Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., Accessed Twitter to continue the campaign to pressure President Biden to forgive student loan debts of up to $ 50,000 by executive order, but she may not be prepared for some of the responses.
“I want to hear from you,” she wrote on Twitter. “How would canceling $ 50,000 of student loan debt help you and your family?”
Some of the responses on Twitter to Jayapal’s tweet questioned what could be done by those who had already paid off their loans. “Can I put the $ 50,000 I have already paid into my bank account?” a user wrote.
“Please find out what to give working class people who have not gone to college to avoid this and feel that they are paying the bill with nothing in return,” wrote another user.
DEMS URGE BIDEN TO CANCEL UP TO $ 50,000 STUDENT LOAN DEBT FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION
Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer, Senator Elizabeth Warren and MP Ayanna Pressley, two weeks ago, urged the president to use his executive authority to forgive debts. In a resolution, they urged Biden to use “existing legal authorities” under the Higher Education Act of 1965. The resolution also “encourages” Biden to use executive authority under the 1986 IRS Code, which would prevent debt cancellation administrative burden to result in tax liability for borrowers.
Biden indicated on Tuesday that canceling $ 50,000 in student debt is not something he believes can be “done with presidential action”, but said he was prepared to eliminate $ 10,000 for students.
Biden’s comment followed previous statements by the White House, which said it was examining the president’s power to act unilaterally on the issue, The Hill reported.
BIDEN SEPARATED FROM THE CALL TO DELETE $ 50G IN STUDENT LOAN DEBT
He later told CNN during a city hall meeting that he “would not make it happen”.
More than 42 million Americans now have federal student loans totaling $ 1.5 trillion, according to data from the Department of Education.
Senator Bill Cassidy, R-La., Wrote an article on FoxNews.com on Tuesday saying that Republicans “need to have a better response to requests for debt forgiveness”.
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One of his arguments is that Congress and the government “should do a better job of informing borrowers about existing options for making affordable payments, while simplifying options to eliminate confusion.”
Fox News’ Brooke Singman contributed to this report.