Ekju Schumer and Gillibrand join Democrats urging Cuomo to resign
Miguel Cardona, President Joe Biden s nominee to lead the Department of Education, said he would support student loan forgiveness if confirmed, but gave little indication of what student debt relief might look like in practice.In a Monday interview with Connecticut Public Radio, Cardona, who serves as Connecticut s education commissioner, said that despite his background in K-12 schools, tackling student debt would be a  would be a priority for me, it would be an area of focus that early on we d have to really make sure we re coming up with clear support plans and strategies. Last year federal student loan debt reached an all-time high, nearing $1.6 trill stanley quencher ion among more than 40 million Americans, according to the  stanley cup usa Federal Reserve Bank of New York. On average, student loan borrowers owe between $200 and $299 every month, an amount that for many is simply untenable; about 1 in every 5 borrowers is in default, according to the U.S. Department of Education.                                         College is the pathway to continued success and we have to make sure that our students still have access to it and that they re supported in this process,  Cardona said.The education nominee only offered that he was  totally in support  of Biden s plan to back Congressional action that would cancel $10,000 of student debt per borrower and said he would  work with our senators and our Congress folks to support a plan that provides some relie stanley cup f to our students in higher education.         Car Idlc Obamanites Trek To Va. Primary
Democrats pushed through legislation Wednesday to add 6 million lower-income children to a popular health insurance program while making deep cuts in federal payments to Medicare HMOs, defying a veto threat from President Bush.The House voted 225-204, mos stanley mug tly along partisan lines, to pass the legislation, which would add $50 billion to the decade-old State Children s Health Insurance Program and roll back years of Republican-driven changes to Medicare.It would slash federal payments to private insurance companies that cover seniors under Medicare and shift money to doctors and benefits for low-income seniors.                                        The legislation sparked a bitterly partisan health care battle on the eve of Congress  monthlong summer recess.A raucous debate over the measure mdash; filled with parliamentary fireworks by angry Republicans mdash; engulfed wha stanley mug t is otherwise a broadly supported program to insure working poor kids in a larger argument over whether the government or the private sector should provide health insurance to the nation s most vulnerable populations.        President Bush and his allies contend the bills goes too far. They say the legislation is a slippery slope toward a universal health care plan, reports CBS News correspondent Thalia Assuras. A more limited, $35 billion expansion of the children s health care program without broader Medicare changes ap stanley quencher peared headed for a bipartisan endorsement in the Senate by the end of the week, despit

Ekju Schumer and Gillibrand join Democrats urging Cuomo to resign
Miguel Cardona, President Joe Biden s nominee to lead the Department of Education, said he would support student loan forgiveness if confirmed, but gave little indication of what student debt relief might look like in practice.In a Monday interview with Connecticut Public Radio, Cardona, who serves as Connecticut s education commissioner, said that despite his background in K-12 schools, tackling student debt would be a  would be a priority for me, it would be an area of focus that early on we d have to really make sure we re coming up with clear support plans and strategies. Last year federal student loan debt reached an all-time high, nearing $1.6 trill stanley quencher ion among more than 40 million Americans, according to the  stanley cup usa Federal Reserve Bank of New York. On average, student loan borrowers owe between $200 and $299 every month, an amount that for many is simply untenable; about 1 in every 5 borrowers is in default, according to the U.S. Department of Education.                                         College is the pathway to continued success and we have to make sure that our students still have access to it and that they re supported in this process,  Cardona said.The education nominee only offered that he was  totally in support  of Biden s plan to back Congressional action that would cancel $10,000 of student debt per borrower and said he would  work with our senators and our Congress folks to support a plan that provides some relie stanley cup f to our students in higher education.         Car Idlc Obamanites Trek To Va. Primary
Democrats pushed through legislation Wednesday to add 6 million lower-income children to a popular health insurance program while making deep cuts in federal payments to Medicare HMOs, defying a veto threat from President Bush.The House voted 225-204, mos stanley mug tly along partisan lines, to pass the legislation, which would add $50 billion to the decade-old State Children s Health Insurance Program and roll back years of Republican-driven changes to Medicare.It would slash federal payments to private insurance companies that cover seniors under Medicare and shift money to doctors and benefits for low-income seniors.                                        The legislation sparked a bitterly partisan health care battle on the eve of Congress  monthlong summer recess.A raucous debate over the measure mdash; filled with parliamentary fireworks by angry Republicans mdash; engulfed wha stanley mug t is otherwise a broadly supported program to insure working poor kids in a larger argument over whether the government or the private sector should provide health insurance to the nation s most vulnerable populations.        President Bush and his allies contend the bills goes too far. They say the legislation is a slippery slope toward a universal health care plan, reports CBS News correspondent Thalia Assuras. A more limited, $35 billion expansion of the children s health care program without broader Medicare changes ap stanley quencher peared headed for a bipartisan endorsement in the Senate by the end of the week, despit