Monday, March 22, 2010

Massive Change in US Student Loans Slipped in to Bill

The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives Sunday approved President Barack Obama’s bid to implement what would be the biggest overhaul in decades of the federal student loan program.

Under the legislation, federal subsidies to private student loan lenders would stop and the government’s role in lending would increase – creating billions of dollars in projected savings that would go largely in grants to needy students.

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