President Joe Biden made the decision to omit mention of the legal challenges to his student loan forgiveness scheme from his second State of the Union speech.
Tuesday night, Biden made a trip to the Capitol to highlight the economic gains that his administration has made during the pandemic, as well as his initiatives to address issues like immigration, wealth inequality, and the climate problem. The president talked about giving community college students two years for free and raising teacher pay, but he didn’t speak anything about student debt.
During his remarks, Biden suggested that teachers in public schools be given pay raises. Additionally, by lowering student loan debt and raising Pell Grants for working- and middle-class families, we are making progress.
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A plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student debt for Pell Grant recipients making under $125,000 annually and up to $10,000 in debt for other federal borrowers under the same income restriction was unveiled by Biden at the end of August. However, the relief’s implementation was halted in October as a result of two lawsuits sponsored by conservatives that sought to put an end to the plan permanently.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in both cases on February 28. Two lawsuits were filed: one by two student loan debtors who claimed they were not eligible for the full $20,000 of relief because they did not qualify, and the other by six Republican-led states who claimed the debt relief would harm their tax collections as well as MOHELA’s revenue.
Although Biden did not address the litigation in his Tuesday night speech, he has regularly denounced the lawsuits in recent months. Last month, he said on Twitter, “Look, the only thing standing between millions of Americans’ crushing college debt and relief is the opponents suing to halt my proposal. “It’s annoying, but I won’t give up trying to have it resolved in court,” she said.
Even while Biden did not go into detail about his attempts to “lower student debt” during his speech, the topic was largely ignored in his State of the Union address from the previous year, indicating its increased importance on his agenda since then.
Despite the fact that his expansive debt relief plan has been rejected, he has taken steps to restructure onerous policies like the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program and income-driven repayment plans. He has also implemented group student loan discharges for borrowers who were duped by for-profit colleges.
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However, Republican representatives have vowed to oppose Biden’s higher education initiatives using their thin House majority. The GOP members of the House education committee disputed the president’s assertions during the State of the Union, tweeting “@POTUS wants you to contribute fairly. His student loan plan calls for taxpayers, many of whom never attended college, to cover 50% of the typical borrower’s debt.”
Along with numerous other briefs from conservative groups, liberal organizations, advocates, and legal experts, more than half of House Republicans and almost all GOP senators submitted amicus briefs to the Supreme Court opposing Biden’s proposal. These briefs were among many expressing opinions on student loan forgiveness to the court’s highest court.