Durbin, Hirono Call On Department Of Education To Strengthen Proposed Gainful Employment Rule
fail the DTE standard and 65 percent of borrowers who default. There are approximately 40,000 students receiving
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Durbin, Warren, Merkley Send Letter To Federal Housing Finance Agency Criticizing Fannie Mae’s Decision To Accept Crypto-Backed Mortgages
loans—potentially increasing the amount of borrowing that a homebuyer would otherwise be allowed to take on under … from defaults on risky crypto-backed mortgages when borrowers are unable to repay… [Today Fannie Mae] is relaxing
Durbin To Secretary McMahon: For-Profit Colleges Must Be Held Accountable For Defrauding Students
Westwood were granted student loan discharges through the borrower defense program in 2022, about 12,000 former Westwood … entitled to without delay. “Instead of throwing these borrowers a lifeline, you have chosen to close the Department
Durbin Urges Illinois Educators To Sound The Alarm On For-Profit Colleges
degree overnight. Those students relied on borrower defense to repayment, a student loan forgiveness program that provides relief … borrowers who were defrauded by their college or university. As of January 2026, more than one million borrowers
Durbin Introduces Bill To Create Interagency Committee To Expand Oversight On For-Profit College Industry
three presidential administrations was instrumental in securing the borrower defensegroup dischargeof all remaining federal student loans for those … income clients), National Education Association, New America, Protect Borrowers, The Education Trust, The Institute for College Access & Success
Duckworth-Led Provision to Rein in Trump’s Misuse of the Military Passes Congress, Awaits President’s Signature
that the Trump Administration is intentionally trying to borrow the respected image of the military and make
Durbin, Duckworth, Ramirez Introduce Bill to Expand Student Loan Refinancing For Service Members
Federal Family Education Loans or Perkins student loan borrowers to benefit from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF
Durbin, Blumenthal, Whitehouse, Introduce Bill To Protect Consumers From Predatory, High Cost Lending
consumer loan interest rates to protect borrowers and prevent families from ending up in a crushing cycle
Duckworth Joins Welch, Colleagues in Reintroducing Bill to Bolster SNAP Benefits for Student Loan Borrowers
According to the Education Data Initiative,42.5 millionU.S. borrowers have federal student loan debt, averaging$38,375per borrower
Durbin Meets With NIU President As Trump Administration Slashes Research Funding, Restricts Financial Support For Students
Parent PLUS loans and institutes a lifetime borrowing limit that makes higher education increasingly more inaccessible
Durbin, Hirono, Padilla, Wyden And Booker Introduce Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act To Expand Public Service Loan Forgiveness To Adjunct Professors
executive order to limit PSLF eligibility so that borrowers who work for organizations that do not serve President
Durbin Calls Out Cuts To Medicaid, Student Loan Caps For Medical Students At SIU Medical School
year with a lifetime borrowing limit of $100,000, and cap professional student loans, like medical school loans … year with a $200,000 lifetime borrowing limit. Loan limits could force students to turn to the private
Citing Republicans' Own Words, Durbin Emphasizes The Harms To Hospitals & Patients In Republicans' 'One Big Beautiful Bill'
expensive,”Durbin said.“And does the proposal borrow against our future to lift millions of children
Duckworth, Warren and Colleagues Demand Investigation After Uncovering DOGE Employee Gained Access to Sensitive Education Department Data
Partner Connect,” in addition to sensitive borrower data. Following DOGE’s “takeover” of ED, the Senators opened … lack of clarity is not only frustrating for borrowers but also dangerous for the future of an agency
In Appropriations Hearing, Durbin Calls Out Secretary McMahon For Eliminating Support For Students Defrauded By For-Profit Colleges
profit colleges by allowing students to file borrower defense claims. “You have a department within the Department … Education for borrower defense. Are you familiar with that?... Can you tell me what you understand the borrower
Durbin, Duckworth, Klobuchar Raise Privacy Concerns About New DOGE Scrutiny of Farmer Finances With USDA Loans
could create delays in FSA loans for qualified borrowers,”the Senators continued.“At a time when financial uncertainty … could create delays in FSA loans for qualified borrowers. At a time when financial uncertainty is rising
Duckworth, Durbin, Klobuchar Raise Privacy Concerns About New DOGE Scrutiny of Farmer Finances with USDA Loans
could create delays in FSA loans for qualified borrowers,”the Senators continued.“At a time when financial uncertainty … could create delays in FSA loans for qualified borrowers. At a time when financial uncertainty is rising
Durbin In Spotlight Forum: We Need The Department Of Education
provided an opportunity for students to file borrower defense claims against for-profit schools that had offered students … justice… with the Department of Education [through] borrower defense [claims],”Durbin said. “Now he’s [President Trump] going
Durbin Calls On Illinois Educators To Sounds The Alarm On For-Profit-Colleges
spent by public and private nonprofit universities, respectively. Borrower defense to repayment is a student loan forgiveness program … that provides relief to borrowers who were defrauded by their college or university. This program was used infrequently
In Speech On The Senate Floor, Durbin Slams Trump Administration's Abhorrent Mission To Dismantle Department Of Education
higher education. There also are 1.6 million Illinois borrowers that hold $63 billion in federal student loans through
Durbin Introduces Legislation To Protect Students And Taxpayers From Predatory Higher Education Practices
Gainful Employment Rule and stopping the review of borrower defense claims. I am introducing thePROTECT Students Actto stand … Center, Project on Predatory Student Lending PPSL), Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC), National Education Association (NEA), New America
Duckworth Statement After Trump and Elon Musk Gutted Education Department at the Expense of Children and Middle-Class Americans
critical support for teachers, loan assistance for student borrowers and the promise of a quality education