BREAKING: @JoeBiden says he is unlikely to use executive action to #cancelstudentdebt despite unprecedented support from lawmakers, experts, and the public.

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We joined a diverse coalition of 237 civil rights and consumer protection organizations, including the @NAACP and several national labor unions, to send a letter to @JoeBiden urging him to use executive authority to #cancelstudentdebt.
“Earlier in the day, @JoeBiden had reaffirmed his general support for broad #studentloan forgiveness, but suggested that he would support a smaller amount of $10,000.” @forbes @AdamSMinsky
“We will work tirelessly to ensure that a Secretary @teachcardona uses his power and legal authority to #cancelstudentdebt on Day One.” @DebtCrisisOrg’s @nataliaabrams
.@RepPressley and other @HouseDemocrats introduced a resolution calling on @JoeBiden to cancel $50,000 in federal #studentdebt for every borrower using executive authority. Senate Democrats, led by @SenWarren and @SenSchumer, introduced a similar resolution earlier in the year.

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More from @DebtCrisisOrg

24 Dec
STATEMENT: @JoeBiden’s comments on #studentdebt cancellation are concerning, but advocates remain committed to $50,000 or more in relief.

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.@JoeBiden made his first comments Wednesday in response to the growing movement urging the President-elect to cancel $50,000 or more in #studentdebt using executive action.
Unfortunately, he inaccurately claimed that the President may not have the authority to free borrowers from debt through executive action and cast doubt over whether he would be willing to do so.
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23 Dec
STATEMENT: #Studentloan reform advocates hopeful as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos set to be replaced by Miguel Cardona @teachcardona.

studentdebtcrisis.org/statement-migu…
We join our supporters in taking a collective sigh of relief knowing that @BetsyDeVosED will no longer head @usedgov. Student loan advocates are optimistic that @JoeBiden’s nominee, @teachcardona, will be a stronger champion for 45 million Americans carrying #studentdebt.
@Usedgov faces major challenges in the months ahead, but we cannot ignore the #studentdebtcrisis for a second longer. We expect @teachcardona to immediately work to enact broad-based student debt cancellation.
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7 Dec
#STUDENTDEBTxCOVID REPORT: Most people are not financially secure to resume student loan payments and economic challenges disproportionately harm people of color and older people.

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.@DebtCrisisOrg, the nation’s largest student debt advocacy organization, and @BySavi, a social impact technology company working to help solve the crisis, completed a nationwide #STUDENTDEBTxCOVID survey last week with 58,733 #studentloan borrowers.
Even with the recent announcement of a short-term extension suspending #studentloan payments and interest until January 31, 2021, the #STUDENTDEBTxCOVID survey findings are bleak, underscoring that student loan borrowers are worse off now than in the spring.
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