Top Democrats Urge Joe Biden To Cancel $50,000 In Student Debt Per Person
07/27/21 AT 8:08 PM
Prominent Democrats on Tuesday urged President Joe Biden to extend the federal student loan payments and interest accumulation moratorium past the Sept. 30 deadline and to cancel up to $50,000 in federal student loans per borrower.
In March 2020, former President Donald Trump signed an order to pause debt payment and interest accrual for the roughly 43 million Americans with federal student debt. Since taking office, Biden has issued two such pauses.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., asked Biden to relieve some of the $1.7 trillion in student debt. During the 2020 presidential campaign, Biden called on Congress to cancel $10,000 of student loans due to the pandemic.
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For four days, the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida deliberated and drafted a statement in response to historic anti-regime protests in Cuba.
On Thursday, the organization made its position public. The statement didn’t include support for the protests or call out violence from the Cuban military and police. Instead, it focused on a call to end the U.S. embargo.
“The DPCF demands the one thing that the United States has within its power to do right now that we know will immediately and measurably improve the lives of the Cuban people suffering on the island: President Biden, lift the Cuban embargo now!” the organization said.