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Let’s talk about Mitch McConnell’s tribute to Malcolm X – Beau of the Fifth Column

Dems Face 2022 Nightmare, Critics Warn, If Student Debt Payments Restart and Child Credit Ends

“These are policy choices,” said one economic justice group. “We don’t have to choose this. All of this is 100% unnecessary and avoidable.” Progressives are spelling out for the Democratic Party the disastrous implications that are likely to come with the government’s possible failure to extend the enhanced child tax credit right as the White HouseContinue reading “Dems Face 2022 Nightmare, Critics Warn, If Student Debt Payments Restart and Child Credit Ends”

Let’s talk about Pelosi, college debt, and do some supposing – Beau of the Fifth Column

Biden administration grants loan relief to former for-profit college students

The move, which will relieve more than $500 million in debt, marks a step forward in the administration’s effort to clear a backlog of nearly 100,000 claims. The U.S. Education Department said Wednesday it’s erasing student debt for thousands of borrowers who attended a for-profit college chain that made exaggerated claims about its graduates’ successContinue reading “Biden administration grants loan relief to former for-profit college students”

Biden says he will not support Democrats’ call to eliminate $50,000 in student loan debt

President Joe Biden took questions from Americans during a televised town hall event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Tuesday and revealed that he does not support a plan from Democratic lawmakers to cancel $50,000 in debt for student loan recipients.  “I will not make that happen,” Mr. Biden said during the CNN town hall when asked about theContinue reading “Biden says he will not support Democrats’ call to eliminate $50,000 in student loan debt”

Democrats urge President Biden to forgive $50,000 in student loan debt

The Biden administration is reviewing whether it can take steps to provide student debt relief through executive action, even as it continues to call on Congress to pass legislation to help borrowers and their families. A tweet by White House press secretary Jen Psaki appeared to go further than her comments at a briefing earlierContinue reading “Democrats urge President Biden to forgive $50,000 in student loan debt”