Congress Offers Assistance With Student-Loan Bills

By Suzanne Perry

Some charity workers will not have to pay back all of their students loans under legislation passed by Congress this month.

The provision — part of a package of measures to cut subsidies to student lenders and shift the money into student-aid programs — allows borrowers to erase their loan balances after 10 years of payments if they have worked during that time in a "public service"

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