'The Squad' pushes Biden to cancel student debt — here's how they'd personally benefit
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/squad-pushes-biden-cancel-student-195537916.html
The four progressive congresswomen known as "The Squad" have been some of the most vocal advocates pushing President-elect
Joe Biden to cancel
student loan debt during his first 100 days in office — and would be among dozens of members of
Congress to financially benefit from such a policy.
Fifty-nine
members of Congress reported owing student loans in their latest financial disclosures published last year, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich. Collectively, the 59 lawmakers with student loan debt owe at least
$2.4 million.
Both
Ocasio-Cortez and
Omar reported owing between $15,001 and $50,000 in student loans (federal lawmakers report a range for their finances, but not exact amounts), while
Tlaib reported owing between $50,001 and $100,000 in law school loans.
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