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Showing posts with label student debt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label student debt. Show all posts
Friday, June 22, 2012
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Daily Kos: Scott Brown filibusters student loan assistance to 177,000 Massachusetts students
Daily Kos: Scott Brown filibusters student loan assistance to 177,000 Massachusetts students:
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That "independent" Sen. Scott Brown once again voted lock-step with his leadership,filibustering the extension of low interest rates for federally subsidized student loans. In a state dominated by colleges and universities, 177,000 students in Massachusetts will see their student loan payments increase on average $1,000 a year.
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That "independent" Sen. Scott Brown once again voted lock-step with his leadership,filibustering the extension of low interest rates for federally subsidized student loans. In a state dominated by colleges and universities, 177,000 students in Massachusetts will see their student loan payments increase on average $1,000 a year.
According to Boston.com regular guy Scott Brown votes to makes sure student loans are much higher. At least he drives a truck and talks about troubles for students
Dems hit Brown on student loan vote, fundraising - Boston.com: "O"
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BOSTON—U.S. Sen. Scott Brown joined other Senate Republicans Tuesday to derail a Democratic bill aimed at keeping interest rates on federal college loans from doubling July 1, prompting criticism from Democrats in his home state who said he was hurting middle-class families.
The Massachusetts Republican and the state's Democratic Party also traded jabs over his fundraising efforts in New York City and his call for his chief Democratic rival, Elizabeth Warren, to release law school applications and personnel files from the universities where she's taught.
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BOSTON—U.S. Sen. Scott Brown joined other Senate Republicans Tuesday to derail a Democratic bill aimed at keeping interest rates on federal college loans from doubling July 1, prompting criticism from Democrats in his home state who said he was hurting middle-class families.
Tuesday's vote on the student loan bill, largely on partisan lines, came a day after Brown said he supported a one-year extension of the current 3.4 percent interest rate on federal student loans. Brown said it's time to come up with a bipartisan solution.
"The job market is dismal and the cost of getting a college education is out of control," Brown said. "We should be working together on a solution that prevents these rates from skyrocketing."
Massachusetts Democrats said Brown's vote showed he was standing with the national Republican Party, not middle-class Massachusetts families.
"Senate Democrats put forth a measure to keep student loan rates low, but Scott Brown joined Senate Republicans to block it," said Massachusetts Democratic Party Chairman John Walsh.
Both Brown and his chief Democratic rival, Elizabeth Warren, say they support extending the lower rate for another year. Brown has proposed paying for the extension by reducing what he called "improper payments made by the federal government" including payments sent to the wrong recipient or incorrect amounts sent to the right recipients.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Pontificating ABC ass George Will explains why student debt is an entitlement
LP - I wonder if its an entitlement to have a guy who does nothing but collect an oversized salary while discussing things he knows nothing about on Disney news.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Monday, April 23, 2012
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