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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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More Americans Favor Medical Debt Forgiveness Than Wiping Away Student Loan Debt

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While the federal government still works out all the kinks related to its plan to forgive student loan debt for individuals, the rest of the country is already moving on to the next type of debt they want to see forgiven — medical debt.

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Bill Introduced in House to Prohibit Cancellation and Forgiveness of Student Loans

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A bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives that, if enacted, would prohibit the federal government from cancelling or forgiving federal student loans because the government does not have the authority to do so and because it’s “unfair for taxpayers who paid student loans or did not attend college to pay for those … (..)

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Bill Introduced to Forgive Student Loan Debts for Frontline Healthcare Workers

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A bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives that seeks to cancel any outstanding student loan debt for frontline healthcare workers. 2418, called the Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act, was introduced yesterday by Rep. The bill, H.R. Carolyn Maloney [D-N.Y.].

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Bills Introduced to Make Forgiving Student Loan Debt Easier, Offer 0% Interest Rates

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A trio of bills have been introduced in the Senate aimed at making student loan debt more easily forgiven and more easily repaid. The bills were all introduced in the past week by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-R.I.].

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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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Group Files Petition with Supreme Court to Block Student Loan Forgiveness Program from Going Into Effect

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A group fighting to block a plan to forgive student loan debt has submitted a petition to the Supreme Court seeking an emergency injunction after a website went live this week accepting applications for the program.