This page contains bill sponsorships in the Senate and House.
Bill sponsorships indicate the topics that legislators are most interested in, and spend the most time on.
Bill Sponsorship: Student Loan Affordability Act
Source: S.707 / H.R.1433
Congressional Summary:Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the 3.4% interest rate on Federal Direct Stafford loans to loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2015. Replaces the [termination date of] 2013 with 2015.Proponent's argument for bill:(US PIRG press release): The Student Loan Affordability Act keeps interest rates affordable for students over the next two years. If Congress fails to act by July 1, interest rates on federal Subsidized Stafford Loans will double from 3.4% to 6.8%. That would hike the cost of college by $1,000 per student, per loan, for over 7 million students across the country. The bill pays for extending the current interest rates through 2015 by closing three non-education tax loopholes.
Opponent's argument against bill:(Rep. Tom Cotton, R-AR): Unfortunately, too many students today struggle for years to repay their loans because Washington politicians dictate student-loan rates and end up hurting students and taxpayers alike. It's causing tuition costs to skyrocket, leaving students buried in debt, often without jobs, and forced to delay buying a home and starting a family. As students struggle to repay their loans--regardless of the interest rate--taxpayers are on the hook for a $100 billion bailout--a burden hard-working Arkansans shouldn't have to bear. A better path is to let Arkansas's hometown banks work with students and families to finance higher education, just as they do with homes, farms, businesses, and other loans. I'm committed to bringing affordable higher education to every Arkansan and ending the federal-government monopoly on the student-lending business.
Also see the related Senate bill S.707
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 7.
Question 7: Vouchers for school choice
Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
- Topic: Education
- Headline: Sponsored extending subsidized federal student loan rates until 2015
(Score: -1)
- Headline 2: Extend subsidized federal student loan rates until 2015
(Score: -1)
- Headline 3: End federal monopoly on student-lending business
(Score: 2)
Participating counts on AmericansElect question 6.
- Headline: Sponsored extending subsidized federal student loan rates until 2015
(Answer: C)
- Headline 2: Extend subsidized federal student loan rates until 2015
(Answer: C)
- Headline 3: End federal monopoly on student-lending business
(Answer: A)
- AmericansElect Quiz Question 6 on
Education:
When you think about education in the US, which of the following is closest to your opinion?
- A: School curriculums should be set entirely at a local school board level
- B: School curriculums should be set more by local school boards than at a national level
- C: School curriculums should be set more by national standards than at a local level
- D: School curriculums should be set entirely at a national standardized level
- E: Unsure
- Key for participation codes:
- Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
- Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
- Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
- Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
- Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
Democrats
participating in 13-H1433 |
| Timothy Bishop |
s1o | New York Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Suzanne Bonamici |
s1o | Oregon Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Bruce Braley |
s1o | IA Democratic Challenger | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Cheri Bustos |
s1o | Illinois Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Lois Capps |
s1o | California Democrat (retiring 2016) | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Tony Cardenas |
s1o | California Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Andre Carson |
s1o | Indiana Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Matt Cartwright |
s1o | Pennsylvania Democrat | Apr 16, 2013 |
| Kathy Castor |
s1o | Florida Democrat | Apr 16, 2013 |
| Joaquin Castro |
s1o | Texas Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| David Cicilline |
s1o | Rhode Island Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Yvette Clarke |
s1o | New York Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Steve Cohen |
s1o | Tennessee Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Gerry Connolly |
s1o | Virginia Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| John Conyers |
s1o | Michigan Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Joe Courtney |
s2p | Connecticut Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Susan Davis |
s1o | California Democrat | Apr 12, 2013 |
| Rosa DeLauro |
s1o | Connecticut Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Suzan DelBene |
s1o | Washington Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| John Dingell |
s1o | Michigan Democrat (retiring 2014) | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Mike Doyle |
s1o | Pennsylvania Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Tammy Duckworth |
s1o | IL Democratic Senate candidate | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Donna Edwards |
s1o | Maryland Democrat (retiring 2016) | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Keith Ellison |
