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...of Rights to give borrowers common sense protections. Moreover, this legislation ensures that states can oversee this critical market and hold companies accountable for breaking the law. But there is...

...work includes: helping to establish new borrower protections in over a dozen states, launching investigations that exposed industry abuses and forced companies to halt harmful and discriminatory practices; releasing original...

...economic interests of their own communities. A new analysis by SBPC lays bare the stakes of this fight in each congressional district: Across the districts represented by the 128 Members...

...two groups together to make a singular, new Direct Loan. That final Direct Loan is then eligible for all of the IDR repayment plans, including the new SAVE plan, which...

...Debt CRA Resolution: https://protectborrowers.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CRA-Two-Pager.pdf Congressional Research Service Analysis on the Impact of Student Debt CRA Resolution: https://protectborrowers.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CRS_COVID-19-Student-Loan-Flexibilities-and-the-Congressional-Review-Act_05-04-2023.pdf Statement of Administration Policy Threatening to Veto the Student Debt CRA Resolution: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/HJR45-SAP.pdf...

...affects rural communities and farmers and how student loan debt affects the small business community. ### Ben Kaufman is a Research & Policy Analyst at the Student Borrower Protection Center....

...Reform Education Fund, Allied Progress, and Student Debt Crisis sent letters to online payments company PayPal, Inc. and to the federal financial regulators overseeing the company, warning that the tech...

...nurses, teachers, and the disabled community. The legislation would require student loan companies to train their staff to understand these rights and create strong new consumer protections to prevent student...

...jump through a number of complicated hoops. They are stuck watching their balances balloon with no way out. Patricia from New Jersey says: “My original Parent PLUS loan was $100,000....

...With this combination of groundbreaking research, cutting-edge investigations, and aggressive policy advocacy, we will continue to reshape the student loan system and move markets in the year ahead. We are...