by Dave Johnson | Jun 20, 2013 | Student Debt Relief
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 member of Congress today. Please click this link and call your two...
by Jane Yurechko | Jun 18, 2013 | Student Debt Relief
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 these already struggling students? Absolutely nothing. Student debt now...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 6, 2013 | Student Debt Relief
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 financial stability. A narrow, 51-vote majority in the Senate...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 5, 2013 | Financial Reform, Student Debt Relief
The U.S. Congress votes readily to subsidize the big banks to our peril. The Congress lavishes subsidies to Big Oil to our shame. Congress allows Big Pharma to help health care costs bankrupt us. But Republican senators Lamar Alexander, Tom Coburn and Richard Burr say...
by Dave Johnson | May 31, 2013 | Student Debt Relief
Today President Obama is joining college students at a White House event launching a new push to keep student loan rates from doubling in July. Among the various plans offered, Sen. Elizabeth Warren's plan is the most affordable for students, while the Republican plan...
by Derek Pugh | May 21, 2013 | Student Debt Relief
As part of their latest effort to rebrand the GOP as a more caring party, House Republicans are scheduled this week to put forward a student lending bill called the "Smarter Solutions for Students Act." But the label is misleading. A more appropriate name would be the...