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Senate Votes to Rescind Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan

HeadlineJun 02, 2023

In more news from Capitol Hill, the Senate voted Thursday to revoke President Biden’s student debt plan to give 40 million U.S. borrowers up to $20,000 in loan relief. Independent Senator Kyrsten Sinema joined Democratic Senators Joe Manchin and Jon Tester, along with all 49 Senate Republicans, in favor of repealing student loan relief. President Biden has promised to veto the bill.

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