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Biden Student Debt Relief Plan Revoked In U.S. House Vote

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Ariana Figueroa, Florida Phoenix The U.S. House on Wednesday voted to overturn the Biden administration’s one-time student debt relief plan that is currently on hold awaiting a Supreme Court decision expected within weeks. Before the 218-203 vote on the resolution, the White House said President Joe Biden would veto it, arguing …

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Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks Student Debt Cancellation

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Jake Johnson, Common Dreams In an unsigned order Friday night, the conservative-dominated Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily barred the Biden administration from moving ahead with student debt cancellation as judges weigh an effort by Republican attorneys general to block the program. The court’s one-page order said it decided to grant the …

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80+ Democrats Urge Pres. Biden to Deliver on Promise to Cancel Student Loan Debt

United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y), and United States Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), and Katie Porter (D-Calif.) led more than 80 Senate and House colleagues calling on the Biden administration to release the Department of Education’s (ED) …

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