{"id":146576,"date":"2023-08-29T09:15:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T13:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=146576"},"modified":"2023-08-28T13:24:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T17:24:00","slug":"house-democrats-with-student-loans-among-those-calling-for-student-loan-forgiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=146576","title":{"rendered":"House Democrats with student loans among those calling for student loan forgiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If student loan forgiveness becomes a reality, college graduates who are struggling will not be the only ones who benefit from the decision. Among the House Democrats calling for student loan forgiveness, 13 have student loans, or have someone in the family who has student loans. Some of the members of the squad are included in this number.<\/p>\n

From the Washington Examiner:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

A total of 14 Democratic members of Congress, who are an average of 45 years old and include the likes of “Squad” Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), reported on 2022 filings holding up to $1.7 million combined in their own or a family member’s student debt. That these same politicians have also urged President Joe Biden to waive away college loans on the backs of taxpayers presents an apparent conflict of interest, ethics experts and a top Republican lawmaker say.<\/p>\n

“This is little different from officials advocating or voting for policies that benefit companies in which they own stock,” Michael Chamberlain, director of the watchdog group Protect the Public’s Trust, told the Washington Examiner. “Some people may even consider it worse, perhaps, because it’s at the direct expense of taxpayers.<\/p>\n

“Regardless of the wisdom of the policy, certainly those who could gain personally from it should think about taking a step back from leading on the issue,” he said.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court in June dealt a heavy blow to Biden’s roughly $400 billion federal student loan forgiveness plan of up to $20,000 each for millions of borrowers, ruling that the proposal skirted congressional authority. The president called the judiciary’s decision “a mistake” soon after, and the White House last week launched a program that allows borrowers to apply for smaller monthly debt payments with the ability to qualify for loan forgiveness after 10 years.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, nearly 90 Democrats joined a letter to Biden asking him to use “additional tools” to “cancel student debt by early 2024.” Should the president do so, 13 signatories or their relatives who in 2022 held loans could reap a windfall.<\/p>\n

That includes Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, Omar, Bowman, Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Nanette Barrag\u00e1n (D-CA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), and Greg Casar (D-TX). Separately, Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT) disclosed up to $250,000 in loans through the Education Department and didn’t sign the document.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Washington Examiner provides the balance of the story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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