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To that? lets also dig in on the courts decision today about relieving an enormous student debt program that was judged unconstitutional as it was presented and implemented by the white house. >> you addressed the root cause of whats happening in education. when you have feeling schools dictated by someones zip code and usually in minority cities and you have democrats that dont want to fix the schools or at least give parents a vouch tore get them out of the system, its outrageous. you could fi...

Stepping in. >> without this critical relief for debtors, well have a wave of default across the country with all the negative consequences that has. i think this is precisely the type of context where the executive should be able to implement the emergency powers. >> reporter: the supreme court has struck down programs under covid including eviction moratorium and testing or vaccine mandate for large employers. this student debt program uses the pandemic to justify forgiving $10,000 in federal ...

Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in recess this week. When the Senate returns next week, it will hold a procedural vote on a bill ...

Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital Congress.  The House and Senate are both in recess this week. When the Senate returns next week, it will hold a procedural vote on a bill to codify the right to same-sex marriage. The House’s legislative schedule for next week has not yet been announced but Congress will be focused on passing government funding, the National Defense Authorization Act, and a host of other lingering priorities in December.

Question right now. because earlier in the week, we saw the 8th circuit court of appeals issue a nationwide injunction against the program. the biden administration on friday asking the supreme court to allow the program to go into effect while the legal challenges play out. the other question is whether or not joe biden is going to decide to extend that moratorium on student loan repayments. you may recall that payment freeze, which has been in effect throughout the covid pandemic, was set to e...

Also going on offense from republican lawmakers who have attacked this program, the criticism from republicans of course is that this is a program that is too costly and that will effect the deficit and theyve criticized the question of fundamental fairness in this issue. the president is expected to go after republican members of congress who accepted pandemic relief loans that were forgiven by the federal government trying to point out a hypocrisy there. but what is interesting, kate, is the t...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has announced that the application for student loan relief may invite fraudsters.

First, pass my bill, then pass pieces of my bill. now its look,ç im going to d what i can with the authority i have as president to get something done. and i think it will resonate resonate with his base particularly this is the kind of fight they were looking for from the president. i think the american people have been looking to find, see a glimmer of something from the president that he understands the urgency that millions of people face. >> luke, the gop response to all of this, the pres...