Student Loan Ninjette
May 7th, 2012
- Obama's day: Student loans
By David Jackson, USA TODAY Good morning from The Oval, on a day when President Obama again pushes the issue of student loans. This afternoon, Obama conducts a conference call with elected officials and student government leaders from across the …
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USA TODAY |
- Sen. McCaskill Makes Campaign Push on Student Loans
Claire McCaskill held her first public campaign event Sunday afternoon criticizing her Republican rivals for their positions on
student loans and pell grants. McCaskill visited Blueberry Hill, a St. Louis landmark restaurant and student hangout,
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- Student Loans, Credit Cards Push Up Consumer Debt
Still, much of the credit expansion has reflected a shift in
student loans to direct borrowing from the federal government, with loans held by the Department of Education surging more than four-fold since 2008. Federal student credit outstanding rose
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- Divided Congress likely to agree on student loans
By Thomas Ferraro | WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One way or another, the Congress seems certain to prevent a low interest rate for federal
student loans from doubling on July 1, aides and analysts say, largely because lawmakers do not want to rile young
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- White House presses GOP over student loans with 2 parties deadlocked over …
Article by: ALAN FRAM , AP WASHINGTON – The White House pressed Republicans Monday to back Democratic legislation preventing interest rates on federal
student loans from doubling in July as the two parties remained deadlocked over how to pay for the
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- Sallie Mae to offer fixed-rate student loans
In addition to originating its own private education loans, it services government-backed
student loans. It lagged bank competitors such as Wells Fargo, Citizens Bank and SunTrust in introducing fixed-rate
student loans. The lender said it also will
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- Senate turns to partisan fight over student loans
President Barack Obama speaks to students and parents at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Va., Friday, May 4, 2012, about his efforts to prevent interest rates from doubling on federal
student loans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) / by J. Scott
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- Know Before You Owe: The Danger of Private Student Loans
Private student loans in particular have driven students into debt due to higher interest rates. Recently, Congressional senators stepped forward with legislation that could help educate students on how these loans work, which would hopefully drive …
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- Senate turns to partisan fight over student loans
AP National News VideoMore>> By ALAN FRAM AP WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate is the newest arena in the election-year face-off over federal
student loans, and both sides are starting out by pounding away at each other. With Congress returning from a
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Student Loan Ninjette
May 6th, 2012
- Senate turns to partisan fight over student loans
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is the newest arena in the election-year face-off over
student loans, and both sides are starting out by pounding away at each other. The Senate plans to vote Tuesday on whether to start debating a Democratic plan to keep
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- Senate turns to partisan fight over student loans
The Senate is the newest arena in the election-year face-off over federal
student loans, and both sides are starting out by pounding away at each other. By ALAN FRAM Associated Press No comments have been posted to this article.
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- Senate turns to partisan fight over student loans
WASHINGTON—The Senate is the newest arena in the election-year face-off over federal student loans, and both sides are starting out by pounding away at each other. With Congress returning from a weeklong spring recess, the Senate plans to vote Tuesday …
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Boston.com |
- Why Johnny Can't Pay His Student Loans
By Peter Morici Created: May 6, 2012 Last Updated: May 6, 2012 Junior and senior high-school students listen as US President Barack Obama speaks on the interest rates of federal subsidized student loans at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Va., …
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The Epoch Times |
- “Should student loans be priced differently according to major?”
PS: Oh, all right… this is perilously close to being taboo to say in this culture, but I will anyway: society is not in fact set up to permit everybody to spend their entire lives playing, and nor should it be. We have finite resources;
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- Congressman talks about student loans, Chinese dissident
Westmoreland said he voted against a measure to keep interest rates on first-year student loans at 3.4 percent. The rates were reduced from 6.8 percent in 2007, and the pending July 1 increase has created wide media coverage.
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Newnan Times-Herald |
- Senate turns to partisan fight over student loans
More >> AP National News VideoMore>> By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate is the newest arena in the election-year face-off over
student loans, and both sides are starting out by pounding away at each other.
