Senate votes to cut student lender subsidies
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The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Friday to adopt legislation that would slash government subsidies to student loan firms and use the money saved to boost student aid by $20 billion and to reduce the federal deficit.
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The chairman of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee unveiled legislation on Wednesday that would prohibit mortgage brokers and lenders from steering borrowers to high-cost loans.
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The legislation combines the budgets of 13 Cabinet agencies with increases in aid for lower-income college students, while cutting some of President Bush's funding requests
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The Bush administration yesterday proposed boosting the nation's main financial aid program for low-income college students by the largest amount in more than three decades, the latest in a flurry of measures this week by Congress and the White House to make higher education more affordable.
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The US Senate on Monday gave final approval to a sweeping corporate tax-break bill, the culmination of a two-year effort in Congress to end a trade dispute with the European Union over US export tax subsidies.
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Democrats in Congress are pushing to overhaul the nation's student loan system with legislation that would cut federal subsidies to lending companies by as much as $19 billion, channel most of those savings to student aid and ease repayment rules for borrowers.
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President Bush on Thursday signed legislation designed to make college more affordable for students from poor and middle-class families
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A divided US Senate approved an $800 billion increase in the federal debt limit Wednesday, a major boost in borrowing that Sen. John Kerry and other Democrats
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The bill approved Friday by the House and Senate would sharply cut subsidies to lenders and increase grants to needy students.
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Legislation to lower interest rates on student loans and increase aid to poor people who want to go to college won House approval on Wednesday.
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The U.S. House of Representatives voted 273-149 on Wednesday to slash federal subsidies paid to college student-loan companies, such as Sallie Mae and Citigroup Inc, by $19 billion and boost grants to students, ignoring a White House veto threat.
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The Senate voted to make it easier for thousands of homeowners with ballooning interest rates to refinance into federally insured loans
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The Senate passed an economic rescue plan Thursday that would speed $600 to $1,200 in rebates to most taxpayers and $300 checks to low-income people, including disabled veterans and the elderly.
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HB236, the student clubs bill, received preliminary approval in the Senate Thursday and now awaits a final nod. An article in Friday's edition indicated otherwise.  (c) 2007 Deseret News (Salt Lake City). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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US Senator Edward Kennedy has proposed cutting subsidies to college loan providers by $18.3 billion and using the savings to increase aid for low-income students, in legislation similar to a measure approved by a House panel.
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The Senate overwhelmingly approved a wide-ranging overhaul of student loan programs early today that would pay for more than $17 billion in grants and other student aid by slashing subsidies to lending companies.
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With the House set to take up legislation that would sharply cut subsidies to student loan companies by about $19 billion, lenders are trying to appeal to Democrats.