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Democratic U.S. Representatives Tim Walz and Keith Ellison of Minnesota 

to prevent the doubling of student-loan interest rates from 3.4 percent back to their original 6.8 percent 

Walz's announcement is below, and Ellison's interview with me last year on the subject is 

.  You can read some of the doubts about the wisdom of suppressing the rate 

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Democratic U.S. Representatives Tim Walz and Keith Ellison of Minnesota have signed on again to prevent the doubling of student-loan interest rates from 3.4 percent back to their original 6.8 percent for two years. Walz’s announcement is below, and Ellison’s interview with me last year on the subject is here.  You can read some of…

Walz and Ellison rejoin effort against doubling of Stafford Loan interest rates

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