Your Guide To The Battle That's Raging Over Student Loans In America
Congress has one month to reach an agreement before interest rates on new federally subsidized student loans double to 6.8 percent. For once, both Democrats and Republicans see the increase as a...
View ArticleSenate deadlocks on student loans
The Senate deadlocked Thursday over federal student loan interest rates, with no consensus in sight on how to prevent rates on certain loans from doubling for about 7 million borrowers on July 1. Amid...
View ArticleSenate thwarts plans to stop interest on student loans from doubling
Philip Elliott Associated Press Comments J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) Washington — College students faced increasing uncertainty about the cost of new student loans after senators failed...
View ArticleSenate Fails To Pass Bills That Would Have Kept Student Loan Interest Rates...
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View ArticleBoth parties’ student loan plans fail Senate, interest rates set to double...
WASHINGTON — College students faced increasing uncertainty about the cost of new student loans after senators failed Thursday to advance partisan proposals to keep interest rates from doubling on July...
View ArticleSenate defeats Democratic, Republican loan plans
WASHINGTON Interest rates on new student loans are likely headed higher after senators failed Thursday to advance proposals to keep them from doubling July 1. Dueling measures in the Senate would have...
View ArticleLoan rates for students probably heading up
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View ArticleRate hike on student loans looms amid debate
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View ArticleSenate Takes Up Fixes to Student Loan Rates
Senators on Thursday are considering competing versions of legislation that would keep interest rates low for some college students—at least for now. Senate Democrats were set to push to keep interest...
View ArticleObama pushes Congress to stop student-loan rate hike
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View ArticleCompeting plans on student loan rates fail in Senate
WASHINGTON — With student loan rates set to double in about four weeks, competing proposals to prevent the increase were defeated in back-to-back Senate votes Thursday, leaving the issue unresolved....
View ArticlePlaying Politics With Student Debt
WASHINGTON — THIS summer, more than nine million undergraduates will take out an average of $6,700 each in federal loans to pay for college next year. They will borrow, on average, $24,803 to earn...
View ArticleSenate rejects proposals that would prevent increase on student loan rates
WASHINGTON -- With student loan rates set to double in about four weeks, competing proposals to prevent the increase were defeated in back-to-back Senate votes Thursday, leaving the issue unresolved....
View ArticleSen. Warren: Congress must block student rate hike
Story Highlights Interest rates on student loans are set to double on July 1 to 6.8%Republicans and Democrats have dueling plans to prevent a rate increaseMany students are being saddled with large...
View ArticleBipartisan proposal on student loans circulating
A bipartisan compromise on student loans started to take shape in the Senate on Wednesday linking interest rates to the financial markets. If approved, it would prevent rates for new borrowing from...
View ArticleU.S. Senate blocks bills to stop student loan rates doubling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday thwarted two rival bills aimed at stopping interest rates on millions of federal student loans doubling in less than a month. The defeat of the...
View ArticleLawmakers try to save student loan deal
WASHINGTON — A handful of senators struggled Thursday to hold together a bipartisan deal to keep student loan rates from doubling on July 1 while their colleagues traded political barbs with little...
View ArticleBipartisan Senate group seeks deal on student loans
Story Highlights Compromise would head off steep hike in loan interest ratesEven key advocates of extending current rates appear willing to consider dealHouse has already passed a bill that President...
View ArticlePotential bipartisan deal on student loans could save govt $8 billion over...
WASHINGTON — A handful of senators struggled Thursday to hold together a bipartisan deal to keep student loan rates from doubling on July 1 while their colleagues traded political barbs with little...
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