by Derek Pugh | Jun 19, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
Right now taxpayer dollars are not only being used to subsidize, but also expand, the low-wage economy on a massive scale. President Obama could sign an executive order today that would help halt wage theft and place over 20 million Americans on a pathway to the...
by Derek Pugh | Jun 11, 2014 | Education
Senate Republicans today sided with 22,000 millionaires over 40 million Americans with student debt by blocking the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act. The 56-38 vote fell shy of the 60 needed to prevent the bill, sponsored by Sen. Elizabeth Warren...
by Derek Pugh | Jun 10, 2014 | Education
Today is the day to urge your senator to stand for students over millionaires by voting for the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act. The bill – almost identical to a bill Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced in May – would allow borrowers with existing student...
by Derek Pugh | Jun 2, 2014 | Education
This week Senate Democrats will begin turning their attention to the 40 million Americans whose lives are being hampered by student loan debt. The goal is passage of a bill with a provision that will allow these Americans to refinance their loans at lower rates. Not...
by Derek Pugh | May 6, 2014 | Education, Student Debt Relief
Declaring that the burden of student loan debt is "an emergency," Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren took to the Senate floor on Tuesday to introduce a bill that would allow graduates to refinance their loans at lower rates. “Student loan debt is exploding. And it...
