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Janice Schakowsky: “It is just incredible. And that it wasn't until January of 2018, this year, that there is a lifetime ban.”

On the recordDecember 31, 2017
It is just incredible. And that it wasn't until January of 2018, this year, that there is a lifetime ban.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Schakowsky expresses shock over the reinstatement of an abuser before a lifetime ban was enforced.

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