69 Republican lawmakers call for Biden’s student-loan repayment and forgiveness proposals to be ‘rescinded,’ blasting them as ‘blatantly illegal’ and ‘a smack in the face of taxpayers’

Insider 

Ayelet Sheffey

February 13, 2023

• 69 GOP lawmakers urged Biden to withdraw his student-loan forgiveness and repayment proposals.

• They said his proposal to reform income-driven repayment plans is “blatantly illegal.”

• Those reforms, along with broad student-debt relief, require Congressional approval, they said.

It’s no secret Republican lawmakers aren’t a fan of President Joe Biden’s student-loan forgiveness proposals. Now, they’re calling on him to throw those proposals out.

On Monday, 69 Republican lawmakers — led by House education committee chair Virginia Foxx and Senate education committee ranking member Bill Cassidy — sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona urging him to “withdraw” his recent proposal to reform income-driven repayment (IDR) plans, which are intended to give borrowers affordable monthly payments with the promise of loan forgiveness after at least 2o years.

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