July 17, 2013 in Politico Pro by Libby A. Nelson Federal student loan debt has topped $1 trillion, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will announce Wednesday, a milestone that will only intensify the debate in Congress over what to do...
July 16, 2013 in Yahoo! Finance by Justin Maiman After much hope and fanfare last week, the student loan bill has failed in the Senate. As of July 1, certain Stafford loan interest rates doubled to 6.8%. This increase will cost...
July 13, 2013 in Arizona News Zap; reposted July 15, 2013 in the Tuscon Sentinel and July 17, 2013 in East Valley Tribune by Jonathan Reid WASHINGTON – For a couple of hours this week, it looked like the Senate would...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 19, 2013 CONTACT: Colin Seeberger colin.seeberger@younginvincibles.org 214.223.2913 Senators and the White House Strike Student Loan Interest Rate Deal that Helps Policymakers and Hurts Students and Families [Washington, DC] — Senators and the White House agreed to...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 17, 2013 Young Invincibles Contact: Colin Seeberger colin.seeberger@younginvincibles.org 214.223.2913 U.S. PIRG Contact: Christine Lindstrom chris.lindstrom@pirg.org 617.308.1063 New Student Loan Interest Rate Proposal Adds $715 Million in Government Profit to Pay Down the Deficit On the Backs...
July 17, 2013 The Honorable Harry Reid 522 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Mitch McConnell 317 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Re: College Students Tell Congress: “Don’t Use Them As A Cash Cow” Dear...
By Jennifer Wang Months ago, Sen. Jack Reed, a longstanding champion for students, introduced the Responsible Student Loan Solutions Act, a bill that would have prevented interest rates on all new federal Stafford subsidized loans from doubling on July 1....
Young Invincibles’ Deputy Director Jen Mishory appeared with Howard University student Sampson Armstrong III on MSNBC with Craig Melvin to discuss Congress’s failure to address the hike on student loan interest rates before fleeing town for 4th of July vacation....
“Today is a huge day for anyone who cares about students to actually contact their member of Congress,” says Aaron Smith, executive director of the Young Invincibles. He tells The Daily Ticker that a deal will get done in the Senate, but says we...
WASHINGTON (July 10, 2013) — Today, a minority in the Senate succeeded in blocking legislation to reverse the doubling of interest rates on subsidized Stafford loans for students who need to borrow for college this fall. While a majority of...