Former Speaker Boehner Urges Supreme Court to Block Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation Plan

Former Speaker Boehner Urges Supreme Court to Block Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation Plan
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 25, 2015. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File
Matthew Vadum
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The Supreme Court should disallow President Joe Biden’s sweeping plan to partially forgive student loans, former House Speaker John Boehner and former Reps. Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-Calif.) and John Kline (R-Minn.) told the court.

Biden introduced the plan in August 2022 in a move that critics decried as a constitutionally dubious attempt to shore up Democrats’ fortunes ahead of the November 2022 congressional elections. While the Congressional Budget Office said the plan could cost about $400 billion, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania estimates the price tag could exceed $1 trillion.