Mr. Sanders, who is the chairman of the Finance Committee, said that he plans to add more free college into Mr. Biden’s infrastructure package.
The issue is an important one for Mr. Sanders. In addition to allowing more low-income people to attend college, rising tuition has contributed to the $1.5 trillion in student debt in the nation.
“Higher education in America should be a right for all, not a privilege for the few,” Mr. Sanders said earlier this month when reintroducing his College For All Act, which would eliminate tuition at two- and four-year colleges. “If we are to succeed in a highly competitive global economy and have the best-educated workforce in the world, public colleges and universities must become tuition-free for working families and we must substantially reduce student debt,” he said at the time.
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President- elect Joe Biden exits the Queen in Wilmington, Delaware, on December 9, 2020.
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Donald Trump has finally said that he will leave the White House, but troubles in the United States will be far from over when Joe Biden is sworn in as president on 20 January 2021. Facing a global economic crisis and with half a million deaths from Covid-19 projected by 1 April, Bidenâs administration will have to act quickly and decisively to provide relief to the American people.