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Washington mdash; The Biden administration on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to uphold its plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt, arguing lower court decisions blocking the program have left millions of borrowers in limbo.The Supreme Court will hear arguments at the end of February in a pair of challenges to President Biden s student loan forgiveness program, one brought by a coalition of six Republican-led states and a second brou stanley puodelis ght by two borrowers from Texas with outstanding student loans.The high court stanley mug will weigh whether the states and borrowers have legal standing to challenge the lawfulness of the plan, as well as whether it exceeds Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona s authority and was adopted in a procedurally proper manner. In a filing to the court, the Justice Department argued the student loan relief program is lawful and urged the justices to reject convoluted theories put forth by the challengers to assert that they are injured by the plan. The lower courts orders have erroneously deprived the secretary of his statutory authority to provide targeted student-loan debt relief to borrowers affected by national emergencies, leaving millions of economically vulnerable borrowers in limbo, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar wrote. Prelogar noted a determination by Cardona that ending a pause on student loan payments mdash; put in place dur stanley cup ing the COVID-19 pandemic mdash; without additional reli Arqm Obama Cabinet: Centrist Dream
CBS News TAMPA, Fla. - The worst of Tropical Storm Isaac, it now appears, isn t going to hit Tampa. But that doesn t mean the organizers of the Republican National Convention are out of the woods. Isaac is currently barreling not toward Tampa but New Orleans -- and it is projected to hit land nearly seven years to the day after Hurricane Katrina battered that city. And while the convention may not be taking a direct hit, the terrible optics of holding the event while Americans are grappling with a natural disaster leaves Republicans facing the possibility of significantly curtailin stanley cup g their convention plans. You don t want to look tone deaf if the rest of the county is riveted on any kind of horrific weather event, said Republican strategist Rick Davis, who was John McCain s campaign manager during McCain s 2008 presidential run. Republicans cancelled the first day of their convention four years ago when Hurricane Gustav approached Louisiana. If you ve got balloons falling from the ceiling, you look horribly out of tune. Smart guys don t want to counter-program against a natural disaster, Davis added. stanley termosar The storm has already prompted Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Florida Gov. Rick Scott to cancel their planned speeches at the convention, and Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has canceled his trip to Tampa. Asked Monday in New Hampshire if t stanley mug he convention as a whole could be cancelled, Mitt Romney said his thoughts are with the people
Washington mdash; The Biden administration on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to uphold its plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt, arguing lower court decisions blocking the program have left millions of borrowers in limbo.The Supreme Court will hear arguments at the end of February in a pair of challenges to President Biden s student loan forgiveness program, one brought by a coalition of six Republican-led states and a second brou stanley puodelis ght by two borrowers from Texas with outstanding student loans.The high court stanley mug will weigh whether the states and borrowers have legal standing to challenge the lawfulness of the plan, as well as whether it exceeds Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona s authority and was adopted in a procedurally proper manner. In a filing to the court, the Justice Department argued the student loan relief program is lawful and urged the justices to reject convoluted theories put forth by the challengers to assert that they are injured by the plan. The lower courts orders have erroneously deprived the secretary of his statutory authority to provide targeted student-loan debt relief to borrowers affected by national emergencies, leaving millions of economically vulnerable borrowers in limbo, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar wrote. Prelogar noted a determination by Cardona that ending a pause on student loan payments mdash; put in place dur stanley cup ing the COVID-19 pandemic mdash; without additional reli Arqm Obama Cabinet: Centrist Dream
CBS News TAMPA, Fla. - The worst of Tropical Storm Isaac, it now appears, isn t going to hit Tampa. But that doesn t mean the organizers of the Republican National Convention are out of the woods. Isaac is currently barreling not toward Tampa but New Orleans -- and it is projected to hit land nearly seven years to the day after Hurricane Katrina battered that city. And while the convention may not be taking a direct hit, the terrible optics of holding the event while Americans are grappling with a natural disaster leaves Republicans facing the possibility of significantly curtailin stanley cup g their convention plans. You don t want to look tone deaf if the rest of the county is riveted on any kind of horrific weather event, said Republican strategist Rick Davis, who was John McCain s campaign manager during McCain s 2008 presidential run. Republicans cancelled the first day of their convention four years ago when Hurricane Gustav approached Louisiana. If you ve got balloons falling from the ceiling, you look horribly out of tune. Smart guys don t want to counter-program against a natural disaster, Davis added. stanley termosar The storm has already prompted Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Florida Gov. Rick Scott to cancel their planned speeches at the convention, and Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has canceled his trip to Tampa. Asked Monday in New Hampshire if t stanley mug he convention as a whole could be cancelled, Mitt Romney said his thoughts are with the people
