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Marc Goldwein: Student Debt Cancellation a Bad Deal for 85% of Americans
Read moreMarc Goldwein is senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion...
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Lawmakers Should Offset Competitiveness Bill
Read moreThis week, the Senate is voting on motions to instruct the conferees for H.R.4521, known as the United States Innovation and Competition Act or the...
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Means-Testing Student Debt Cancellation is Still Costly and Regressive
Read moreAmid criticisms that student debt cancelation would be costly and regressive, the Biden Administration is apparently considering means-testing debt...
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Debt Cancellation Is Costly, Regressive, and Inflationary
Read moreAccording to press reports, President Biden is seriously considering cancelling a large swath of student debt – perhaps more than the $10,000 per...
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More Information Is Needed Before Student Loan Changes Take Effect
Read moreThe Department of Education yesterday announced several changes to the student loan program, including a one-time policy to retroactively count any...
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Debt-Funded Restaurant Relief is Unwarranted
Read moreThe House of Representatives today passed a $55 billion relief package aimed towards restaurants and other small businesses, including $42 billion for...
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Student Debt Pause Suggests Lack of Seriousness on Inflation and Deficits
Read moreAccording to news reports, the Administration will once again extend the current moratorium on student debt repayments, this time from May 1 through...
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House Retirement Bill Makes the Grandkids Pay
Read moreThe House is scheduled to vote today on the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022 (H.R. 2954), a bill that would change retirement savings...
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It Should Be Easy to Offset Additional COVID Funds
Read moreThe White House has made the case for additional funding to fight the COVID-19 pandemic – in particular to purchase vaccines, treatments, testing, and...
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How Much Student Debt Has Already Been Cancelled?
Read moreNote: (8/30/2022): This analysis is now out of date. We released an updated version of this analysis, available here, which updates the estimated cost...
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What's in the FY 2022 Omnibus Bill?
Read moreLast week, Congress passed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 omnibus appropriations bill, which sets appropriations levels and allocations for the remainder...
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Time to Wind Down Remaining COVID Relief
Read moreThough most COVID relief has already been spent, several policies continue to provide ongoing financial support and could be renewed again by Congress...