Top Dems, activists call on Biden admin to dole out more student loan forgiveness before term ends
Top Democratic lawmakers and activists alike are calling on the Biden administration to ignore a federal injunction and continue wiping out student loan debt before its tenure comes to a close.
Democrats call on Biden to wipe out student loans for defrauded borrowers
Democrats held a press conference calling on the Biden administration to act with urgency to issue debt relief to students who attended predatory schools or were harmed by school misconduct before the Trump administration takes over in January.
Democrats are urging Biden to cancel student debt for thousands of borrowers before Trump takes office
Biden should process student-loan forgiveness applications for PSLF and defrauded borrowers before his term is up, Democratic lawmakers say.
Sen. Durbin, other lawmakers pushing for student loan forgiveness
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin is joining other lawmakers in asking President Biden to discharge loans for a group of student borrowers.
Student Loan Forgiveness Stalls For 145,000 Borrowers As Biden Administration Winds Down
Student loan forgiveness processing appears to have stalled for tens of thousands of borrowers under a key debt relief program. And advocates are getting worried.
Senator Durbin urges Biden Education Department to act faster on student loan relief
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin says in floor remarks that the Biden Administration should expeditiously discharge student loans for borrowers who attended fraudulent for-profit institutions, reversing the first Trump Administration's hostile approach under Betsy DeVos that effectively halted loan forgiveness for defrauded students.
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Durbin, Markey, Waters Lead 72 Others In Calling For Department Of Education To Discharge Loans For Defrauded Borrowers
Markey (D-MA), and Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA-43) today called on the Department of Education to discharge student ...
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