Congress considers bills to ease student loan woes

Monday, July 23, 2007 | 2:08 p.m. CDT; updated 8:14 p.m. CDT, Sunday, July 20, 2008

Congress is poised to make big changes to the government programs tapped by millions of students to pay for college. The biggest of these for students: a cap on what low-income borrowers have to pay back each month on their federal student loans.

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