Dick Durbin: “There is no excuse--underline ``no''--for violence on either side of this issue, none.”

I have threatened some of these for-profit schools as a way of getting them to drop the loans that they were enforcing on these students, because I know what happens in the end.

We always work closely with the leaders in local government regardless of their party affiliation.

The 129 responses we received made it clear that this legislation will mean shuttering of services, layoffs, and even hospital closures—meaning patients will needlessly suffer.

I’m glad these borrowers, after years and years of waiting, will finally get the relief they’re entitled to.