Congress

Schumer escalates pressure on Biden to cancel student loans in 2022

The Senate majority leader has called on the Biden administration to cancel student loans in a series of Twitter posts over the past several weeks. While some borrowers have qualified for a loan discharge through the PSLF program, most debtors haven't yet benefited from forgiveness.

Families are using the child tax credit to pay off debt, Census Bureau finds

Eligible households have been using the monthly payment to supplement household spending and pay off debt, data shows. But the future of the child tax credit hangs in the balance as the Biden administration struggles to pass the Build Back Better bill, which would extend the benefit through 2022.

Democrats look to salvage wreckage of Biden's spending plan in 2022

Democrats are kicking off the new year with hopes of salvaging the fragments of President Biden's signature economic spending plan, just weeks after key moderate Sen. Joe Manchin thrashed the party's hopes of passing the massive social spending and climate bill.

AOC is a hypocrite: Florida state rep.

Florida State Rep. Blaise Ingoglia discusses the blue state exodus amid housing prices spike, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, the proposed bill that allows teachers to be recorded and Florida's handling of COVID.