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 Congressional Leaders to Respond to Demand for Congressional Action. Students will join the Campaign for College Affordability to urge Congress to pass legislation that cuts interest rates on student loans in half as soon as possible at a news conference on Capitol Hill on Thursday.
The news conference is part of a national day of action on dozens of college campuses
and in communities across the country to promote college affordability as a key issue for the new Congress. Dozens of students will lobby their members of Congress following the news conference.
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., and Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., will respond to the concerns of the students by outlining their agendas for making college affordable for working Americans. Groups participating in the Campaign for College Affordability include Rock the Vote, Campaign for America's Future, Campus Progress at the Center for American Progress, the NAACP, the American Medical Students Association, the Young Democrats of America, the National
Education Association, the PIRG Higher Education Project, the U.S. Students Association and the League of Young Voters Education Fund.
COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY DAY OF ACTION
NEWS CONFERENCE
DATE: Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007
TIME: 2 p.m. ET
PLACE: Mansfield Room, S. 207 - U.S. Capitol Building
PARTICIPANTS: Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
Rep. George Miller, D-Calif.
Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn.
Andrew Bossie, student, Univ. of Southern Maine
Paul Perry, student, American University
Jennifer Pae, President, U.S. Student Association
Jay Bhatt, President, American Medical Students' Assoc.
Anthony Daniels, NEA Student Program Chairperson
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