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May 18, 2017 Reps. Cohen, Davis and Swalwell Introduce Legislation to Restore Fairness in Student Lending Rep. Danny Davis, ...
May 17, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Calling for Answers on Stalled Student Debt Relief Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 8, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Upward Bound is Critical to My Constituents Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
May 1, 2017 Durbin, Madigan: In First 100 Days Trump, DeVos Get "F" On Protecting Students Sen. Dick Durbin
April 26, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Education - Support Access to Dual Enrollment for Low and Middle Income Students Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 21, 2017 Congresswoman Kelly Caps Off "Week of Jobs" Rep. Robin Kelly
April 19, 2017 Kelly and Duckworth Highlight Legislation to Close "Skills Gap" & Prepare Illinoisans for Good-Paying Jobs Rep. Robin Kelly
April 17, 2017 Duckworth Discusses Investments in Workforce Development at Southwestern Illinois College Sen. Ladda Duckworth
April 7, 2017 Durbin, Cassidy, Burgess, Cummings Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation To Improve Accountability Of Foreign Medical Schools Receiving Federal Student Aid Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 29, 2017 Senator Duckworth Calls for Investments in Job Training Programs to Boost U.S. Economy Sen. Ladda Duckworth
March 24, 2017 Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary of US Department of Education - Internal Revenue Service Data Retrieval Tool Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
March 23, 2017 Durbin: ISAC Will Not Charge Fees To Students Who Rehabilitate Loans Within 60 Days Of Default Sen. Dick Durbin
March 15, 2017 Duckworth and Franken Re-Introduce Bill to Train Illinoisans for Open, High-Skill Jobs Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
March 14, 2017 Letter to President Trump - Calls on Trump Administration to Increase Support for Pell Grants to Make Post-Secondary Education More Affordable Rep. Bill Foster, ...
March 13, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Elisabeth DeVos, Secretary of Education - Call on U.S. Department of Education to Explain Delay of Gainful Employment Rule Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 9, 2017 Durbin, Wicker Introduce Legislation To Promote Study Abroad Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Feb. 23, 2017 Letter to Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Guard Against Potential Conflicts of Interest Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Feb. 8, 2017 Letter to President Donald Trump - Expand Pell Grant to Make College More Affordable Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Feb. 6, 2017 Letter to President Donald J. Trump - Expand Pell Grant To Make College More Affordable Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Feb. 5, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Trump - Expand Pell Grant to Make College More Affordable Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 18, 2017 Durbin Statement On Consumer Watchdog Agency And Illinois Attorney General Lawsuits Against Delinquent Student Loan Servicer Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 13, 2017 Durbin Praises Education Department Progress On Debt Relief For Students Defrauded By For-Profit Colleges Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 21, 2016 Durbin, Carper: Education Department Releases Data Showing Many For-Profit Colleges Receive More Than 90 Percent Of Revenue From Federal Taxpayers Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 13, 2016 Durbin Urges Education Department To Provide Debt Relief To Former Westwood College Students In Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 6, 2016 Durbin Statement On Education Department Decision To End Federal Student Aid For Two More ACICS-Accredited Schools Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 5, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Ted Mitchell, Under Secretary of the Dept. of Energy - Protect Students and Taxpayers Should For-Profit Accreditor Lose Federal Recognition Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Nov. 29, 2016 Hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee - Testimony on "Department of Defense Actions Concerning Voluntary Education Programs" Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 15, 2016 Immigration Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 2, 2016 Letter to House Committee Leaders - Protect Pell Grant Funding Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
Oct. 28, 2016 Durbin: New Borrower Defense Regulations Empower Students To Hold For-Profit Colleges Accountable Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 17, 2016 Durbin Calls For Increased Resources For Mental Health Services Of College Campuses Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 13, 2016 Durbin Statement On Education Department Action Against Devry University Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 30, 2016 Durbin Statement On Latest In String Of For-Profit College Closures Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 30, 2016 Letter to Robert A. McDonald, Secretary, Department of Veteran Affairs - GI Bill Higher Education Institutions Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 28, 2016 Unanimous Consent Request--S. 2253 Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 28, 2016 Brown and Carper Slam Failure to Restore G.I. Bill Benefits for Student Veterans Harmed by ITT Tech Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 26, 2016 Scott, Nadler and 68 Members of Congress Applaud NLRB's Columbia University Decision Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Sept. 22, 2016 Schatz, Warren, and Durbin Introduce Bill to Reform Higher Education Accreditation and Strengthen Accountability for Students and Taxpayers Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 