Progressives turn up heat on Biden over student loans
District of Columbia | August 10, 2021
Progressives who have spent months pushing President Biden to cancel billions of dollars in student debt are now targeting the end of a federal pause on loan payments as a deadline for White House action. Biden on Friday extended a freeze on student loan bills until Jan. 31, but said it would be the last time the Education Department renewed a pause on payments that’s been in place since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. While the president won praise from some Democrats, he also raised the odds of a fierce intraparty debate spilling over into an election year by pushing the student loan repayment cliff into 2022… (Excerpts from The Hill)