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- Obama's Day, May 4: Discussing Student Loans
Later in the morning, the President will travel to Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Virginia, to speak with juniors and graduating seniors and their parents about the need to prevent interest rates on federal subsidized
student loans from
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- Today's letters: Student loans
To the editor: Republican leaders complain that legislation to keep college student loan rates low will not be paid for in the federal budget. Where were these fiscal watchdogs when the budget careened out of control during the Iraq War?
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Student Loan Ninjette
May 4th, 2012
- "Under the Romney/Ryan budget, interest rates on federal student loans would …
"Under President Obama: After graduation, Julia's federal
student loans are more manageable since President Obama capped income-based federal student loan payments and kept interest rates low. She makes her payments on time every month, keeping her on
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- Another Attempt to Extend Low Interest Rates on Student Loans
If allowed to expire on July 1st, the interest rates on the
student loans will return to 6.8%. US Representative Mike Doyle (D-PA-14) is calling on Senators Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Bob Casey (D-PA) to pass HR4816, known as Stop the Rate Hike Act of 2012.
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- Obama rips GOP on student loans
By Jonathan Easley – 05/04/12 01:08 PM ET President Obama chastised House Republicans Friday for passing legislation that would prevent an interest rate hike on federally subsidized
student loans by eliminating a fund from the healthcare reform law.
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- Obama talks about student loans, job market with Washington-Lee students
(Bill O'Leary – The Washington Post) But most of the president's 15-minute speech focused on his ongoing push for Congress to extend a low-interest rate on federal subsidized
student loans for another year. Right now that rate is at 3.4 percent,
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- Obama to visit Washington-Lee High School to discuss student loans
Obama is expected to talk at 11:50 am with Washington-Lee High School juniors and seniors, and continue his push for Congress to extend a low-interest rate on federal subsidized
student loans for another year. Right now that rate is at 3.4 percent,
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- Student Loans: the solution to keep low
And while Of higher interest rates on student loans, that will happen in the future, would be a burden for graduates to pay back the money after they leave school. And if the bill would be vetoed, then the price will jump higher than the current 3.4% …
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The Star-Ledger – NJ.com |
- Student Loan Borrowers Say They're Being Gouged
Roughly 500000
student loans owned by the United States Department of Education were recently transferred to Missouri-based Mohela. Included in that group was Chicago software consultant Aakash Rami, who described it as a “God-send” when he went online
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- Op-Ed: Keep down the rates of student loans
We cannot survive as a nation in the global marketplace without
student loans at a reasonable rate. A recent CBS/New York Times poll found that two-thirds of Americans feel there is too much disparity between the haves and have-nots in our country.
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- Congressmen discuss student loans at Umass
AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – Two congressmen stopped by the Amherst campus to talk with students about student loan interest rates. The visit comes two months before interest rates on Stafford Loans are scheduled to double. Congressmen Jim McGovern and John
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Student Loan Ninjette
May 3rd, 2012
- Law Student Sues Student Loans for Cheating Him
The law school graduate, 29, was suspicious when his
student loans — he has four — were “reduced.” Instead of charging $845.72 a month, as he was used to having debited from his account, they were asking only $539.27 a month on the premise that they
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- SoFi Announces Its Alumni-Funded Community Loan; Will Match the Benefits of …
"By matching the government's current benefits, we're making our fixed-interest rate
student loans even better, and we hope that every lender — whether government or private — will rise to the challenge and offer students a fairer deal.
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- Obama uses bully pulpit for edge on student loans
Mr. Obama plans to speak to Washington-Lee High School seniors and juniors, as well as some of their parents, about “the importance of preventing interest rates from doubling on student loans,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said Thursday.
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Washington Times |
- Outside opinion: Hugo Chavez, student loans and Israel vs. Iran
A New York Times editorial has a similar take to our own when it comes to the congressional skirmish over Stafford
student loans, with both papers agreeing that Democrats and Republicans would rather make the other side look bad than actually solve the
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- Democrats Dinged For Linking Student Loans, Women In Attacks On GOP
by Frank James May 3, 2012 — Obama administration officials, congressional Democrats and others have repeatedly charged Republicans with trying to strip money from women's health to pay to keep interest rates on some
student loans from doubling.