15, 2016 Letter to the Hon. John King, Secretary, Department of Education - Regarding the Closure of ITT Tech and Associated Student Debt Relief Measures Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 14, 2016 Water Resources Development Act of 2016 Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 6, 2016 Durbin Statement on Closure of ITT Tech Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 2, 2016 Northern Public Radio - Durbin and Duckworth Sponsor Bill Addressing Education Costs Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 26, 2016 Daily Egyptian - U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth Stops in Carbondale, Calls for Free Education Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 25, 2016 Durbin Statement on Department of Education Actions Against ITT Tech Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 15, 2016 Durbin, Madigan Call for Improved Protections and Benefits for Student Loan Borrowers Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2016 Letter to the Hon. John B. King Jr., Secretary of Education - More to Do to Further Strengthen Education Dept. Rule For Debt Relief in Higher Education Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 1, 2016 Letter to The Honorable John King, Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education - More to Do to Further Strengthen Education Dept. Rule For Debt Relief in Higher Education Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 15, 2016 Letter to the Hon. John B. King Jr., Secretary of Education - Reform Student Loan Servicing to Better Protect Borrowers Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 7, 2016 Letter to Robert McDonald, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Wyden, Senate Dems: VA Must Do More to Prevent and Correct Abuse of Veterans in Higher Education Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 6, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Harold Rogers, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations, the Honorable Nita M. Lowey, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Appropriations, and the Honorable Rosa L. DeLauro, Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations - Pell Grant Protections Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
July 1, 2016 Letter to The Honorable John B. King, Jr., Secretary, U.S. Department of Education, and The Honorable Loretta Lynch, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice - Hold Colleges & Universities Accountable for Underreporting Sexual Violence on Campus Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 30, 2016 Senators Introduce Legislation to Restore Educational Opportunity for Incarcerated Americans Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 30, 2016 Duckworth Proposals Included in House Make It In America Plan Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 23, 2016 Durbin Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action Sen. Dick Durbin
June 21, 2016 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 Sen. Dick Durbin
June 16, 2016 Letter to Susan Phillips, Chair of the NACIQI and Jennifer Hong, Executive Director of the NACIQI - Blumenthal, Durbin, Brown, Warren & Murray: For-Profit College Accreditor Should Lose Recognition Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 15, 2016 National Defense Authorization Bill Sen. Dick Durbin
June 13, 2016 Senate Dems Hail Dept. of Education Rule for Debt Relief as Victory for Student Rights in Higher Education Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 6, 2016 Durbin Applauds Move by Department of Education to Better Protect Taxpayers from ITT Tech Sen. Dick Durbin
May 26, 2016 Mandatory Arbitration Clauses in For-Profit College Enrollment Agreements Sen. Dick Durbin
May 19, 2016 Durbin Statement on Apollo Announcement That University of Phoenix Will No Longer Use Mandatory Arbitration Clauses Sen. Dick Durbin
May 12, 2016 Durbin: Comprehensive Legislation To Improve Services For Veterans Introduced In Senate Sen. Dick Durbin
May 11, 2016 The Hill - Durbin Says Banning Mandatory Arbitration In College Contracts Is "No Brainer" Sen. Dick Durbin
May 3, 2016 Durbin Continues To Warn High School Students Against Predatory For-Profit Colleges Sen. Dick Durbin
April 28, 2016 Durbin Commends Obama Administration's Newly Released Student Loan Servicing Principles Sen. Dick Durbin
April 28, 2016 Tammy Duckworth And Congressional Leaders Introduce Comprehensive College Affordability Legislation Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 22, 2016 Letter to the Honorable John B. King, Secretary of U.S. Department of Education - Call to Hold College Accreditors Accountable, Protect Taxpayers Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 22, 2016 Foster Praises State's Stop-Gap Education Funding, Calls on the Governor to Sign a Budget Rep. Bill Foster
April 20, 2016 Letter to John King, Jr., Secretary of Education in the US Department of Education - Bipartisan Congressional Taskforce Raises Campus Anti-Semitism Concerns with New Education Secretary Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
April 15, 2016 Letter to John King Jr., Secretary of the Department of Education - Campus Anti-Semitism Concerns Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
April 13, 2016 America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015 Sen. Dick Durbin
April 11, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Bruce Rauner, Governor of Illinois - Restore MAP Grant Funding Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
March 30, 2016 Bost Announces SIU Science Grant Rep. Mike Bost
March 22, 2016 Foster Views Impact of Manufacturing Careers Internship Program Rep. Bill Foster
March 15, 2016 Durbin Joins Senate Democrats to Introduce Major College Affordability Reform Legislation Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
May 18, 2017 Reps. Cohen, Davis and Swalwell Introduce Legislation to Restore Fairness in Student Lending Rep.Danny Davis, ...
