Friday. "The Biden admin can use the HEA —our position from the start—to continue loan forgiveness before payments resume. They should do so ASAP." wrote that "the president has more tools to cancel student debt—and he must use them.
"I am urging the Biden administration to implement a Plan B immediately to cancel student debt for tens of millions of Americans who are struggling to pay the rent, put food on the table, and pay for the basic necessities of life," Sanders said. "Despite this legally unsound Supreme Court decision, the president has the clear authority under the Higher Education Act of 1965 to cancel student debt. He must use this authority immediately.
The president said he will announce later Friday afternoon "the next steps" his administration intends to take to provide long-overdue relief to federal student loan borrowers, who collectively hold aroundThe Debt Collective, a debtors' union fighting for total cancellation, said Biden's actions in response to the Supreme Court's ruling should be held to a high standard.on Twitter, arguing that such requirements "give the GOP a chance to kill cancellation.
released Friday by the Student Borrower Protection Center and Data for Progress show that a majority of U.S. voters would support the Biden administration using legal authority other than the HEROES Act of 2003 to cancel student debt.that Biden must "stand with student loan borrowers and use the full might of the federal government to answer their demand for justice and relief in the face of this lawless and shamefully political ruling."Our work is licensed under Creative Commons .