“We are concerned that the latest draft of the rule would fall far short of providing the full scale of debt relief that low- and middle-income Americans urgently need.” Seven members of Congress on Monday sounded the alarm about the Biden administration’s evolving student debt cancellation plan and called on U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to […]
“I know it is shocking to some Republicans that the government actually on occasion does something to benefit working families and low-income people,” said the Vermont senator. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday mocked the GOP over its sustained meltdown in the wake of President Joe Biden’s plan for student debt cancellation, noting that he never hears […]
“Write, call, email,” urged the Democratic leader, who said President Joe Biden is “more open” to the proposal than ever before. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday urged debt relief campaigners to keep pushing President Joe Biden to broadly wipe out student debt, saying he’s talked extensively with the White House about debt cancellation for […]
“Now do the rest of the $1.8 trillion,” said The Debt Collective. The Biden administration announced Thursday that it is moving to wipe out $5.8 billion in federal student loan debt held by more than 300,000 people with severe disabilities, a step progressives welcomed while also demanding that such relief be extended to every borrower in […]