A Texas judge rejects Biden's offer for student loan forgiveness

On Thursday, a federal judge in Texas stopped President Joe Biden's plan to reward millions of debtors with up to $20,000 in federal student loan forgiveness.

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This programme is already on pause while a federal appeals court in St. Louis hears a separate complaint filed by six states opposing it.

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District Court Judge Mark Pittman, a Fort Worth-based appointee of former President Donald Trump, ruled the programme usurped Congress' jurisdiction to establish laws

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And More than 22 million borrowers had sought for debt relief as of late October

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Due to the legal challenges, it is unclear if debtors who expected to have their debts cancelled will have to begin making payments

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Pittman also rejected the government's claims that the plaintiffs, Myra Brown and Alexander Taylor, lacked standing

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