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Congress Likely to Miss Student Loan Deadline
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/27/19172346-congress-likely-to-miss-student-loan-deadline?lite=Congress likely to miss student-loan deadline
By NBC's Kasie Hunt and Abigail Williams
The Senate is unlikely to strike a deal to prevent student loan rates from rising on July 1.
On Thursday, two groups of senators -- one a bipartisan group that includes Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Tom Coburn (R-OK), the other of just Democrats -- planned to release proposals to prevent rates from doubling from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent while Congress is taking a vacation for the July 4 holiday.
This makes me mad since I think this issue is one of major importance.
