“That just doesn't make sense, that government should be making money off student…” — Sherrod Brown

American tax dollars spent on education are meant to support students, not support aggressive, deceptive, and misleading marketing campaigns by certain for-profit education companies.

The failure of one regional bank, assuming it is following a traditional model, will not threaten the entire system.

Understand, this is unemployment insurance. It's not welfare, as a lot of my Republican colleagues like to suggest it is. You pay into it when you're working. You get help when you're not.

People feel these job-killing trade agreements have really squeezed the middle class and caused lots of people to lose their middle-class status.