{"id":2272793,"date":"2024-06-20T16:39:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T20:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-hill-staffer-celebrates-getting-biden-student-loan-cancellation-but-his-boss-opposed-it\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T16:41:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T20:41:22","slug":"dem-hill-staffer-celebrates-getting-biden-student-loan-cancellation-but-his-boss-opposed-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-hill-staffer-celebrates-getting-biden-student-loan-cancellation-but-his-boss-opposed-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Staffer Cheers Biden&#8217;s Student Loan Forgiveness, Despite Boss&#8217;s Opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdem-hill-staffer-celebrates-getting-biden-student-loan-cancellation-but-his-boss-opposed-it%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2272793&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A communications director for Representative Marcy Kaptur, a Democrat from Ohio, announced on social media that his student loans \u200chad been forgiven by the\u2064 Biden administration, thanking the elections and President Biden for the resolution. The staff member, Ben Kamens, received a letter confirming the forgiveness of $8,250 in student debt from 2010. However, it&#8217;s notable that Representative Kaptur had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-pac-launches-anti-trump-ad-campaign-in-key-swing-states\/\" title=\"Conservative PAC launches anti-Trump ads in crucial swing states.\">previously expressed opposition<\/a> to the\u200b Biden administration&#8217;s plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whoopi-declares-2024-gop-hopeful-wannabe-dictator-this-time-its-not-trump\/\" title=\"Whoopi labels 2024 GOP aspirant 'dictator' - Not Trump again.\">cancel student\u2064 loan debt<\/a>, questioning the fairness to those \u2064who \u2062had paid their loans or avoided debt altogether and criticizing the legal basis of the plan. Kaptur had concerns about \u200bthe president overreaching his authority without proper consultation with Congress, and she anticipated that the issue would likely be addressed in the courts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>A staffer for a Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">congresswoman<\/a> crowed on social media on Thursday about getting his student loans forgiven by the Biden administration, saying \u201celections matter,\u201d but it turns out his boss previously opposed cancelling student loans.<\/p>\n<p>Representative Marcy Kaptur\u2019s (D-OH) communications director Ben Kamens <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BeeKamens\/status\/1803490997457789263\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a> a photo of the letter informing him that his student debt had been forgiven.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust got a call to let me know my student debt has been canceled,\u201d Kamens wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is why elections matter. Thanks @JoeBiden,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The letter showed a total of $8,250 in student loans from 2010 were forgiven Kamens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations! The Biden-Harris Administration has forgiven your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-signed-40-executive-orders-and-actions-since-taking-office\/\" title=\"Biden has signed 40 executive orders and actions since taking office\">federal student loan<\/a>(s),\u201d read the letter from Nelnet, the country\u2019s largest servicer of student loans.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2022, Kaptur, an Ohio Democrat, <a href=\"https:\/\/sanduskyregister.com\/news\/404779\/kaptur-criticizes-student-loan-debt-relief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criticized<\/a> the Biden administration\u2019s plan to erase billions of dollars in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">student loan debt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about the people who paid off their loans?\u201d Kaptur said. \u201cWhat about the people who didn\u2019t rack up that level of debt? What about people who put college on hold? What about the systemic problems we have in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-reasons-making-taxpayers-pay-off-student-loans-is-a-rotten-idea\/\" title=\"5 Reasons Making Taxpayers Pay Off Student Loans Is A Rotten Idea\">student loan program<\/a>, where you walk into an admissions office at a college and they give you a credit card, and you get the money, and you can spend the money on a car or a vacation or whatever, and then the student doesn\u2019t graduate. There\u2019s a lot of issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kaptur also questioned whether the president has the legal authority to push forward with the massive loan forgiveness plan, saying President Biden likely \u201coverreached his authority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1712932862202000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0plT8RRdMy9XUpIhocnjQS\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no consultation with Congress,\u201d she said. \u201cThe last time I checked the Constitution, you can\u2019t impact the bottom line of the federal treasury without some bill moving through Congress. I think the president probably overreached his authority on this one. My expectation is it will go to the courts. I\u2019m not sure how that will happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Kaptur later <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/20\/us-news\/aide-to-rep-marcy-kaptur-boasts-of-receiving-biden-student-loan-bailout-which-his-boss-opposed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted<\/a> twice against House measures criticizing the administration\u2019s student loan cancellation.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the criticism online was swift on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>One X user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Mar__G_3\/status\/1803557104847859802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a> that Kamens makes over $90,000 a year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legistorm.com\/person\/Benjamin_A_Kamens\/361249.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to Legistorm, but still apparently expected taxpayers to pay his debt.<\/p>\n<p>Others pointed out that Kamens had previously posted about holding Philadelphia Eagles season tickets and that the address on his loan forgiveness letter was for a house valued at over half a million dollars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are jubilant at having foisted your student debt on other taxpayers. Meanwhile, a cursory spin through your profile in just recent times show multiple examples of extraneous expenditures that could have gone toward your years long debt. Nice,\u201d one X user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LisasFineLines\/status\/1803519366455296227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kamens switched his X account to private mode after his post garnered attention.<\/p>\n<p>Last summer, the Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/supreme-court-delivers-defeat-to-biden-admin-on-student-loan-forgiveness\">struck down<\/a> Biden\u2019s $430 billion student debt relief policy that would have forgiven the student debt of about 40 million people. The high court ruled 6-3 that the HEROES Act of 2003 does not give Biden the authority to cancel billions in student loan debt.<\/p>\n<p>Just weeks later, however, Biden announced the Education Department\u2019s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/17\/bidens-new-student-loan-forgiveness-to-cost-475-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expected<\/a> to cost taxpayers about $475 billion over the next decade.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Democratic congresswoman&#8217;s staffer boasted on social media about his student loans being forgiven under the Biden administration, emphasizing &#8220;elections matter.&#8221; However, his boss, Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), had previously opposed student loan cancellation. 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