Biden's Education Department Blasts The Gop's New Plan To Strike Down Student-loan Forgiveness, Saying It's A 'shame' For The Bo

U.S. President Joe Biden, joined by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, speaks on student loan debt in the Roosevelt Room of the White House August 24, 2022 in Washington, DC.Alex Wong/Getty Images Republicans introduced a resolution to overturn Biden's student-debt relief on Monday. Education Sec. Cardona said it's a "shame" for the millions of borrowers who would benefit in the GOP lawmakers' districts. The resolution faces a tough road ahead, requiring passage through both chambers and Biden's signature. President Joe Biden's administration wants to be sure millions of student-loan borrowers know that some of their representatives are trying to block them from getting student-loan forgiveness.On Monday, 37 Republican senators, led by Bill Cassidy, John Cornyn, and Joni Ernst, introduced a resolution to overturn Biden's plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt — and end the student-loan payment pause — using the Congressional Review Act (CRA), a congressional oversight tool.The CRA allows Congress to overturn rules put in place by a federal agency, like student-debt relief, and it differs from regular legislation in that it allows senators to fast-track the bill by avoiding filibusters and new amendments, getting it quickly to a vote."President Biden is not forgiving debt, he is shifting the burden of student loans off of the borrowers who willingly took on their debt and placing it onto those who chose to not go to college or already fulfilled their commitment to pay off their loans," Cassidy said in a statement.But Education Secretary Miguel Cardona disagrees.