Biden pushing ahead with new student debt relief plan after Supreme Court ruling
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving forward on a new student debt relief plan after the Supreme Court struck down his original initiative to provide relief to 43 million borrowers.
President Joe Biden insisted Friday that “this fight is not over” and blamed Republican opposition for the demise of his original plan.
The plan would have helped the president keep a campaign promise and is seen as key to helping win over young voters in next year’s presidential race — a vital demographic to his reelection bid.
The White House said Biden’s chief of staff, Jeff Zients, has been holding meetings about once a week to prepare for the Supreme Court ruling, and administration officials also have met and spoken with dozens of advocates and allies in the congressional community,, so they would have a fully formed response once the court had ruled.