Congress gave the Education Department the authority to #CancelStudentDebt in the HEA.

@ewarren wanted to use it to cancel $50K

Trump/DeVos used this authority, narrowly: to temporarily cancel interest

There’s bipartisan agreement this authority exists. Let’s use it #LFG https://twitter.com/mstratford/status/1291921349573738496

I wrote about this authority, and the history of the push by advocates for Administrations to use it, here: https://www.salon.com/2020/02/01/to-cancel-student-debt-you-dont-need-congress_partner/ #CancelStudentDebt

. @ewarren was the first lawmaker to say we should use the authority Julie cites here to cancel student debt.

Trump has now used it, narrowly — to cancel interest on federal student loans. https://twitter.com/jmargetta/status/1291923095268335616

Just this week I told @KeryMurakami that if Trump *really* wants to help borrowers he should cancel student debt with the ED Department’s authority.

He decided to cancel interest.

That’s not enough

https://twitter.com/alexisgoldstein/status/1291823453675433984?s=21 https://twitter.com/alexisgoldstein/status/1291823453675433984