Student Loan | Showdown Looms Over Student Loan Rates
May 19, 2012 – 8:59 am
Washington (CNN) — With federal student loan interest rates set to double July 1, the Senate failed Tuesday to get enough votes to take up a bill to extend low 3.4% rates for another year.The vote was 52-45 to take up the bill, 8 fewer than the 60 needed to officially start debating the bill. Senate Republicans and Democrats are still negotiating a compromise, and the Senate could vote again .. more …
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