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District Judge Mark Pittman wrote that the Biden administration didn’t have the authority to forgive up to $20,000 in federal student loans for eligible Americans. ” North Carolina representative Virginia Foxx, the top Republican on the House Committee for Education and Labor, also cheered the ruling.

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Image: Expanding Pell Grants to cover short-term programs is a top priority for North Carolina representative Virginia Foxx and her House Committee on Education and Workforce. Foxx, the Republican who chairs the committee, is sponsoring a bill to expand the Pell Grant, and similar legislation has been introduced in the Senate.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

North Carolina representative Virginia Foxx, the Republican who chairs the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, criticized the decision and said in a statement that she hoped the Biden administration was ready to listen to all the facts. The lawsuit is still pending.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Craig Lindwarm, vice president for governmental affairs at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, said the act authorized science programs “with a goal of enhancing U.S. Foxx is currently the committee’s ranking member. ” Because Foxx is opposed, other lobbyists think the bill is doomed.

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AUGUST 16, 2022

” On the other hand, a letter from Representative Virginia Foxx and Senator Richard Burr , both Republicans from North Carolina, called for the department to withdraw the proposal, arguing that it does not have the executive authority to enact such changes. Recently, the Supreme Court ruled in West Virginia v.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

” The announcement marks an unprecedented act of executive authority and will be the first broad-based debt cancellation effort in American history. ” In conjunction with the announcement on student loans, the Education Department released a legal memorandum that details the authority of the president to cancel student loan debt.

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OCTOBER 17, 2022

Representative Virginia Foxx of North Carolina and other Republican lawmakers on the House Committee on Education and Labor recently laid out part of their vision for higher education in the Responsible Education Assistance through Loan (REAL) Reforms Act, introduced in August. “We’re at a pivotal moment.”

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AUGUST 19, 2022

On the other hand, Republicans have opposed any form of student debt cancellation from the Biden administration, and lawmakers in Congress have sounded alarms, claiming that Biden does not have the authority to cancel student loans via executive order and that it could possibly increase inflation.

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I think that people like [Republican Congresswoman Virginia Foxx of North Carolina] and Elise Stefanik believe that those are winning issues for the Republicans, so I expect more investigations and more spotlight on that issue,” Tillery says. Elizabeth Magill and Harvard University President Dr. Claudine Gay.

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