{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcclain.house.gov/2023/7/congresswoman-mcclain-introduces-the-pay-back-act", "Congresswoman McClain Introduces The Pay Back Act", "2023-07-25", "2023", "2023-07", "Republican", "House", "MI", "Lisa C. McClain", "M001136", "mcclain.house.gov", "mcclain", "https://mcclain.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Today, Congresswoman Lisa McClain (R-MI) introduced the Pay Back Act to prohibit the Secretary of Education, Secretary of Treasury, and Attorney General from cancelling student loans or cancelling the terms of loans unless expressly permitted by Congress.\n\n\u201cPresident Biden has used his Administration as a battering ram to buy loyalty through the forgiveness or cancellation of student loans\u201d said Rep. McClain. \u201cThis is executive overreach at its worst, and I will not stand for it any longer. It\u2019s time this President and his cabinet are held accountable and stop sidestepping Congress to enact their radical agenda. The People\u2019s House has the legislating authority in this country, Joe Biden\u2019s pen does not.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nThe Pay Back Act prohibits the Secretary of Education, Secretary of the Treasury, and the Attorney General from cancelling student loans or cancelling the terms of said loans except as expressly permitted by an Act of Congress enacted after the enactment of this bill.\n\nPresident Biden has been set on side stepping Congress\u2019s power of the purse in his pursuit for a blanket forgiveness of student loans. The President\u2019s initial plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student debt would have cost taxpayers $400 billion according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office. In Biden v. Nebraska, the Supreme Court found that the President did not have the legal authority for a \u201cmass debt cancellation program\u201d without \u201cclear congressional authorization.\u201d\n\nDespite clear direction from the Supreme Court, the Administration announced a new plan to forgive $39 billion for 804,000 borrowers through changes to the Income-Driven Repayment plans.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:18:03Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mcclain.house.gov/2023/7/congresswoman-mcclain-introduces-the-pay-back-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8085072040557861, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}