Biden Promised To Cancel $10,000 In Student Debt For All Borrowers. He Hasn't.

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🗓️ 9 February 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Progressives point to a law that gives the education secretary the unilateral power to discharge federal student debt as a mechanism Biden can use to fulfill his promise to forgive $10 thousand in student loans for all borrowers. The White House has so far insisted the move would require an act of Congress.

This episode: White House correspondent Scott Detrow, White House correspondent Asma Khalid, and education correspondent Cory Turner.

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0:00.0	Hi there, this is Garrett and my daughter River. Say hi.
0:03.2	Hello.
0:04.8	Coming from Balperazo in Northwest Indiana. Hi, Osma.
0:08.7	Oh my gosh. Today is River's birthday, which I'll never hold you.
0:12.4	Good.
0:13.4	Good. This podcast was recorded at.
0:16.3	It is 2009 Eastern on Wednesday, February 9th.
0:22.0	Things may have changed by the time that you hear it,
0:23.8	but tonight we're definitely going to have some cake.
0:26.1	Okay? Enjoy the show. Bye.
0:28.6	Bye.
0:30.1	Happy birthday. Osma is that from from your part of Indiana?
0:36.2	It is. So why is it? Oh my gosh. It was like,
0:38.0	Valhue is just right there. You know, we used to play
0:40.7	all the time in sports. I love that.
0:43.2	Hey there. It's the NPR Politics podcast. I'm Scott Detro.
0:46.5	I cover the White House. And I'm Asma Khalid. I also cover the White House.
0:50.8	And more than 40 million Americans owe a total of about
0:54.6	$1.6 trillion in federal student loan debt.
0:58.9	When he was running for president Joe Biden made this promise.
1:02.8	I'm going to make sure that everybody in this generation
1:05.4	gets $10,000 is mocked off of their student debt.
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