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- Student loans 101: The interest rate uproar
By CANDICE CHOI AP Business Writer NEW YORK – Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree: It would be a mistake to let interest rates on
student loans double in July. Especially if they're going to be blamed for it in an election year.
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- Don't extend low interest rates on student loans
Lowering interest rates on subsidized
student loans does little to address the real problems of higher education: rising tuition costs and diminishing returns. First, let's remember how we got here. After taking back control of Congress in 2007,
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- Letters: Congressional deadlock over student loans
Although this editorial is about the interest on
student loans, the controversy in Congress over this issue is representative of the way our legislators have been acting for a while. Even when the parties agree on a goal, they are so busy gaming the
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- Short-Term Fixes
Members of Congress from both parties say they want to prevent interest rates on subsidized Stafford
student loans from going up in July, but they are fighting over how to pay for a solution. And by proposing quick-fix methods to pay for only a year's
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Student Loan Ninjette
May 2nd, 2012
- Rep. Nita Lowey Opposes Student Loans Hike
Nita Lowey (D-Harrison) is calling on Congress to keep
student loans affordable for middle to lower income college students. Student loan rates are currently at 3.4 percent but a bill that kept them at that number will double to 6.8 percent on July 1
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- US Rep. John Tierney talks student loans with MCC students
- Ask USA TODAY: Student loans
- Corbin Russell, High School Senior, Declared Dead, No Access To College …
HARVARD, NE — High school senior Corbin Russell's hope for a student loan turned into a fight for his life. This isn't the case for all. Russell, a senior from Nebraska's Harvard High School, was mistakenly declared dead — a situation he learned
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- Student loans 101: Why Obama is slow-jamming on Late Night about interest rates
NEW YORK — Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree: It would be a mistake to let interest rates on
student loans double in July. Especially if they're going to be blamed for it in an election year.
Student loans have become a political football in
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- Student Loans: New Survey Finds College Grads Carry Large Debt Into Middle Age
Four-in-ten adults above the age of 35 who took out
student loans are still paying them off, according to findings in a new survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of CouponCabin. Nearly half of adults ages 35-44, 47 percent, said they have
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- Congresswoman Hirono Misses Key Vote on Student Loans to Campaign for US Senate
With the interest rate on Stafford student loans set to jump by 100%, members of the US Senate and House of Representatives are discussing a one-year extension of the lower interest rate to buy time to work out a more comprehensive approach.
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Hawaii Reporter |
- Durbin and Republicans disagree on how to fund federal student loans interest rate
Democrats and Republicans agree they need to keep the interest rate on federal
student loans right where it is. They just disagree on how to finance it. Republicans in the US House of Representatives passed a bill last week that would keep the current
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- Federal student loans to change
Major changes to federal
student loans and aid may cause undergraduates to make adjustments to their loan choices, but will have the greatest impact on graduate and professional students. UA students graduating in the fall will not be able to use a
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Student Loan Ninjette
May 1st, 2012
- Teen declared dead, can't get student loans
College scholarship applications have been rejected because of the flagged credit report and he can't get
student loans without a valid Social Security number. "My Social Security number – if someone just took a couple minutes of their time and said,
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- Repayments on student loans set to increase
More than 500000 people with
student loans will face higher repayments, and student allowances will be harder to get under changes to be announced before the May 24 Budget, Prime Minister John Key said yesterday. More pressure will be placed on
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- Economic battle: Student loans could be hard to pay off
It's the effect of those
student loans that got the now-college grads through school. Some of those loans have to start being paid off immediately. Others can wait six months after the graduation ceremony in the school's basketball arena.
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- It's not the student loans, stupid
In his campus speeches, Obama stumped for keeping low interest rates on student loans. But young people may be figuring out that colleges and universities are gobbling up the money government pours in, leaving them saddled with debt. It's a side issue.
