Progressives turn up heat on Biden over student loans

Progressives who have spent months pushing President Biden to cancel billions of dollars in student debt are now targeting the end of a federal pause on loan payments as a deadline for White House action. Biden on Friday extended a freeze on student loan bills until Jan. 31, but said it would be the last time the Education Department renewed a pause on payments that’s been in place since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. While the president won praise from some Democrats, he also raised the odds of a fierce intraparty debate spilling over into an election year by pushing the student loan repayment cliff into 2022… (Excerpts from The Hill)