Democrats Challenge Accounting of Student Loan Proposal
Source: edlabor.house.g Posted By: brad S...5262 days ago
The chairmen of Congress's education committees on Thursday disputed a report that a proposed lender alternative to President Obama's student loan restructuring proposal would save nearly as much money as the administration's plan. Rep. George Miller and Sen. Tom Harkin were responding to news reports indicating that the Congressional Budget Office had "scored" an alternative put forward by Sen. Robert Casey on behalf of lender groups as saving $75 billion, within striking distance of the amount....