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Columbus Dispatch |
- The politics of student loans
President Obama set off yet another cacophony of partisan bickering in Washington by warning that interest on some
student loans would skyrocket if Congress didn't act soon. Last week lawmakers from both parties hinted that they were ready to solve the
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- Bank Finally Forgives Student Loans For Dead Rutgers Student
Six years after Rutgers student Christopher Bryski died from a traumatic brain injury, a banking institution forgave his $50000 student loan debt. Bryski had been attending the public NJ college when he suffered a head injury following an accident in …
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City Town Info Education Channel |
- Student Loan Authority calls for action on student loans
Interest rates on some federal
student loans are set to double on July 1 if Congress doesn't act. Republicans in Congress want the lower rates to be supported by money from rolling back some of the federal health care reforms.
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- Student loans to remain interest-free
Student loans will remain interest free but it looks as though they'll be expected to pay them off faster with income and repayment thresholds looking likely to change. The Prime Minister has told a Wellington business audience the detail will be in …
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Newstalk ZB |
- Romney: Borrow Money From Parents Instead of Student Loans
–While President Obama indicates he just paid off his student loan's 8 years ago, Mitt Romney suggests that students "borrow money from their parents" for school or to start a business, showing how out of touch he really is.
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Student Loan Ninjette
April 30th, 2012
- The politics of student loans
Asked what she would do if she won, the Lima woman noted, “I would pay off my children's
student loans first! It wasn't their fault we encouraged them to go to college!” Her comments reflect the quandary faced by a growing number of college graduates:
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- Student Loan Authority calls for action on student loans
The Rhode Island Student Loan Authority sponsored a news conference Monday to push the message that
student loans need to continue at their current rate of 3.4 percent. Interest rates on millions of
student loans are set to double this summer,
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- Most student loans unaffected by upcoming increase in rates
On July 1, the interest rate for some new federal student loans is scheduled to increase to 6.8% from 3.4%. President Obama wants to extend the lower rate for another year. Republicans in Congress say they support the extension, but disagree with the …
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USA TODAY |
- Bay Area students may be losers in political game over student loans
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — The clock is ticking on Congress to come up with a plan to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling. On July 1, the College Cost Reduction and Access Act, passed in 2007, is set to expire, raising rates on federal …
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WTSP 10 News |
- Why Americans can't pay their student loans
Most can't land a decent job without a college education, yet many graduates are locked into poorly paying positions that don't permit repayment of
student loans. For two generations, college price tags have risen much faster than inflation and
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- President Obama Visits UNC To Speak About Student Loans
In his speech, the President said that he understood that pain that students feel when they leave college burdened by debt, often due to student loans taken out to pay for the ever-increasing costs of going to college. To illustrate his point, …
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The Raleigh Telegram |
- Sallie Mae Not Opposed To Bankruptcy Relief For Student Loans
Ms. Ducich explained how the bankruptcy exemption for
student loans evolved over time, with the last most draconian piece being added by a floor amendment. They indicated that Sallie Mae is not opposed to bankruptcy protection for
student loans,
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- House Passes Student Loan Plan That Siphons Health Law's Prevention Trust Fund
Crowley said Democrats argue Congress should pay for the
student loans by closing tax loopholes for oil companies and that slashing the health fund would cut services for women's health. "That is just nonsense," Boehner said.
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- The politics of student loans
Obama was in Iowa to discuss the cost of
student loans and other issues. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Images / April 25, 2012) President Obama set off yet another cacophony of partisan bickering in Washington by warning that interest on some
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Student Loan Ninjette
April 29th, 2012
- Dead student's loans forgiven–finally after six years of putting parents …
By Dava Castillo Christopher Bysksi died in 2006 after a traumatic brain injury in a fall that left him in a coma for two years. Bysksi's father had co-signed for his son's student loan of $50000, and when Christopher died he was informed he was
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- Analysis: Obama, GOP settle effortlessly into rollicking political brawl over …
Another GOP lawmaker likened
student loans to “stage three cancer of socialism,” he said. Both Republicans quickly said they had been quoted out of context. Within a day, Romney told reporters he agreed on the need to prevent the rate increase,
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- It's Not About Student Loans – It's About the Market
Student loans are risky. They are typically not backed by collateral. Borrowers may take a long time to repay. Banks probably would not finance
student loans if it were not for the federal government backstopping loans with guarantees.
