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Senate Rejects House GOP Student Loan Bill

by Brian Beutler
05.24.12 | 12:05 pm

By a 34-62 margin, a GOP plan to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling in July — and to pay for it by eliminating a public health and wellness fund — failed in the Senate Thursday. 

Brian Beutler Brian Beutler is TPM's senior congressional reporter. Since 2009, he's led coverage of health care reform, Wall Street reform, taxes, the GOP budget, the government shutdown fight and the debt limit fight. He can be reached at brian@talkingpointsmemo.com
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