Biden announces student debt relief for millions in swing-state pitch - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : "Biden announced the plan in Madison, Wis., the capital of a critical swing state and a college town that symbolizes the president's promise to make higher-education affordability a cornerstone of his economic agenda.
51% : In the summer of 2022, he put in motion a plan to wipe out $400 billion in student debt for about 43 million borrowers.
51% : The original plan relied on a law called the HEROES Act, which the administration argued allowed the government to waive student debt during a national emergency like the COVID pandemic.
38% : "The legal challenges will likely take months to resolve, and that could leave the debt relief plan in limbo as voters go to the polls in November to choose between Biden and former president Trump.Members of Biden's administration fanned out across the country on Monday to talk about the new plan, betting that it will rally support among voters who were disappointed that the court blocked the first one, which would have eliminated up to $20,000 in debt for tens of millions of borrowers.

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