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U.S. House Passes Student Loan Bill, But Endgame Remains Murky ...
Student loan rates are set to double on July 1 unless Congress and the Obama administration are able to come to an agreement to head off the rate hike?and it's anyone's guess whether Democrats and Republicans will be able to come together to make that happen.
Here's where things stand right now: The U.S. House of Representatives, largely on party lines, on a vote of 221 to 198, approved a bill Thursday that would tie interest rates on federally subsidized undergraduate student loans to the 10-year U.S. Treasury note, something that the Obama administration also proposed in its fiscal year 2014 budget. Right now, interest rates are at historic lows, so even the 3.4 percent isn't a great deal for students. But that's expected to change very soon as interest rates increase, according to projections from the Congressional Research Service. More here.
There are, however, some key differences between the administration's proposal and the House bill, authored by U.S. Rep. John Kline, the chairman of the House education committee. And the White House thinks the differences are a big enough deal that it threatened yesterday to veto the House legislation?a move Kline called "partisan" in a statement.
So what was the White House's biggest beef? Under the administration's approach, rates on student loans would vary from year to year, but once a student actually took out a loan, the rate would be fixed. The GOP proposal would allow the rate to fluctuate. However, once students graduate, they could package their loans together, take the weighted average of the interest rate on their loans, and lock in that rate for the life of the loan, a House GOP aide explained.
What's more, the administration would seek to keep students from having to fork over a big chunk of their income to repaying loans by expanding so-called income-based repayment programs, while the House GOP would protect students from big interest rate jumps by capping student loan rates at 8.5 percent.
Those differences were a key point of discussion during the U.S. House debate.
"There's a very big difference between the president's [approach] and the Kline bill," said Rep. George Miller of California, the top Democrat on the House Education and the Workforce Committee. He said the GOP bill would "add $4 billion worth of debt onto the backs of students"?a reference to projections by the Congressional Budget Office that the bill would trim nearly $4 billion from the deficit. And he noted that rates wouldn't be locked in for the life of the loan. "This bill essentially asks students to sign up for a loan without knowing what they're signing up for ... Whether they're committed to a market rate or not, I understand that this is a very flawed bill."
But Kline said there was a lot of misinformation about the committee's approach. He noted that students would be able to consolidate their loans into a fixed rate if they wanted to, after graduating, which he argued could result in a better deal for students if rates are low. And he urged lawmakers to advance the bill so that the White House and Congress could begin to hammer out their differences.
"We believe that we can work together," he said Thursday during floor debate.
Meanwhile, over on the Senate side, lawmakers including U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, the chairman of the Senate education committee, and Sen. Harry Reid, the Majority Leader, have introduced legislation that would keep loan rates stable at 3.4 percent for the next two years. That would give Congress time to work out a long-term solution to the loan rate problem, likely through a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, which governs the student lending program.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told lawmakers earlier this week that he wants a long-term solution to the student loan problem, not a short-term fix. Still, in a statement released Wednesday, Duncan seemed to indicate that he would be willing to go along with the short-term fix sought by congressional Democrats. "Given the impending July 1 deadline, an extension that protects students against higher rates while Congress develops an alternative solution is another reasonable option," he said.
So ... the bottom line is that student loan rates, like virtually everything else in Washington, remain locked in a protracted, partisan battle. We'll see if lawmakers can reach a solution before the interest rate changes on July 1.
Source: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2013/05/us_house_passes_student_loan_l.html
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Tackling New Tech In The Golden Years
Smartphones, tablets and computers could help seniors stay connected to their communities and families. But a hefty price tag, steep learning curves, and designs meant for younger eyes and hands could keep some older adults from logging on. Guests discuss the best ways for seniors to tackle new technology, and how devices can be adapted to accommodate older users.
Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=186450899&ft=1&f=1007
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Kerry warns Syria's Assad against rejecting political solution
AMMAN (Reuters) - Western governments are ready to increase support to opponents of President Bashar al-Assad if he rejects a political solution to Syria's civil war, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday.
Kerry said recent military gains by Assad's forces were only temporary and that if he believed the counter-offensives against the rebels would be decisive, "then he is mis-calculating".
