07.11.07

Student Loan Bill Update

Posted in Student Loan News, The Financial Aid Process at 3:53 pm by moniqueleonard

House lawmakers approved the College Cost Reduction Act of 2007 (H.R. 2669) by a vote of 273 to 149.

It contains legislation that would use budget reconciliation to redirect about $18.6 billion from student loan company subsidies to increase funding for Pell Grants and other Federal financial aid projects.

Voting in favor were 47 Republicans and 226 Democrats.

President Bush has threatened to veto the legislation.

3 Comments »

  1. [...] Original post by moniqueleonard [...]

  2. We put together a couple of videos about today’s House vote.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCUffZTEg7A

  3. Thanks, Will!

    I’m flattered that someone from the Committee on Education and Labor in the House of Representatives found my little blog!

    Those videos are quite interesting, thanks for sharing!


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