Reuters: Politics: White House backs deal to hold down student loan rates

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White House backs deal to hold down student loan rates Jul 18th 2013, 12:16 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Senate reaches deal on Obama nominees, filibusters Tue, Jul 16 2013 Reid warns of using Senate 'nuclear option' on filibusters Mon, Jul 15 2013 Obama pushes House Republicans on immigration Wed, Jul 10 2013 Senate rejects temporary fix for student loan rates Wed, Jul 10 2013 Senate passes sweeping immigration legislation Thu, Jun 27 2013 Analysis & Opinion Rate reform will test China’s modernising mettle Overrated interest Graduating students arrive for Commencement Exercises at Boston College in Boston, Massachusetts May 20, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Brian Snyder WASHINGTON | Thu Jul 18, 2013 8:16am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama supports compromise legislation holding down interest rates on student loans and was involved in Senate negotiations, a senior administration official said on Thursday. U.S. senators reached a deal on Wednesday to temporarily hold interest rates on student loans at lower levels, as they raced to get the measure completed before an August deadline, a Senate aide said. (Reporting by Mark Felsenthal; Editing by Vicki Allen and Philip Barbara) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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