1/23/2024 0 Comments Joe biden press conference live![]() ![]() Taylor, with the Young Invincibles organization, national advocacy group to involve young adults in the political process, expressed her “faith” that Biden will honor his “promise of the 40 million borrowers that student loan cancellation will happen.” ![]() “President Biden must cancel student loan debt, again, and he must ensure that there is no return to repayment until cancellations,” Byrne told reporters. Melissa Byrne, the founder of the advocacy group, ‘We the 45 Million,’ urged Biden to take renewed action to alleviate student debt. ![]() Students and activists outside the Supreme Court on Friday expressed their dismay at the high court’s ruling. 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.īiden was briefed after Friday’s ruling and met with senior staff to push ahead with an alternative plan given its implications, the White House said, without providing any details. 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. WATCH: Biden speaks after Supreme Court strikes down student loan relief plan The Biden administration is moving forward on a new student debt relief plan, with Biden insisting Friday that “this fight is not over” and blaming Republican opposition for the demise of his original plan. The 6-3 decision, with conservative justices in the majority, said the Biden administration overstepped its authority with the plan, and it leaves borrowers on the hook for repayments that are expected to resume in the fall. Supreme Court effectively killed President Joe Biden’s $400 billion plan to cancel or reduce federal student loan debts for millions of Americans. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre held a news briefing Friday after the U.S. ![]()
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