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On the recordMarch 8, 2011
I cannot vote blindly for Pell grants and college student loans knowing that this Ponzi scheme is going on in the name of for-profit colleges.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin refuses to support funding for schools exploiting students.

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