House Democrats Push to Cancel Student Debt Because of Coronavirus
Posted on AllSides May 8th, 2020
From The Left
On Friday, House representatives Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Alma Adams sent a public letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy urging them to include student debt cancellation and loan relief in the next COVID-19 relief package. The letter was signed by an additional 28 members of Congress, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Joe Kennedy III.
While the CARES Act, the first relief package, postponed payments for some federal student loan borrowers until September 2020, the congresswomen argue that more relief is needed to...