U.S. District Judge Henry Autrey dismissed a lawsuit challenging Biden's student debt forgiveness plan on Thursday that was brought by Republican-led states.
declined to block the student loan plan in a challenge that was brought by a Wisconsin taxpayers organization.
Biden's student loan forgiveness plan, which will also cancel up to $20,000 in debt for Pell grant recipients, will, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. US President Joe Biden delivers remarks regarding student loan debt forgiveness in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022.press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre accused Republican lawmakers and governors of "doing everything they can to deny student debt relief even to their own constituents" after the lawsuit in Missouri was dismissed on Thursday evening.
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, an official who joined Missouri and other states in the lawsuit, pledged to "immediately appeal" the decision.
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