Kerry, speaking at a news conference in Amman before a meeting of the Friends of Syria group of nations, said several thousand fighters from the Lebanese group Hezbollah were taking part in the conflict with active Iranian support on the ground.
"Just last week, obviously, Hezbollah intervened very, very significantly. There are several thousands of Hezbollah militia forces on the ground in Syria who are contributing to this violence and we condemn that."
He said U.S. President Barack Obama had made clear he did not intend to despatch U.S. forces to Syria but that Washington would discuss continued and growing support to help rebel fighters if Assad was unwilling to negotiate a political solution to the two-year-old crisis.
Wednesday's meeting in Amman, which gathers ministers from 11 Western and Middle Eastern countries who have led international opposition to Assad, aimed to promote efforts to end the bloodshed in Syria, he added.
(Reporting by Arshad Mohammed; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-says-thousands-hezbollah-fighters-syria-144548900.html
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Annual meeting lessens tensions at Nashua Historical Society ...
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Accidental Architectural Patterns From All Over the World
Photographer Jared Lim has an knack for capturing colorful patterns around the world, and they make for some eye-catching photos in his series Urban Exploration.
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9-year-old, 65-year-old among first tornado victims identified - U.S. ...
Courtesy Angela Hornsby
Ja'Nae Hornsby, 9, (right) with her cousin Taylor, 14, in a photo taken over the weekend.
By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News
A 9-year-old girl who was "always smiling" is among the first of the Oklahoma tornado victims to be identified.
Third-grader Ja'Nae Hornsby was one of the students who perished when the twister demolished Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla. on Monday afternoon.
Members of her grieving family gathered Tuesday at a Baptist church in Oklahoma City to console each other after a night of anxious waiting ended with a hope-shattering call from the medical examiner's office.
Her aunt, Angela Hornsby, said Ja'Nae had spent last weekend at her house, playing with her cousins and ?doing what little girls do.?
?They like to play dress-up,? she recalled. ?My daughter puts jewelry on them and I took pictures of them dancing together and they took video. They were just happy.
"She was always happy, always smiling."
Courtesy Angela Hornsby
Ja'Nae Hornsby, 9, with her 2-year-old sister Jia, in a photo taken over the weekend.
On Monday, Ja'Nae went off to Plaza Towers Elementary School while her father, Joshua, headed into Oklahoma City for work.
As the tornado bore down on the suburb of Moore just before dismissal time, the father of two tried to race back home to get Ja'Nae from school and his two-year-old, Jia, from daycare, Angela Hornsby said.
The highways were jammed, though, and by the time he got to Moore, the grade school had been reduced to a pile of rubble, its parking lot transformed into a triage area for surviving students being pulled from the debris.
There was no sign of Ja'Nae, though. Her father and other relatives shuttled from shelter to shelter, ?looking for answers,? Angela Hornsby said. She dialed all the hospitals that had taken the injured but could not find her niece.
As night fell, Joshua Hornsby went to St. Andrew?s United Methodist Church, where a dwindling number of parents waiting for reunions were camped out.
?He would not leave until he found out what happened to his baby,? his sister said. ?They received a call while they were at the church this morning.
?My sister called to tell me. They were just sobbing.?
Joshua Hornsby also lost his house to the twister. His youngest child, who was picked up from daycare by her grandmother, survived.
Ja'Nae, whose mother died last year of lupus, had doted on her baby sister, family members said.
?She was a good big sister,? her aunt said, her voice cracking with emotion. ?She was just a good girl.?
Pastor James Dorn Jr. of Mount Triumph Baptist Church said he had watched Ja'Nae grow up because her grandfather, Henry Hornsby, used to be the associate pastor there.
Courtesy Bhonde family
Hemant Bhonde, 65, died after a tornado struck Moore, Okla., on May 21.
Like everyone else, he remembered her as full of joy.
?She was a beautiful child to be around, someone you feel privileged to know,? he said. "She did well in school. She was just awesome."
Officials in Moore late Tuesday also identify a second tornado victim as Hemant Bhonde, 65. His family members told NBC News that Bhonde became separated from his wife when the tornado hit their home. His wife survived.
Ed Zurga / EPA
A monster tornado hit Moore, Okla., Monday afternoon, leaving at least 24 dead as the threat of further storms continues.
NBC News' Jamie Novograd contributed to this story
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