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Student loan borrowers gather near The White House to tell President Biden to cancel student debt on May 12, 2020. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for We, The 45 Million)

Vulnerable U.S. House Republicans who opposed student debt plan targeted in 2024 

BY: - July 6, 2023

WASHINGTON — Supporters of student loan debt cancellation are organizing to hold GOP lawmakers “accountable” in the 2024 election cycle following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling blocking President Joe Biden’s debt relief plan. The left-leaning Protect Borrowers Action will target 13 U.S. House districts across California, Colorado, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania where […]

U.S. Supreme Court to review Biden student debt relief plan in February

BY: - December 1, 2022

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday it will hear oral arguments in February over a legal challenge by six Republican-led states to the Biden administration student borrower relief plan. Until the arguments are heard and the court issues a ruling, the $400 billion Biden plan is on hold due to a nationwide injunction […]

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, that student borrowers will get an extension on repaying their loans as the Biden administration battles lawsuits against its debt relief plan. Here, borrowers protest outside the Republican National Committee in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 18, 2022. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for We The 45 Million)

Student loan repayment pause extended by White House amid legal battles over relief plan

BY: - November 22, 2022

WASHINGTON — The Department of Education announced on Tuesday it is extending the pandemic-era pause on federal student loan repayments until June 30 while legal challenges to the administration’s student debt relief program are fought over in the courts. The agency said if the student debt relief program has not been put in place by […]

Student loan borrowers stage a rally Aug. 25, 2022, in front of The White House to celebrate President Biden's plan to cancel student debt and to begin the fight to cancel any remaining debt. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for We the 45m)

Biden student debt relief plan thrown out by Texas judge; new applications halted

BY: - November 11, 2022

WASHINGTON — Late Thursday a federal judge in Texas struck down the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan, ruling that the program is unlawful, in a blow to 16 million student debt borrowers already approved for relief. The U.S. Department of Education now is no longer accepting applications for the program, according to the student […]