GOOD NEWS ABOUT DEMOCRATS! May 10th, 2012
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The President is taking aggressive steps to put Americans back to work, and restore middle-class security for decades to come.
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What $980 Means to NC Students
North Carolina students pay on average $980 in interest rates over the life of a college loan if Congress lets the student loan interest rates double. That’s simply unacceptable.
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Press Releases
Romney and the NC GOP: Out of Touch with North Carolina, Out of Touch with America
While Governor Romney spent virtually no time campaigning in the Tar Heel State before the primary, his views and positions on important issues to North Carolinians are already familiar to us. Instead of moving our state forward by investing in a North Carolina for the next century, Romney has embraced the extreme Ryan budget, which drastically cuts education, research, worker training, and infrastructure – all to pay for more budget-busting tax cuts for the wealthy. Instead of fighting to make education more affordable for all, Romney would make the Department of Education “a heck of a lot smaller” and leave college students on their own to “shop around.”
NCDP Statement on GOP Attempts to Distract from Romney’s Record
From time to time the leader of the free world’s schedule changes. He’s a busy man. All reasonable people know that by now. North Carolina is and continues to be a top priority for President Obama and the Democratic Party. The President has been to our state numerous times and the First Lady will be speaking at graduation this weekend.
NCDP Statement on President Obama’s Commitment to Keeping Student Loan Rates Low
This week, the U.S. Senate will vote on a plan to prevent the interest rate on new subsidized student loans from doubling—on the same day outstanding student loan debt in our country will hit $1 trillion. But the outcome is far from clear. President Obama is urging Americans everywhere to tell Congress to act—including students in North Carolina where average student loan debt is approximately $20,959. The North Carolina Democratic Party issued the following statement ahead of the vote:
