According to the New York Times, there's some good news for student loans tonight too.
Along with the major health care legislation, the House on Sunday was poised to approve a major revamping of federal student loan programs that would eliminate fees paid to private banks to act as intermediaries.
Instead, the government would expand a direct lending program, a step that the Congressional Budget Office said would save taxpayers $61 billion over 10 years, and use the money to increase Pell grants for students.
The student loan bill is a centerpiece of President Obama’s education agenda, and it was included in the budget reconciliation measure that also makes final revisions to the Senate-passed health care bill.
Now there's change we can believe in.
Sorry... I'd usually be more thorough, but I'm too excited to write anything else. :')
Edit: Lol, I will post something else. In case you haven't seen it, Boehner made possibly one of the stupidest claims ever about this student loans reform package:
Well, if you look at this student loan provision in there, they eliminate every bank in the country and all private student loan lenders so the government can do it instead.
Haha... socialism and no more banks. All in one night. It's a bad year to be a Republican.