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'A Moral Necessity': House Dems Introduce Resolution Pushing Biden to Cancel Up to $50,000 of Student Loan Debt

'It's the Right Thing to Do': Schumer, Incoming NY Reps Urge Biden to Cancel Student Loan Debt

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Monday that President-elect Joe Biden is "considering" student debt relief. (Photo: Joe Brusky/Flickr/cc)

"You don't need Congress, all you need is the flick of a pen and President-elect Biden—then President Biden—can make this happen," the Senate minority leader said.

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Warren Presses Biden to Enact 'Effective Economic Stimulus' With Single Pen Stroke: Cancel Student Debt

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill on October 20, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)

"All on his own," Warren said during a hearing with Fed chairman Jerome Powell...

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60% of US Voters Support Biden Canceling $50,000 of Student Loan Debt Per Person: Poll

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

This graduate of Pasadena City College is one of nearly 46 million borrowers in the U.S. weighed down by $1.7 trillion in student loan debt. (Photo: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)

Economist Mike Konczal describes student loan debt as "an albatross around the...

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Progressives are calling on President-elect Joe Biden and his Education Department to cancel student debt. (Photo: YouTube/screenshot)

Nearly 20 Dozen Groups Demand Biden Cancel All Federal Student Debt on Day One by Executive Order

The reality of college tuition debt was on display at the Northeastern University graduation at the TD Garden in Boston on May 3, 2019. (Photo: Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

'Giving People Free Stuff is Popular': Democrats Urged to Go Big as #CancelStudentDebt Demand Goes Viral

'If Biden Wants to Be FDR, He Should Immediately Cancel Student Debt': President-Elect Urged to Go Big

Sens. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led a group of Democrats in introducing a resolution on student loan cancellation. (Photo: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdmc/21502010111">Senate Democrats</a>/flickr/cc)</p>

With Eye on Biden Victory, Warren and Schumer Unveil Plan to Cancel Up to $50,000 for Federal Student Loan Borrowers

Audience members hold signs during the BET special "Young, Gifted, and Broke: Our Student Loan Crisis" on September 10, 2019 at Howard Theater in Washington, D.C.

101 Organizations Call on Congress to Enact $1.5 Trillion Student Debt Jubilee as Part of Covid-19 Relief

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House in Washington, D.C. on August 16, 2018. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

'Huge Win' as Court Orders DeVos to Cancel Loans for Mass. Students Defrauded by Corinthian Colleges

Demanding End to 'Failed Billionaire-Backed' Policies, 200+ Teachers and Activists Urge Biden to Go Bold on Public Education

'A New Low': Betsy DeVos Sued for Garnishing Wages of Nearly 300,000 Student Loan Borrowers During Pandemic

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With 2020 Endorsement, Racial Justice Group Says Movement Behind Bernie Sanders 'Will Change This Country'

Sanders Report Shows How Millennial Generation Is 'Being Punished With Crushing Student Debt and Low-Paying Jobs'

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) hold a press conference to introduce college affordability legislation outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on June 24, 2019. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

After For-Profit College Agrees to Forgive $141 Million in Student Debt, Sanders Says: 'Good. Now $1,685,456,413,335 More to Go'

Warren Suggests Corporate Media Ask Working People, Not Just the Very Rich, About Her Wealth Tax

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Jubilee USA Network

President Biden Extends Student Loan Payment Freeze

RootsAction

RootsAction Announces "No Honeymoon" Campaign to Challenge Biden

Jubilee USA Network

Stimulus Plan Negotiations Turn to Student Debt

Jubilee USA Network

Ballooning Student Debt Debated by Presidential Hopefuls

Senator Bernie Sanders

Sanders, Jayapal and Omar Introduce Groundbreaking Bills to Ensure College For All and Eliminate All Student Debt

Social Security Works

New College Affordability Package Would Carry on FDR's Legacy

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Ari Paul

Critics of Canceling Student Debt Aren’t Afraid It Won’t Work—They’re Afraid It Will

Sarah Anderson, Margot Rathke

Biden Could Cancel Student Debt. Will He?

Sarah Anderson, Margot Rathke

The Federal Government Owns 92% of Student Debt. Will Biden Wipe It Out?

Joe Sanberg

You Can't Eat Civility: A Message to Joe Biden and the Democrats

Amira Al-Subaey, Parker Breza

The Class of 2020, Another Lost Generation

Mary Green Swig, Steven Swig

Freedom Dreamers: The Faces of Student Debt

Margot Rathke

Why the Stimulus Deal Should Include Free College

Margot Rathke

Bernie Sanders Is Right, Now Is the Time for Free College

Brian Wakamo

Instead of Bailing Out For-Profit Colleges, Congress Should Cancel Student Debt

Remington A. Gregg

Canceling Student Loan Debt Isn’t Just the Right Thing to Do—It Makes Economic Sense