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If Congress fails to act, 460,000 Texans face higher student loan interest rates
Nearly a half-million Texas students face higher interest rates on student loans they receive after July 1 if Congress fails to act. The White House today implored lawmakers to continue to fund the...
View ArticleThe Week Ahead: Bipartisan compromise over student loan interest rates?
While a new immigration standoff was being created, a bipartisan compromise appeared possible to end the impasse over how to pay for a one-year extension of the current 3.4 percent student loan...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: Obama signs transportation, student loans bill at the White House
President Obama returned to the White House Friday to sign legislation authorizing federal transportation spending and subsidizes for student loans, after a disappointing jobs report released earlier...
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Five things Barack Obama needs to accomplish in Charlotte
Nearly half of American voters say they'll vote against Barack Obama no matter what. That doesn't give the Democratic president much wiggle room as he tries to win re-election in a politically...
View ArticleRon Paul takes on education establishment with “New School Manifesto”
Retired Texas Rep. Ron Paul is anything but retired. The three-time presidential candidate is speaking to college students across America and is working on his tenth book, this one taking on the...
View ArticleTexMessage: Rep. Hinojosa seeks lower interest rates for higher education loans
TexMessage Wednesday, April 17 Good morning, TexMessagers! Are you impacted by the rising cost of college education? TEXclusive Texas Rep. Ruben Hinojosa, the top Democrat on the House Subcommittee on...
View ArticleReps. McCaul, Cuellar introduce bipartisan legislation to raise federal...
Republican Rep. Michael McCaul of Austin is joining forces with Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Laredo to push for improved customer service standards for the millions of Americans accessing...
View ArticleRep. Eddie Bernice Johnson pressures GOP to prevent spike in student loan rates
Student loan interest rates are about to double for 7 million students unless Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill can reach agreement on a bipartisan deal. But there is one point of agreement...
View ArticleLamenting a ‘manufactured crisis,’ Sen. John Cornyn says student loan rates...
With millions of college students taking out loans to help pay for school, Sen. John Cornyn discusses the importance of finding a long term-solution to keep the interest rates from increasing.
View Article45 Texas professors sign letter in support of lower student loan interest rates
Texas contributed 45 signatures to the petition, representing 24 of the Lone Star State’s colleges and universities, including Texas A&M and University of Texas at Austin.
View ArticleObama backs bipartisan student loan deal; Cornyn concurs
After extensive debate in Congress, President Barack Obama announced today that he is in full support of the student loan bill introduced last week that is still awaiting a congressional vote.
View ArticleCornyn, Cruz side with Obama on bipartisan student loan deal
After lengthy debate over amendments, passionate speeches from both sides and a rare bout of bipartisan compromise, the Democratic-controlled Senate finally passed HR 1911 (often referred to as the...
View ArticleThe Week Ahead: Partisanship impedes deal on fiscal reform in face of...
Having missed the opportunity during July to set the table for substantial solutions, Washington is preparing for an October showdown over spending and sequester's across-the-board spending cuts that...
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