Senate passes GOP-led resolution to block Biden's student loan relief plan
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With President Biden pledging a veto, the resolution amounts to a mostly symbolic show of congressional disapproval on a plan to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt.
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The U.S. Senate approved a procedural vote Wednesday to advance a Congressional Review Act resolution that would shut down President Joe Biden's plan to forgive up to $20,000 in federally held student loans for borrowers making less than $125,000.
A resolution that would nullify President Joe Biden's plan to cancel up to $20,000 in federally held student loans for millions of borrowers faces its first procedural vote in the Senate Wednesday.
The Senate has advanced a measure that would repeal President Biden’s student loan forgiveness initiative, a strong indication that it may ultimately pass Congress.
The Senate voted largely along party lines Thursday to block President Joe Biden’s student debt relief program after the measure cleared a key procedural hurdle in the chamber.
A bill to repeal President Joe Biden's signature student loan forgiveness plan passed the Senate on Thursday with Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Jon Tester (D-MT), and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) joining Republicans to pass the measure.
WASHINGTON >> A Republican measure overturning President Joe Biden’s student loan cancellation plan passed the Senate today and now awaits an expected veto.
"If Republicans were to get their way and pass this bill into law, people across the country would have relief they are counting on snatched away from them."
Two Democrats and one independent joined with all 48 present Senate Republicans to pass a resolution blocking President Joe Biden's student loan giveaway.
If enacted, the resolution would not only nullify Biden’s student loan plan but also limit the Department of Education’s ability to erase student debt in the future.
The Senate voted Thursday to kill President Biden's student loan handout, which would cost the government more than $400 billion and has been delayed by court action.
