Joe Biden signed the veto of the law approved by Congress that cancelled the student debt cancellation, one of the flagship measures of his Administration. The president justified this initiative because he "won't back down on helping hardworking folks."
Congressional Republicans led an effort to pass a bill blocking my Administration’s plan to provide up to $20,000 in student debt relief to working and middle class Americans.
I won’t back down on helping hardworking folks.
That’s why I’m vetoing this bill. pic.twitter.com/ZeYEm4LOjz
— President Biden (@POTUS) June 7, 2023
The rule is a Republican initiative, but needed the support of Democratic Senators Joe Manchin and Jon Tester and Independent Kyrsten Sinema to reach the President's desk. In a Twitter post, Biden was keen to point out that the move to block "relief" of up to $20,000 "to working and middle class Americans" came from members of the conservative party.
Biden: "It's wrong"
In the same combative vein, he denounced that "some of the same members of Congress who supported a bill that'd block student loan debt relief had millions of dollars in PPP loans forgiven. But when it comes to hard-working Americans getting student debt relief, that’s where they draw the line? It's wrong."
Some of the same members of Congress who supported a bill that'd block student loan debt relief had millions of dollars in PPP loans forgiven.
But when it comes to hard-working Americans getting student debt relief, that’s where they draw the line?
It's wrong.
— President Biden (@POTUS) June 7, 2023
