WASHINGTON, July 6 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB10997) entitled "Supreme Court Invalidates Student Loan Cancellation Policy Under HEROES Act" on July 5, 2023, by legislative attorneys Edward C. Liu and Sean M. Stiff: * * * Supreme Court Invalidates Student Loan Cancellation Policy Under the HEROES Act On June 30, 2023, the Supreme Court decided two cases concerning the Department of Education's (ED's) plan to cancel up to $20,000  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 30 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following statement: * * * Today, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court's ruling in Biden v. Nebraska: "Today's ruling by the Supreme Court hurts the tens of millions of Americans who are plagued by student loan debt in pursuit of a quality education, particularly low-and middle-income borrowers and communiti  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, July 6 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on July 5, 2023: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today issued the following statement praising the Supreme Court decision overturning President Biden's student loan debt relief program in Biden v. Nebraska: "Cancelling student debt sounds easy, and everyone likes 'free money,' but it is actually not free, it is a bill that someone else has to pay. President Biden tried to give away almost half-a  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following statement on July 5, 2023: U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) today issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the case of Biden v. Nebraska, which overturned the Biden Administration's unilateral executive action to forgive certain student loan debts. "Earlier this year, Senator Britt joined Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and several Republican colleagues on an amicus brief to the Supreme Co  more