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From CNBC: Federal student loan payments for some 8 million borrowers will remain on pause for six months or longer, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Education said.
The development on Monday comes as the Biden administration has been dragged into a slew of legal battles waged by Republicans over its recent student loan relief efforts.
The borrowers who are excused from their monthly payments are those enrolled in the Biden administration’s new SAVE plan. SAVE enrollees will be placed in an interest-free general forbearance, the Education Department spokesperson said.
A federal court issued an injunction earlier this year preventing the department from implementing parts of the Saving on a Valuable Education plan. The agency had billed SAVE as the most affordable repayment plan in history, and many people were expected to see their monthly bills cut in half.
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