House set to vote on student loan plan

Washington : DC : USA | Apr 27, 2012 at 3:14 AM PDT

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Virtually everyone on Capitol Hill agrees that Congress should extend lower interest rates for college loans for at least another year, but there is no agreement between Democrats and Republicans over how to pay for the extension. Roughly 7 million borrowers could see rates on student loans jump from... FULL ARTICLE AT Washington Post

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