s1o | Minnesota Democrat | Apr 10, 2013 |
| Bill Enyart |
s1o | Illinois Democrat | Apr 10, 2013 |
| Anna Eshoo |
s1o | California Democrat | Apr 16, 2013 |
| Elizabeth Esty |
s1o | Connecticut Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Bill Foster |
s1o | Illinois Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
| Al Green |
s1o | Texas Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Gene Green |
s1o | Texas Democrat | Apr 10, 2013 |
| Raul Grijalva |
s1o | Arizona Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Brian Higgins |
s1o | New York Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Jim Himes |
s1o | Connecticut Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Ruben Hinojosa |
s1o | Texas Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Rush Holt |
s1o | New Jersey Democrat (retiring 2014) | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Steven Horsford |
s1o | Nevada Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Sheila Jackson Lee |
s1o | Texas Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Dan Kildee |
s1o | Michigan Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
| Derek Kilmer |
s1o | Washington Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Ron Kind |
s1o | WI Former Democratic challenger (2012) | Apr 11, 2013 |
| James Langevin |
s1o | Rhode Island Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Rick Larsen |
s1o | Washington Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| John Larson |
s1o | Connecticut Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Barbara Lee |
s1o | California Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| John Lewis |
s1o | Georgia Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| David Loebsack |
s1o | Iowa Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Ben Ray Lujan |
s1o | New Mexico Democrat | Apr 16, 2013 |
| Steve Lynch |
s1o | Massachusetts Democrat (Senate run 2013) | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Carolyn Maloney |
s1o | New York Democrat/Liberal | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Ed Markey |
s1o | MA Democratic Challenger | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Jim Matheson |
s1o | Utah Democrat (retiring 2014) | Apr 11, 2013 |
| Jim McDermott |
s1o | Washington Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Jim McGovern |
s1o | Massachusetts Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Mike McIntyre |
s1o | North Carolina Democrat (retiring 2014) | Apr 10, 2013 |
| Gwen Moore |
s1o | Wisconsin Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Jerrold Nadler |
s1o | New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton |
s1o | District of Columbia Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Beto O`Rourke |
s1o | Texas Democrat | Apr 10, 2013 |
| Gary Peters |
s1o | MI Democratic Challenger | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Scott Peters |
s1o | California Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Chellie Pingree |
s1o | Maine Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Jared Polis |
s1o | Colorado Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Charles Rangel |
s1o | New York Dem./Lib. (retiring 2016) | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard |
s1o | California Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Bobby Rush |
s1o | Illinois Democrat | Apr 12, 2013 |
| Tim Ryan |
s1o | Ohio Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Gregorio Sablan |
s1o | Marianas Democrat | Apr 10, 2013 |
| Loretta Sanchez |
s1o | CA Democratic Senate candidate | Apr 9, 2013 |
| John Sarbanes |
s1o | Maryland Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Jan Schakowsky |
s1o | Illinois Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Adam Schiff |
s1o | California Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Kurt Schrader |
s1o | Oregon Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Allyson Schwartz |
s1o | PA Democratic Challenger | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Carol Shea-Porter |
s1o | New Hampshire Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Louise Slaughter |
s1o | New York Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| David Adam Smith |
s1o | Washington Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
| Mike Thompson |
s1o | California Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| John Tierney |
s1o | Massachusetts Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Dina Titus |
s1o | Nevada Democrat | Apr 16, 2013 |
| Paul Tonko |
s1o | New York Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Chris Van Hollen |
s1o | Maryland Democrat (retiring 2016) | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Juan Vargas |
s1o | California Democrat | Apr 16, 2013 |
| Filemon Vela |
s1o | Texas Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Tim Walz |
s1o | Minnesota Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Henry Waxman |
s1o | California Democrat (retiring 2014) | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Peter Welch |
s1o | Vermont Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
| John Yarmuth |
s1o | Kentucky Democrat | Apr 9, 2013 |
Republicans
participating in 13-H1433 |
| Tom Cotton |
s3- | AR Republican Senate challenger | |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
87
Republicans:
1
Independents:
1 |
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