The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case originally filed by Republican-led states to challenge President Joe Biden’s student debt cancellation plan. Until then, the cancellation plan will be on hold.
“We welcome the Supreme Court’s decision to hear the case on our student debt relief plan for middle and working class borrowers this February,”“This program is necessary to help over 40 million eligible Americans struggling under the burden of student loan debt recover from the pandemic and move forward
with their lives,” Jean-Pierre continued. “The program is also legal, supported by careful analysis from administration lawyers.”the student loan payment freeze until the end of June, with Biden saying that “it isn’t fair” to ask borrowers to resume payments when they don’t know if their debt will be canceled.
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