Progressive U.S. lawmakers and campaigners on Thursday cheered the Department of Education's announcement of nearly $6 billion in additional student loan relief—this time for public service workers—as President Joe Biden continues to find ways to work around a Supreme Court ruling limiting how he can eliminate educational debt. The Department of Education said the administration has approved $5.
During Biden's tenure, more than 871,000 people have had their student loan debt canceled after the administration updated and fixed key parts of the program, including by introducing a new help tool to simplify navigation of the debt relief process. 'The president gets it. Today, thousands more borrowers are finally able to imagine life after student debt,' Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal said in a statement. Jayapal noted that after the U.S.