May 17, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Calling for Answers on Stalled Student Debt Relief Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 8, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Upward Bound is Critical to My Constituents Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
May 1, 2017 Durbin, Madigan: In First 100 Days Trump, DeVos Get "F" On Protecting Students Sen.Dick Durbin
April 26, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Education - Support Access to Dual Enrollment for Low and Middle Income Students Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 21, 2017 Congresswoman Kelly Caps Off "Week of Jobs" Rep.Robin Kelly
April 19, 2017 Kelly and Duckworth Highlight Legislation to Close "Skills Gap" & Prepare Illinoisans for Good-Paying Jobs Rep.Robin Kelly
April 17, 2017 Duckworth Discusses Investments in Workforce Development at Southwestern Illinois College Sen.Ladda Duckworth
April 7, 2017 Durbin, Cassidy, Burgess, Cummings Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation To Improve Accountability Of Foreign Medical Schools Receiving Federal Student Aid Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 29, 2017 Senator Duckworth Calls for Investments in Job Training Programs to Boost U.S. Economy Sen.Ladda Duckworth
March 24, 2017 Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary of US Department of Education - Internal Revenue Service Data Retrieval Tool Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
March 23, 2017 Durbin: ISAC Will Not Charge Fees To Students Who Rehabilitate Loans Within 60 Days Of Default Sen.Dick Durbin
March 15, 2017 Duckworth and Franken Re-Introduce Bill to Train Illinoisans for Open, High-Skill Jobs Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
March 14, 2017 Letter to President Trump - Calls on Trump Administration to Increase Support for Pell Grants to Make Post-Secondary Education More Affordable Rep.Bill Foster, ...
March 13, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Elisabeth DeVos, Secretary of Education - Call on U.S. Department of Education to Explain Delay of Gainful Employment Rule Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 9, 2017 Durbin, Wicker Introduce Legislation To Promote Study Abroad Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Feb. 23, 2017 Letter to Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Guard Against Potential Conflicts of Interest Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Feb. 8, 2017 Letter to President Donald Trump - Expand Pell Grant to Make College More Affordable Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Feb. 6, 2017 Letter to President Donald J. Trump - Expand Pell Grant To Make College More Affordable Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Feb. 5, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Trump - Expand Pell Grant to Make College More Affordable Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 18, 2017 Durbin Statement On Consumer Watchdog Agency And Illinois Attorney General Lawsuits Against Delinquent Student Loan Servicer Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 13, 2017 Durbin Praises Education Department Progress On Debt Relief For Students Defrauded By For-Profit Colleges Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 21, 2016 Durbin, Carper: Education Department Releases Data Showing Many For-Profit Colleges Receive More Than 90 Percent Of Revenue From Federal Taxpayers Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 13, 2016 Durbin Urges Education Department To Provide Debt Relief To Former Westwood College Students In Illinois Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 6, 2016 Durbin Statement On Education Department Decision To End Federal Student Aid For Two More ACICS-Accredited Schools Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 5, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Ted Mitchell, Under Secretary of the Dept. of Energy - Protect Students and Taxpayers Should For-Profit Accreditor Lose Federal Recognition Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Nov. 29, 2016 Hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee - Testimony on "Department of Defense Actions Concerning Voluntary Education Programs" Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 15, 2016 Immigration Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 2, 2016 Letter to House Committee Leaders - Protect Pell Grant Funding Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
Oct. 28, 2016 Durbin: New Borrower Defense Regulations Empower Students To Hold For-Profit Colleges Accountable Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 17, 2016 Durbin Calls For Increased Resources For Mental Health Services Of College Campuses Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 13, 2016 Durbin Statement On Education Department Action Against Devry University Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 30, 2016 Durbin Statement On Latest In String Of For-Profit College Closures Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 30, 2016 Letter to Robert A. McDonald, Secretary, Department of Veteran Affairs - GI Bill Higher Education Institutions Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 28, 2016 Unanimous Consent Request--S. 2253 Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 28, 2016 Brown and Carper Slam Failure to Restore G.I. Bill Benefits for Student Veterans Harmed by ITT Tech Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 26, 2016 Scott, Nadler and 68 Members of Congress Applaud NLRB's Columbia University Decision Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Sept. 22, 2016 Schatz, Warren, and Durbin Introduce Bill to Reform Higher Education Accreditation and Strengthen Accountability for Students and Taxpayers Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 15, 2016 