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Congress Should Pass Elizabeth Warren’s Bill Lowering Student Loan Rates
College students today graduate with the terrible burden of an average of $25,000 in student-loan debt. That total increases with the rising costs of tuition, even at public colleges and universities,...
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Help Elizabeth Warren Get Students the Same Rates as the Big Banks
On July 1, interest rates on student loans will double, jumping to 6.8%, according to current law. While the Big Banks are now enjoying interest rates of almost zero. Enter Elizabeth Warren with her...
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Lift The Millstone of Student Debt That’s Slowing The Economy
Do you think that student loan debt is only a problem for college students and perhaps their parents? Think again. The escalation of student loan debt in the past decade is a millstone around the neck...
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Time To Invest In Students, Not Just The Banks [VIDEO]
Thursday on Bloomberg Television, Robert Borosage made the case for Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s Bank On Student Loan Fairness Act, which would set student loan interest rates at the same rate banks get...
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Tell The Senate To Stop Filibustering Affordable College
The Senate on Thursday, in a real sense, filibustered the future. A Republican minority set themselves up as a roadblock against college students struggling to pay for their education and establish...
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Time Is Running Out To Stop Student Loan Rate Hikes
The clock is ticking on student loan interest rates. The rates for federally-backed student Stafford loans will double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on July 1. And what has Congress done to help...
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Now Is Time To Weigh In On Student Loans
The clock is ticking. Without action by Congress student loan rates double at the end of the month — less than two weeks. If you don’t want student loan rates to go up or even double, contact your...
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As Deadline Looms, Fight Against Student Loan Rate Hike Intensifies
As the deadline of July 1 approaches for preventing student Stafford Loan rates from doubling to 6.8 percent, it seems less and less likely Congress will be able to push any legislation through to...
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Student Loans: Gouge The Kids
Interest rates on student loans will double to 6.8 percent on July 1 unless Congress acts. But it seems increasingly likely that the Congress will take off for the Fourth of July recess without...
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Student Loan Rates Doubled. Have A Happy 4th!
Congress to students: Celebrate the 4th! Student loan rates just doubled! The June 30 deadline for action by Congress came and went. In a shocker, Republicans obstructed efforts to keep student loan...
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Tell These Senators To Join The Student Loan Rate Rollback
Now that the deadline has passed to prevent student loan rates from doubling to almost 7 percent, some members of Congress are scrambling to fix the problem before students sign new loans for the...
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Instead Of Providing Free Education, Senators Propose Raising Costs Of College
Congress should do the right thing the right thing for our people, our country and our economy and provide a free college education to everyone who qualifies. Instead student loan rates doubled July 1...
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Protest the Student Loan Misdeal
Reports are that a student loan deal is in the works, with a vote as early as today. If consummated, it will have bipartisan support in the Senate and the support of the White House. We urge all to...
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ALERT: Student Loan Vote Tuesday. Keep Up The Pressure
Senators are set Tuesday to vote on a terrible student loan deal that would ultimately raise rates to 8.25 percent for undergraduates and 9.5 percent for graduate students. They claim the deal will...
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Despite Senate Vote, The Fight For Lower Student Loan Rates Isn’t Over
By passing a student loan bill that raises rates in the very near future, the Senate showed a lack of compassion for students that didn’t seem possible. The Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act...
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What’s Next In The Struggle To Make College More Affordable
Now that a student loan interest-rate bill has passed the Senate and is almost certain to pass the House this week, it is time to take a closer look at our long-term goal for higher education: making...
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