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- 128 House Republicans filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court opposing student-debt relief.
- New data found that nearly 12 million borrowers in their districts would benefit from the relief.
- And over 4 million of them had already been approved before lawsuits halted the plan.
The Education Department just released the most comprehensive look yet into how many student-loan borrowers would benefit from debt relief, and where they live.
On Friday, the department unveiled data showing the breakdown of student-loan borrowers who applied, and were deemed eligible, for President Joe Biden's up to $20,000 in debt relief by congressional district. This is the most detailed breakdown to date and sheds light on the number of borrowers that would benefit from Biden's relief in the districts led by Republican lawmakers seeking to block the plan.