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NY1 News: House Likely To Vote On Student Interest Rate Bill

[[{“fid”:”412″,”view_mode”:”full”,”type”:”media”,”link_text”:null,”attributes”:{“height”:”263″,”width”:”492″,”title”:”NY1- Student Loan Hit”,”class”:”media-element file-full”}}]] The House is likely to vote this week on a plan that would keep student loan interest rates from doubling on July 1, but some Democrats say that plan is actually worse than doing nothing. Washington bureau reporter Michael Scotto filed the following report. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Politicians are once […]

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Afro.com: “CBC Ready For Obama II”

Energized with a new chairman and five new freshman House members, the Congressional Black Caucus was sworn in for the 113th Congress Jan. 3 with a pledge from incoming Chairman Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) to “play to win” with the Obama administration in the battle for jobs, income opportunity and political influence for Black America. “I’m […]