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Dick Durbin: “Why shouldn't all low-income District residents, while they await the very promising, but likely years away reforms for…”

On the recordSeptember 15, 2009
Why shouldn't all low-income District residents, while they await the very promising, but likely years away reforms for D.C. public schools, get the same shot Ms. Williamson and her kids are getting through the OSP?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin advocates for equal educational opportunities for low-income families.

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