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- Making student loans 'cool'
His main issue has strong appeal to the hearts and wallets of college students, postgrads and their families: student loans. It also has a new urgency at the moment. Unless Congress acts, the current subsidized rates on new Stafford student loans will …
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Chicago Tribune |
- Quillen: How to fix student loans
By Ed Quillen During his brief visit to Colorado last week, President Barack Obama must have dispelled those rumors that he's an arugula-savoring elitist, since he stopped in at The Sink in Boulder, and that's not exactly an elite spot.
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- Student loans and value of education
There is a growing concern post-secondary education could be the next bubble. With increasing school tuition and fees, students are being forced into larger debt in order to obtain degrees. While there are several factors that complicate this issue,
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- Student loans stick – even in bankruptcy
But even the ordeal of bankruptcy won't give it to them, and the reason is a common one: Much of their debt comes from private
student loans. Virtually any other kind of debt – including medical bills, mortgage, credit cards and car loans,
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- Sen. Murry decries potential rise in interest rates on student loans
Patty Murray called on Congress to keep interest rates on federal
student loans low, but criticized a GOP measure that would do so by cutting a disease-prevention and public-health fund By Katherine Long Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., thanks incoming
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- My Ten Sense: Student loans, avoid them at all costs
If you've been reading my blog lately, you know that I despise
student loans because it's the only debt that cannot be dumped in bankruptcy, and many people who have
student loans aren't even working in the profession to justify borrowing money for
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Student Loan Ninjette
April 28th, 2012
- KSU students rally for action on student loans
By Thomas Gallick | Staff Writer A small crowd of students gathered at Risman Plaza on Kent State University's campus Friday to support President Barack Obama's plan to extend the current rate of interest on
student loans, as Republicans moved forward
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- RI's Cicilline pressing GOP on student loans
David Cicilline is joining other Rhode Island residents who are calling on congress to avoid injecting divisive political issues into efforts to keep interest rates on millions of federal
student loans from doubling this summer.
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- U.S. Rep. Miller Supports Bill to Stall Interest Hike on Student Loans
The Interest Rate Reduction Act would freeze a scheduled rate increase on federal
student loans but cut preventative health care programs to offset the freeze's cost. By Jenny Whalen US Rep. Candice Miller recently supported the IRRA, which would cut
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- Republicans follow Romney lead in parrying Democrats on student loans …
That dynamic was on full display last week as House Speaker John Boehner coped with the dust-up generated by President Barack Obama over
student loans and Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell sidestepped Democratic attempts to brand Republicans as soft on
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- Shields, Brooks on 'Mutual Pandering' Over Student Loans, Immigration Law
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news including Democrats and Republicans battling over
student loans, Newt Gingrich's legacy, how austerity efforts affect growth compared to
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- Congress battles over student loans
(NECN: Peter Howe, Boston) – Yet another nasty political stalemate is brewing in Washington over interest rates for
student loans, with President Obama vowing Friday to veto a House Republican-approved plan aimed at heading off an increase in the
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- Student Loans: the Politics, Pitfalls and Payoffs
Ignoring a veto threat by President Obama, House Republicans voted Friday to extend a 2007 provision that halves the rate on Stafford
student loans, but the parties are split on how to pay for it. Jeffrey Brown, George Washington University's Sandy
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- Debate Over Student Loans Interest Rates Heats Up
Thursday during a jobs fair in Lansing, mid-Michigan jobget more >>
Student loans have turned into an election-year clash between Republicans and the White House as the battle for the youth vote heats up. Both Republicans and Democrats say they want to
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- Interest rates on student loans set to double unless lawmakers act quickly
On Friday, the House of Representatives approved a plan that would keep interest rates on federal
student loans from doubling this summer. "
Student loans are a necessary evil," says UW-Eau Claire Financial Aid Director Kathy Sahlhoff.
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