Ambulance transporters bring a patient into the emergency room at Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, Calif., Jan. 27.
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Politics is full of surprises, even some pleasant ones. On Tuesday 62 Senators, including 12 Democrats, voted to end the Covid national emergency declaration that the Biden Administration is using to justify its student loan write-off.
President Biden declared the pandemic “over” two months ago, but he has yet to lift the national emergency that
declared on March 13, 2020. Why not? Probably because his Administration claims the 2003 Heroes Act allows the Education Secretary to waive any financial student aid provision during a national emergency, including the requirement to repay debt.
Continuing the national emergency serves no vital public-health purpose, which may be why 12 Democrats voted for Kansas GOP Sen.
Roger Marshall’s
resolution terminating it. Seven face re-election in 2024, including
Tim Kaine
(Va.),
Amy Klobuchar
(Minn.),
Joe Manchin
(W. Va.),
Chris Murphy
(Conn.),
Kyrsten Sinema
(Ariz.),
Jon Tester
(Mont.), and
Jacky Rosen
(Nev.).
Most surprising, Majority Leader
Chuck Schumer
joined the emergency terminators. Maybe now that he’s won re-election he feels liberated to risk the wrath of Rep.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
More likely, he wanted to give cover to Democrats in his caucus who are trying to demonstrate independence from the President. They can’t bet their re-elections on Republicans nominating awful challengers again in 2024, though no doubt many Republicans will try.
The Administration is trying to block consideration of the resolution in the…
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