Sen. Bernie Sanders is the ranking member of the Senate committee on education.
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Education Secretary Linda McMahon received a litany of demands this week from Sen. Bernie Sanders and 10 Senate Democrats, who criticized the way her department quietly cut off access to loan forgiveness for some eligible borrowers.
The letter, dated Aug. 18, follows the department’s decision in July to indefinitely freeze debt relief for borrowers on the Income-Based Repayment Plan and calls for the Office of Federal Student Aid to clarify why the benefit was put on hold….