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From Inside Higher Ed: The End of Subsidized Loans?

I'll go out on a limb here and say that this is very typical negotiating tactics for our two political parties. They each suggest we should cut the programs they think are most favored by their opponents. While this may have caused the few students' hearts to stop beating today, I don't think there is anything for you to be concerned about. Once the budget deal is inked, the student loan programs will be largely the same then as they are today.