Editor - Congress Should Renew Technical Training Funds
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Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
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| June 18, 2018
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Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Warren, Harris, Takano, Adams, Espaillat, Colleagues Press Education Secretary for Action on Student Loan Borrowers of Color
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Rep. Danny Davis, ...
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| June 14, 2018
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Tweet - "I'm pressing @usedgov for answers and to restart work to create basis for relief for additional Corinthian students and students defrauded by other #4profit schools."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| June 14, 2018
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Durbin, Murray: Inspector General Reveals New Details About Failure Of DeVos, Trump Admin To Provide Debt Relief To Defrauded Student Borrowers
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| June 14, 2018
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Letter to the Honorable Kathleen S. Tighe, U.S.Department of Education Inspector General - Warren, Krishnamoorthi Call on Inspector General to Investigate Failures of Education Department Ethics Program under Secretary DeVos
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Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
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| June 13, 2018
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Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Teachers Forced to Foot Bill for Thousands in Promised Aid
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| June 11, 2018
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Tweet - "Sec DeVos' own staff found deadbeat #4profit accreditor ACICS failed to meet requirements for federal recognition, she reinstated them anyway. She continues to side with corporate and #4profit interests over students and taxpayers."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| June 8, 2018
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Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Clarify Testimony on Gun Violence and School Safety
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Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
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| June 5, 2018
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Tweet - "#4profit colleges enroll 9% of our students, but account for 33% of all student loan defaults. How can that be? They are charging too much and providing too little. They mislead these students into debt."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| June 4, 2018
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Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Rep. Adriano Espaillat Leads Congressional Call For Secretary DeVos to Correct Testimony and Uphold Obligation to Serve All Students
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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| June 4, 2018
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Letter to Secretary DeVos, Department of Education - Protect Students & taxpayers In Potential Transfer Of Predatory For-Profit DeVry University To Cogswell Education
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| May 25, 2018
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Tweet - "We're 21 weeks into 2018, and there have already been 23 school shootings where someone was hurt or killed. That averages out to more than 1 shooting a week. Is there any sane person in America who thinks our kids should have to go through this?"
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| May 24, 2018
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Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Preserve Educational Equity for English Learners
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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| May 24, 2018
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Letter to Secretary DeVos, Department of Education - Preserve Educational Equity for English Learners
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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| May 24, 2018
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Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Press for Answers Following Decision to Restore Recognition of For-Profit Accreditor ACICS
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| May 23, 2018
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Quigley Meets with Parkland Students on Capitol Hill, Discusses Policy Proposals to Combat Gun Violence
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Rep. Mike Quigley
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| May 23, 2018
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Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Senators Denounce Move by Secretary DeVos to End Investigations and Office Responsible for Protecting Students from Predatory Colleges
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| May 23, 2018
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Letter to the Honorable Betsy Devos, Secretary of Education - Lawmakers Blast DeVos, Department of Education for Continuing to Fail Higher Ed. in Puerto Rico
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Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
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| May 22, 2018
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Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Press DeVos on Department of Education Actions to Weaken Discrimination Protections
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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| May 22, 2018
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Tweet - "In her latest move, Sec. DeVos has dismantled the Enforcement Unit that was set-up in 2016 to prevent future fraud by for-profit colleges. She did this all while tens of thousands of students continue to wait for the federal student loan discharges to which they are entitled."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| May 18, 2018
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Letter to Ms. Leandra English, Acting Director, CFPB, and Mr. Mick Mulvaney, Director, OMB - Help Committees Call on Mulvaney to Protect Student Loan Borrowers
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| May 18, 2018
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Senators Duckworth, Murray Announce New Study to Examine Child Care Challenges Faced by Student Parents in College
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth
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| May 17, 2018
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Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Swiftly Implement Funding Increase to Affordable Child Care Program
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth
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| May 9, 2018
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Durbin Statement On Trump Administration Decision To Shutter CFPB Office Designed To Protect Student Loan Borrowers
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| May 9, 2018
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Tweet - "The Trump Administration's message to families ripped off by student loan fraud: "stop whining.' Dismantling a student loan watchdog office at the CFPB -- which has returned three quarters of a billion dollars to students who had been ripped off -- is cold."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| May 8, 2018
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Letter to the Hon Ricardo A. Rosselló Nevares, Governor of Puerto Rico - Rep. Grijalva Leads Letter Opposing Public School Closures in Puerto Rico
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Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
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| April 30, 2018
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Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Assist Students Harmed by Closure of ITT Tech
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| April 26, 2018
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Letter to the Hon. Betsy Devos, Secretary of Education - Concerns Over For-Profit College Industry Lobbyist's "Oversight" Role at the Department of Education
