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Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Reimagining and Improving Student Education-Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations".

H.J.Res. 189 · House resolution Education

A Democratic resolution with 70 Democratic cosponsors · See all 70 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This joint resolution aims to express congressional disapproval of a specific rule from the Department of Education. The rule is titled "Reimagining and Improving Student Education- Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations." If passed, this resolution would ensure the rule has no force or effect.

Yes

  • Scored +2

    Does this leave more decisions to the states?

    By overturning a federal Department of Education rule, the resolution limits federal regulatory expansion.

The opposite· 3 of 4

  • Scored -5

    Would people in their twenties and thirties be better off under this?

    The resolution hinders potential improvements or relief mechanisms within the federal student loan program that primarily benefit young adults.

  • Scored -5

    Would households on low incomes be better off under this?

    By stopping the new student loan regulations, the resolution may limit access to benefits intended to aid lower-income borrowers.

  • Scored -5

    Would students be better off under this?

    The resolution specifically targets and nullifies regulations meant to reform the federal student loan program.