Senate overturns DeVos rule limiting debt relief for defrauded students

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/11/politics/senate-devos-borrower-defense-student-debt-relief-rule/index.html

By Katie Lobosco, CNN

Updated 7:00 PM ET, Wed March 11, 2020

Senate Republicans joined Democrats Wednesday to overturn a rule backed by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos that would have limited the student debt relief granted to people defrauded by for-profit colleges — an unusual bipartisan move to undo a Trump administration initiative to weaken an Obama-era policy.

In a 53-42 vote, 10 Republicans joined Democrats to pass the resolution, which was first approved by the Democratic-held House in January.

It will now go to President Donald Trump, who can either sign the bill or decide to stand with DeVos by vetoing the legislation and letting her rule go into place as was expected on July 1. A policy statement issued by the administration last month said that the President's advisers would recommend that he veto the resolution. Congress does not have the votes to overturn the President's veto.

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