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For-profit colleges have been criticized for depriving their students of a quality education and burying them in debt. Now, some Democrats hope to cut the schools off from federal funding. A bill introduced this month by Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, dubbed the "Students Not Profits Act of 2019," would ban the U.S. Department of Education from sending its federal grants and loans to for-profit colleges. "It's time for taxpayers to stop subsidizing the institutions that put hardworking students through this heartbreaking mess," Jayapal said in a statement.

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