Key student-loan relief is on the line as Congress once again works to avoid a government shutdown
Avelet Sheffey
January 8, 2024
Congress is back to negotiating spending bills as a government shutdown looms.
Funding for the labor and education bill will lapse on February 2 without an agreement on new spending.
The GOP’s proposal for education funding would cut resources for student-loan borrowers.
The government is once again facing the threat of a shutdown if Congress doesn’t act soon — and key programs for student-loan borrowers are set to be a part of spending negotiations.
That means lawmakers are once again facing a time crunch to agree on a solution that would prevent a government shutdown early this year. They’ll need to negotiate the contents of the remaining spending bills in order to do so. On Sunday, congressional leaders said they’d agreed on reaching a total of $1.66 trillion in spending.
