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  • Biden requesting information on legal authority to cancel student debt

    04/01/2021 6:47:45 PM PDT · by delta7 · 22 replies
    The Hill ^ | 4/1/2021 | Tal Axelrod
    President Biden has requested information from Education Secretary Miguel Cardona regarding his legal authority to cancel student loan debt as progressives pressure him to take executive action on the issue.... Advocates of canceling student debt by executive action say that Biden has the authority to do so under the Higher Education Act of 1965, which allowed the secretary of Education to back student loans. They also note that using legislating to cut the debt would require Republican buy-in, which appears unlikely. More than 40 million Americans are believed to have student debt...