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To that? let's also dig in on the court's 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 what's happening in education. when you have feeling schools dictated by someone's zip code and usually in minority cities and you have democrats that don't want to fix the schools or at least give parents a vouch tore get them out of the system, it's outrageous. you could fix the problem of education. democrats don't want to go into that space. in regard to -- what w...

Stepping in. >> without this critical relief for debtors, we'll 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 loans for people making under $125,000 or $20,000 in loans for those with pell grants. about 20 mil...

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 end on january 1st, coinciding with this student debt program. the white house press secretary on fri...