Education Dept. blasts GOP's new plan to overturn student-debt relief

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Biden's Education Department blasts the GOP's new plan to strike down student-loan forgiveness, saying it's a 'shame' for the borrowers who live in their districts

that those lawmakers"represent millions of borrowers who have applied for student debt relief."

"It's a shame for these borrowers—the overwhelming majority of whom make less than $75,000 a year—and their families that their representatives are working so hard to deny them critical relief," Cardona said."Instead of working to support hardworking students and borrowers, Republicans in Congress would rather give trillions of dollars in tax breaks to the super wealthy and the biggest corporations.

Biden's plan to cancel student debt has been paused since November due to two conservative-backed lawsuits seeking to permanently block the relief. The Supreme Courtin the cases in February and is expected to issue a final decision by June, and until then, millions of borrowers are waiting to see if they will have to resume payments this year with or without a reduction to their balances.

Still, Republican lawmakers don't want to wait for the Supreme Court decision. GOP Rep. Bob Good is expected to introduce the House version of the CRA this week, and the resolution could come to a floor vote soon after. To be sure, the resolution needs to pass through both chambers of Congress and get Biden's signature,told

The Washington Examiner that she'll"review the full text of the CRA when it is released, but like I said before, I disagree with President Biden's executive action on student loans because it doesn't address the root problems that make college unaffordable." And Sen. Joe Manchin, a centrist Democrat,

 

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Aww too bad. We don't need to pay other's debt.

Well joke's on Biden. maga districts dont go to college

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