student loans

Top congressional Republicans are making a new offer to President Barack Obama in the fight over interest rates for 7.4 million students with federal college loans.

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The Senate has rejected Democratic and Republican plans for averting a doubling of interest rates on federal college loans for 7.4 million students.

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Unless Congress takes quick action, which doesn't seem likely, the student loan interest rate will double from 3.4% to 6.8% come July 1st.

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There is growing concern – on college campuses in Jersey and across the country – about the possibility that student loan rates could double this summer.

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An imminent interest rate hike on federally-subsidized Stafford Loans issued after July 1, 2012 would affect student borrowers and universities.

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Republicans defied a veto threat and the House voted Friday to prevent federal loan costs from doubling for millions of college students.

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Republicans have ignored a White House veto threat and passed a bill to keep interest rates on millions of federal student loans from doubling this summer.

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The House Democratic leader accused Republicans Thursday of raiding women's programs to pay for a bill keeping student loan interest rates low in an election-year battle over college aid.

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College tuition has become unaffordable for many students these days. Tomorrow, a group of New Jersey college students head to Capitol Hill to fight rate hikes on student loans.

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Want to calculate how much you could owe in student loans after graduating from a particular college? A new government website provides tools to help with the math.

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