Received this e-mail today from Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D. NH):
If Congress doesn’t act before July 1, soon-to-be and recent graduates will face an unacceptable increase on their federal student loan interest rates.
Rates will rise from 3.4% to 6.8% at a time when New Hampshire has the highest average student loan debt. This would impose an unfair burden on graduates already struggling to pay down debt.
Higher education – from vocational training to Ph.D. programs – is essential to prepare students for a competitive, global economy. Now is not the time to make their educational investment even more expensive.
With college costs already too high for too many, Senators Kay Hagan, Debbie Stabenow and I are fighting to block this rate hike. But we need to hear your voice on the Senate floor. Please send a clear message to Congress: stop the federal student loan interest rate hike.
Click here to demand that Congress prevent the federal student loan interest rate from doubling on July 1st:
http://stopstudentloanhike.com/...
Nationwide, student loan debt has now exceeded $1 trillion, more than any other kind of debt. Here in New Hampshire, the average recent college graduate owes more than $30,000.
The massive impending federal student loan rate hike would make it worse. That’s why I need you to sign this petition demanding that Congress block the rate hike.
Click here to urge Congress to oppose raising the federal student loan interest rate to 6.8%:
http://stopstudentloanhike.com/...
Thanks for all your support,
Jeanne
You can click here to sign Shaheen's petition:
http://stopstudentloanhike.com/...