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Student Loan Moratorium Costing Gov’t $5B per Month, Think-Tank Claims in Suit

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The moratorium on student loan payments has cost the federal government $160 billion in lost assets and the federal government should be ordered to force individuals with unpaid student loan debts to start repaying them, according to a nonprofit think-tank that is seeking a preliminary injunction against the Department of Education.

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Gov’t Cancels $7.4B in Student Loans

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The federal government announced on Friday that it had approved an additional $7.4 billion in student loan debt relief for nearly 300,000 borrowers, many of whom were signed up for the administration’s new income-driven repayment program.

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Judge Dismisses Suit Challenging Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

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A District Court judge in Michigan has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged an initiative from the federal government seeking to forgive $39 million of student loan debt, determining the plaintiffs lacked standing to sue. Well, that didn’t take very long.

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Ed. Dept. Will Not Use Tax Refunds, Social Security to Collect on Defaulted Student Loans Until November

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The Department of Education has announced it will suspend the seizure of tax refunds, Social Security payments, and other government payments to collect on defaulted student loans through November.

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Senators Accuse CEO of Student Loan Servicer of Lying in Congressional Testimony

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The Chief Executive of one of the nation’s largest student loan servicing companies is being accused of lying in testimony before Congress, as the companies winds down its operations servicing student loans on behalf of the federal government.

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Suit Challenges New Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

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A lawsuit was filed on Friday by the New Civil Liberties Alliance against the federal government, seeking to block a plan that would forgive $39 billion of student loan debt, claiming the violates the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution because only Congress has the authority to cancel debts owed to the Treasury Department.

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Ed. Dept. Launches New Income-Driven Repayment Program

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The Department of Education, along with the federal government, yesterday announced it had launched its updated income-driven repayment application tool for individuals with unpaid student loans, a tool that could help reduce the student loan payments for up to 30 million borrowers.