Even former GOP treasury secretaries reportedly tried to get Mitch McConnell to help avoid a debt default. He refused. Ayelet Sheffey 22 sep 2021
Chuck Schumer calls out Biden for dragging his feet on the student debt crisis: ‘Students don’t need their debts paused – they need it erased’ Ayelet Sheffey 21 sep 2021
Democrats are holding the first hearing in 23 years on a measure to lift the elderly and disabled out of poverty Ayelet Sheffey 21 sep 2021
Student-loan companies chose to shut down rather than face more accountability, says a top Biden official Ayelet Sheffey 20 sep 2021
February’s student-loan payment restart will run into a ‘psychological hurdle’ as many borrowers thought their debt would be forgiven, Biden official says Ayelet Sheffey 20 sep 2021
Failure to raise the debt ceiling will delay child tax credit payments and Social Security checks, causing ‘economic catastrophe,’ Janet Yellen says Ayelet Sheffey 20 sep 2021
Affordable childcare has a ‘fundamental funding problem,’ according to top Obama economist Betsey Stevenson: kids can’t take out loans to pay for preschool like adults can for college Ayelet Sheffey 18 sep 2021
Janet Yellen says she wouldn’t be Treasury Secretary today if she ‘didn’t have an excellent babysitter 40 years ago’ Ayelet Sheffey 15 sep 2021
Elizabeth Warren says states need more power to rein in student-loan companies: ‘They should face consequences’ Ayelet Sheffey 15 sep 2021
