student loan forgiveness
Florida Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D) slammed the Trump administration for planning to end the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan. The SAVE Plan is a Biden-backed student loan payment program that allows enrollees to make payments towards their student loans based on income, $0 payments for low earners, and stops interest rates from […]
Representative Greg Steube (R-FL) has introduced legislation forbidding the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program from crediting entities and their employees involved in illegal activity. Rep. Steube's No Loan Forgiveness for Terrorists Act codifies a March executive order issued by President Donald Trump, which explained that the 2007 program has been heavily compromised. Established to forgive […]
WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden recently canceled another $7.7 billion in student loans for 160,000 borrowers, bringing the total forgiven to $167 billion. Representative Aaron Bean (R-FL) denounced the erasure of debt in a recent interview with The Floridian, calling it "unfair" and an attempt "to win over young people." Notably, the White House moved forward on forgiving an […]
President Joe Biden recently announced an initiative to erase student loan debt, which is already facing opposition from Republicans. Florida Attorney General (AG) Ashley Moody has joined a coalition of five other state Attorneys General to fight the initiative, saying, "We will fight in court to make sure that hard-working Americans, who are struggling to […]
TALLAHASSEE — Facing off on issues such as abortion, the war in Ukraine and student-loan forgiveness, Democratic Congressman Al Lawson and Republican Congressman Neal Dunn debated Tuesday after redistricting left them running for the same North Florida seat. Lawson, whose district was almost completely revamped as part of the once-a-decade reapportionment process, is challenging Dunn […]
