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Disapproving the student loan cancellation plan (H.J.Res. 45)

House vote · H.J.Res. 45 · On Passage · May 24, 2023Free markets

Overturns the Education Department action that would have cancelled up to 20,000 dollars of student debt per borrower and ends the repayment pause.

Liberty position: Yea
The House voted: 218 Yea, 203 Nay
Why Yea is the liberty side: A yes vote opposed a new debt cancellation program costing about 400 billion dollars.

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359 current members of Congress were in the House for this vote. Members who have left Congress are not listed.

On the liberty side: 180; 177 Republicans, 2 Democrats, 1 Independent
Against the liberty side: 168; 168 Democrats
Not counted: 11; 4 Republicans, 7 Democrats

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180 current members voted Yea.

Against the liberty side

168 current members voted Nay.

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11 current members missed the vote or voted present. Neither counts for or against a member.

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