Student loans

Kyrsten Sinema has four college degrees and has taught at Arizona State University, the school she now represents, for the past 11 years. (AP/Ross D. Franklin)

For Kyrsten Sinema, debate over student loans hits home

Tim Mak · July 19, 2013 4:00 am

Prospective students tour Georgetown University's campus in Washington.

Harry Reid OKs plan to lower student loan rates

Sean Lengell · July 18, 2013 4:00 am

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke goes before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday to deliver the semiannual monetary policy report. (AP/Stephan Savoia)

The week ahead in economics: Bernanke to Congress, Obama nominees, and student loans

Joseph Lawler · July 15, 2013 4:00 am

The Department of Education doesn't have information required for monitoring how federal grants and loans to colleges are spent. (Thinkstock)

Subsidized loans drive college tuition, student debt to record levels

Veronique de Rugy · July 12, 2013 4:00 am

GOP crashes Senate Dem’s Twitter lecture on student loans

Paul Bedard · July 10, 2013 4:00 am

Senate rejects plan to lower student loan rates

Senate rejects plan to lower student loan rates

Sean Lengell · July 10, 2013 4:00 am

The partisan divide widened Tuesday over how best to lower interest rates on federal student loans that automatically doubled last week, with no compromise in sight ahead of a key Wednesday vote. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Fight over student loan rates intensifies

Sean Lengell · July 9, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. (AP =/J. Scott Applewhite)

Harry Reid slams Republicans over student loan rate hike

Sean Lengell · July 9, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Bernie Sanders decries student-loan rate doubling he set in motion

Ashe Schow · July 1, 2013 4:00 am

United States Capitol Building (Thinkstock Image)

Beltway Confidential

What happens if the Senate fails to act on student loans?

Joseph Lawler · June 27, 2013 4:00 am

The measure would let all undergraduates borrow money at a 3.9 percent interest rate, while graduate students would pay 5.4 percent. (Thinkstock)

D.C. residents have highest student loan debts

Kate Jacobson · May 21, 2013 4:00 am

Student loan debt reaches all-time high

Red Alert Politics

Student loan debt reaches all-time high

Washington Examiner · September 27, 2012 4:17 am