Letter to the Hon. John King, Secretary, Department of Education - Regarding the Closure of ITT Tech and Associated Student Debt Relief Measures Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 14, 2016 Water Resources Development Act of 2016 Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 6, 2016 Durbin Statement on Closure of ITT Tech Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 2, 2016 Northern Public Radio - Durbin and Duckworth Sponsor Bill Addressing Education Costs Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 26, 2016 Daily Egyptian - U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth Stops in Carbondale, Calls for Free Education Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 25, 2016 Durbin Statement on Department of Education Actions Against ITT Tech Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 15, 2016 Durbin, Madigan Call for Improved Protections and Benefits for Student Loan Borrowers Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2016 Letter to the Hon. John B. King Jr., Secretary of Education - More to Do to Further Strengthen Education Dept. Rule For Debt Relief in Higher Education Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 1, 2016 Letter to The Honorable John King, Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education - More to Do to Further Strengthen Education Dept. Rule For Debt Relief in Higher Education Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 15, 2016 Letter to the Hon. John B. King Jr., Secretary of Education - Reform Student Loan Servicing to Better Protect Borrowers Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 7, 2016 Letter to Robert McDonald, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Wyden, Senate Dems: VA Must Do More to Prevent and Correct Abuse of Veterans in Higher Education Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 6, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Harold Rogers, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations, the Honorable Nita M. Lowey, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Appropriations, and the Honorable Rosa L. DeLauro, Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations - Pell Grant Protections Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
July 1, 2016 Letter to The Honorable John B. King, Jr., Secretary, U.S. Department of Education, and The Honorable Loretta Lynch, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice - Hold Colleges & Universities Accountable for Underreporting Sexual Violence on Campus Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 30, 2016 Senators Introduce Legislation to Restore Educational Opportunity for Incarcerated Americans Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 30, 2016 Duckworth Proposals Included in House Make It In America Plan Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 23, 2016 Durbin Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action Sen.Dick Durbin
June 21, 2016 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 Sen.Dick Durbin
June 16, 2016 Letter to Susan Phillips, Chair of the NACIQI and Jennifer Hong, Executive Director of the NACIQI - Blumenthal, Durbin, Brown, Warren & Murray: For-Profit College Accreditor Should Lose Recognition Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 15, 2016 National Defense Authorization Bill Sen.Dick Durbin
June 13, 2016 Senate Dems Hail Dept. of Education Rule for Debt Relief as Victory for Student Rights in Higher Education Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 6, 2016 Durbin Applauds Move by Department of Education to Better Protect Taxpayers from ITT Tech Sen.Dick Durbin
May 26, 2016 Mandatory Arbitration Clauses in For-Profit College Enrollment Agreements Sen.Dick Durbin
May 19, 2016 Durbin Statement on Apollo Announcement That University of Phoenix Will No Longer Use Mandatory Arbitration Clauses Sen.Dick Durbin
May 12, 2016 Durbin: Comprehensive Legislation To Improve Services For Veterans Introduced In Senate Sen.Dick Durbin
May 11, 2016 The Hill - Durbin Says Banning Mandatory Arbitration In College Contracts Is "No Brainer" Sen.Dick Durbin
May 3, 2016 Durbin Continues To Warn High School Students Against Predatory For-Profit Colleges Sen.Dick Durbin
April 28, 2016 Durbin Commends Obama Administration's Newly Released Student Loan Servicing Principles Sen.Dick Durbin
April 28, 2016 Tammy Duckworth And Congressional Leaders Introduce Comprehensive College Affordability Legislation Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 22, 2016 Letter to the Honorable John B. King, Secretary of U.S. Department of Education - Call to Hold College Accreditors Accountable, Protect Taxpayers Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 22, 2016 Foster Praises State's Stop-Gap Education Funding, Calls on the Governor to Sign a Budget Rep.Bill Foster
April 20, 2016 Letter to John King, Jr., Secretary of Education in the US Department of Education - Bipartisan Congressional Taskforce Raises Campus Anti-Semitism Concerns with New Education Secretary Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
April 15, 2016 Letter to John King Jr., Secretary of the Department of Education - Campus Anti-Semitism Concerns Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
April 13, 2016 America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015 Sen.Dick Durbin
April 11, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Bruce Rauner, Governor of Illinois - Restore MAP Grant Funding Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
March 30, 2016 Bost Announces SIU Science Grant Rep.Mike Bost
March 22, 2016 Foster Views Impact of Manufacturing Careers Internship Program Rep.Bill Foster
March 15, 2016 Durbin Joins Senate Democrats to Introduce Major College Affordability Reform Legislation Sen.Dick Durbin
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