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A Majority of Voters Support Student Loan Debt Relief Through the Higher Education Act [1]
['Kate Sosland', 'Timothy Bresnahan']
Date: 2023-07-05
By Kate Sosland and Anika Dandekar
Last week, the Supreme Court struck down President Biden’s student debt relief plan, which sought to provide up to $20,000 in relief for low-income and working-class student loan borrowers.
In response, Biden announced that his administration will now pursue providing student debt relief using a different legal authority, the Higher Education Act of 1965. This legislation permits the secretary of education to “compromise, waive, or release” loans held by the federal government, according to Section 1082 of Title 20 of the U.S. Code.
New polling from Data for Progress and the Student Borrower Protection Center finds that a majority of likely voters (54 percent) support this approach, including majorities of Democrats and Independents, and half of Republicans under 45. The survey was conducted from May 26 to June 2, 2023.
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