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Student-Loan Debt: Time to Get Serious
Writing at the Huffington Post, Rep. Karen Bass makes the case for a comprehensive fix to the student-loan debt crisis. For one thing, student-loan interest rates will double on July 1 from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. If I’ve heard it once I’ve heard it a thousand times from my Republican colleagues: we have to…
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Remembering Africa's Friend in Congress
It’s not often that members of Congress from both sides of the aisle come together to celebrate the life and legacy of a single member. Yet, after the death of our beloved colleague Rep. Donald Payne, Republicans and Democrats coalesced in a bittersweet tribute to honor his extraordinary work as a committed public servant for…
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