WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional bargainers seem near an agreement that would avert a July 1 doubling of interest rates on federal loans to 7.4 million college students and end an election-year battle between President Barack Obama and Congress, Senate aides from both parties said Friday....
Hill Bargainers: Student Loan Deal Seems Near
ALAN FRAM, Associated Press: Nation
Fri, 06/22/2012 - 12:55pm
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