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Senate Republicans introduce plan to tackle student loan debt(thehill.com)

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The GOP package, called the “Lowering Education Costs and Debt Act,” consists of five bills that the senators say will address the root causes of the student debt issue such as the increasing price of college and students taking out loans they can’t afford.

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The fourth bill gave me ‘no child left behind’ vibes. I feel like it would go exactly the same way to cut funding to smaller schools and/or prevent the development of new academic institutions.

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