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Student loan overhaul on fast track (Knoxville News Sentinel)
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Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT
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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama 's proposal to overhaul the federal student loan program and eliminate the role of private lenders is getting placed on the fast track in Congress after being stalled for months.
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Students rally to support student loan bill (The Daily Free Press)
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Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:52:54 GMT
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By: Lyle Moran A group of Boston University students gathered at the George Sherman Union Monday afternoon to urge Congress to pass a bill that would increase federal Pell grant funding by $40 billion by reducing government subsidies to private lenders....
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Move on Student Loans Could Win Healthcare Votes, House Dems Say (CommonDreams.org)
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Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:54:07 GMT
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by Jeffrey Young Attaching a student aid bill to the healthcare reform legislation could attract support for the whole measure, according to senior House Democrats. The House already passed the bill which would essentially cut private lenders out of federal student lending programs, and it is a major priorities for Democrats in the lower chamber, President Barack Obama and liberal advocates ...
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Not Just One Terrible Idea, But Two! (Mona Charen via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT
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It's interesting that the Democrats are attempting to roll two of their highest priorities into one bill this month. The labyrinthine legislative legerdemain called health care reform now includes a reconciliation package that would fold in student loan reform. And by reform, the Democrats mean increasing direct lending to students by the federal government.
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Aid in Students’ Hands (The Cornell Daily Sun)
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Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:52:26 GMT
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Reform, in theory anyway, has dominated the political sphere for the past year — financial reform, health care reform, energy reform, the list goes on. Yet for all the talk on Capitol Hill, there’s been little action thus far. In spite of these shortcomings, another reform bill is up for debate in the Senate: student loan reform. Given the state of our broken political system and ideologically ...
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Feds to lend directly to students (The Free Press)
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Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:29:29 GMT
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Students who take out federal loans to pay for school this year will no longer have to pick which bank they prefer: they'll now borrow directly from the U.S. Department of Education. USM announced last week the switch to the Federal Direct Loan Program. Students with financial aid who take out Federal Stafford and PLUS loans will borrow directly from the federal government, eliminating the need ...
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Move on student loans could win healthcare votes, House Dems say (The Hill)
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Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:04:00 GMT
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The House already passed the bill which would essentially cut private lenders out of federal student lending programs. Read more...
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Health Care and Student Loan Programs Collide (New York Times)
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:06:19 GMT
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Top Democrats are fighting to attach the proposed overhaul of student loan programs to health care reform.
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From the Daily: Lending education a hand (The Michigan Daily)
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Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:57:45 GMT
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When searching for loans for school, many students look to private lenders. But a proposal before the U.S. Senate could make the federal government students’ first option. The proposal would dramatically reorganize the way the federal government finances student loans. It would significantly expand a federal direct-lending program while ending subsidies for private lenders. read more
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Not Just One Terrible Idea, But Two! (Jewish World Review)
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Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:23:48 GMT
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http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | It's interesting that the Democrats are attempting to roll two of their highest priorities into one bill this month. The labyrinthine legislative legerdemain called health care reform now includes a reconciliation package that would fold in student loan reform.
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