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| April 25, 2018
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Schakowsky Statement on Puerto Rico School Closures
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Rep. Jan Schakowsky
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| April 24, 2018
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Eliminate Obstacles to Student Voters
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Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
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| April 23, 2018
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Letter to Principal - Sound The Alarm On For-Profit Colleges
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| April 23, 2018
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Tweet - "As high school seniors make decisions on their educational futures, they have to know the risks associated with #4profit colleges. I'm asking our educators to help inform students now so they don't end up with a lifetime of student debt and despair: https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-enlists-illinois-high-school-educators-to-sound-the-alarm-on-for-profit-colleges
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| April 18, 2018
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Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Properly Implement New Program
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| April 18, 2018
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Booker, Durbin, Krishnamoorthi Introduce Help Students Vote Act
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| April 18, 2018
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Letter to the Hon. Roy Blunt, Sen. Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Chairman, and the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member - Call For More Childcare Support For Student Parents
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| April 13, 2018
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Letter to the Honorable Roy Blunt, Chairman for the Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies, and the Honorabe Patty Murray, Ranking Member for the Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies - Cassidy, Colleagues Urge Support for Bookshare Program Helping Students with Disabilities
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| April 6, 2018
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Southern Illinois Legislators Urge Caution in SIU Carbondale Funding Reallocation Plan
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Rep. Mike Bost
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| April 5, 2018
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Democrats Meet with Millennials in Elgin on College Costs, "Dreamers'
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Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
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| March 29, 2018
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Letter to the Hon Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Whitehouse, Kaine, Duckworth, Hassan Push DeVos to Put New Public Service Student Debt Relief Into Action
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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| March 27, 2018
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Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Langevin, Portman Lead Joint Letter Urging Relief for Families with Disabled Students
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Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
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| March 23, 2018
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Schneider, Bost School Safety Proposal Signed Into Law
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Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
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| March 23, 2018
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Upton, Dingell Pledge to Push for Further Bipartisan Gun Safety Measures, Applaud Passage of School Safety and Mental Health Measures
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Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
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| March 23, 2018
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Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Menendez, Booker Urge Education Department to Focus on School Safety, Not Scapegoats
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| March 23, 2018
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Letter to the Hon Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education - Booker, Kaine, Gillibrand Lead Colleagues in Urging Education Department to Focus on School Safety, Not Scapegoats
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| March 22, 2018
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Tweet - "Unfortunately, for too many students these days, the payoff of a college education isn't being realized. They find themselves in default with their credit scores ruined and holding massive amounts of debt. This trend has got to stop."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| March 19, 2018
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Letter to the Hon Tom Cole, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and the Hon Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education - Sinema Leads Bipartisan Effort to Help Prepare the Next Generation of Arizona Teachers for High-Need Classrooms
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Rep. Danny Davis, ...
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| March 19, 2018
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Letter to the Hon. Tom Cole, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies and the Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Chairman Crowley Advocates for Additional Funding to Make College More Affordable for Low-Income Students
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Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
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| March 19, 2018
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Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman, and the Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related Agencies - Increased Education Funding for School Leadership Recruitment and Support Program
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Rep. Danny Davis, ...
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| March 19, 2018
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Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman, and the Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related Agencies - Increased Education Funding for Teacher Quality Programs
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Rep. Bill Foster, ...
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| March 16, 2018
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Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman, and the Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies - Increased Education Funding for Impact Aid
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Rep. Danny Davis, ...
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| March 15, 2018
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Letter to Mr. Clark - Halt New GI Bill Enrollments Amid Questions Of Eligibility
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| March 15, 2018
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Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Call for Top DeVos Adviser's Recusal from Decisions on For-Profit Colleges Owned by Former Employer
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| March 14, 2018
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Schneider, Bost School Safety Proposal Passes House of Representatives
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Rep. Mike Bost, ...
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| March 14, 2018
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Foster Statement on National Gun Violence Walkout
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Rep. Bill Foster
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| March 14, 2018
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Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018
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Rep. Mike Bost
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