{"id":776,"date":"2020-12-01T19:34:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T19:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=130396"},"modified":"2020-12-01T19:34:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T19:34:46","slug":"warren-presses-biden-to-enact-effective-economic-stimulus-with-single-pen-stroke-cancel-student-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/01\/warren-presses-biden-to-enact-effective-economic-stimulus-with-single-pen-stroke-cancel-student-debt\/","title":{"rendered":"Warren Presses Biden to Enact ‘Effective Economic Stimulus’ With Single Pen Stroke: Cancel Student Debt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In an exchange <\/a>with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell during Tuesday’s Senate Banking Committee hearing, Sen. Elizabeth Warren pushed for President-elect Joe Biden to cancel student loan debt via executive authority, which the Massachusetts Democrat said would provide much-needed economic relief to millions of households, thus contributing to a stronger recovery in the aftermath of the coronavirus crisis. <\/p>\n

As Common Dreams<\/em> has reported, pressure is mounting on Biden to immediately cancel student loan debt<\/a> upon taking office in January\u2014a move that is within his power<\/a>, popular with 60% of U.S. voters<\/a>, and that progressives say is a clear-cut way to <\/a>improve <\/a>working people’s lives <\/a>in the midst of widespread financial hardship.<\/p>\n

Warren on Tuesday made the case directly to Powell. <\/p>\n

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