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This fall, Congress will be voting on two bills that will dramatically decrease access to higher education. Join the United States Student Association and concerned citizen and students from around the country in telling Congress that you are against legislation that will undermine our federal loan programs!

These are the two bills:

1. Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. The Higher Education Act (HEA) is the single piece of legislation that controls almost all federal higher education programs. The House will vote on a bill (H.R. 609) that represents the single largest cut in the history of student aid programs by: eliminating in-school loan consolidation, making fixed rate loan consolidation more expensive for students, creating a mandatory 1% fee for each student loan, taking away on-time repayment benefits, among many more changes. HEA is reauthorized every 5-7 years, so these changes would be effective until the reauthorization!

2. Budget Reconciliation. Congress approved a budget resolution that will severely slash the student loan programs. Almost $9 billion will be cut from our programs.  These cuts represent the elimination of many student borrower benefits, and will increase student debt by thousands of dollars.  The budget reconciliation bill will finalize these cuts and must be voted on in the early fall.