WASHINGTON ― Congressional Democrats urged President Joe Biden to not give up on student loan debt relief after the Supreme Court blocked his forgiveness plan on Friday, denying help to more than 40 million borrowers.
“This fight is not over,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said in a statement. “The President has more tools to cancel student debt — and he must use them. More than 40 million hard working Americans are waiting for the help that President Biden promised them, and they expect this administration to throw everything they’ve got into the fight until they make good on this commitment.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-N.Y.), another vocal advocate for student loan debt cancellation, argued that the Biden administration can move to forgive student loans by citing provisions of the Higher Education Act, a 1965 law that established federal aid programs for college costs.
“It is very important to note this SCOTUS ruling does NOT remove Biden’s ability to…