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In It to Win It

(8,294 posts)
Wed May 18, 2022, 11:34 PM May 2022

Republicans introduce bill that would stop Biden from canceling student loan debt

Business Insider via Yahoo News


Student loan borrowers eager for broad debt forgiveness will be out of luck if Sen. Mitt Romney has anything to say about it.

The lawmaker from Utah along with several of his Republican colleagues on Wednesday introduced a new bill that would bar the Biden administration from broadly canceling student loan debt — a political move the president has been considering since he took office last year.

The Student Loan Accountability Act would prohibit Biden's Education, Justice, and Treasury Departments from taking any action that would cancel or forgive student loan borrowers' outstanding balances or even portions of those balances, according to a Wednesday press release.

The bill would include exemptions for student loan forgiveness, cancelation, and repayment programs that are already in effect, such as the Public Service Loan Forgiveness and Teacher Loan Forgiveness programs.

Republican Sens. Richard Burr of North Carolina, Tim Scott of South Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, and Thom Tillis of North Carolina joined Romney in introducing the bill in Congress this week.
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Republicans introduce bill that would stop Biden from canceling student loan debt (Original Post) In It to Win It May 2022 OP
If it helps regular Americans and it's popular, Republicans can't kill it fast enough dlk May 2022 #1
It's not reported so they get away with it. onecaliberal May 2022 #2
You're underestimating American meanness Recursion May 2022 #4
I'm not surprised dlk May 2022 #9
Sweet, Mittens! Good luck overriding the veto. Grins May 2022 #3
Romney: I'm rich, fuck everyone who isn't. milestogo May 2022 #5
Of course they did...nt Wounded Bear May 2022 #6
Biden's not going to cancel student loan debt so I don't JoanofArgh May 2022 #7
Of course they did. smirkymonkey May 2022 #8

dlk

(11,578 posts)
1. If it helps regular Americans and it's popular, Republicans can't kill it fast enough
Wed May 18, 2022, 11:38 PM
May 2022

They are pathological.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
4. You're underestimating American meanness
Thu May 19, 2022, 01:35 AM
May 2022

They're doing this because blanket forgiveness polls negative.

JoanofArgh

(14,971 posts)
7. Biden's not going to cancel student loan debt so I don't
Thu May 19, 2022, 03:56 AM
May 2022

know why they’re bothering . I think he wants to pay off 10, 000 dollars of it but only if colleges reduce tuition fees, which should be a requirement before paying off anything.

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