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"Under the Romney/Ryan budget, interest rates on federal student loans would be allowed to double."

Barack Obama on Friday, May 4th, 2012 in a graphical tool on the campaign website

Barack Obama's "Life of Julia" tool says Mitt Romney would allow student loan rates to double

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President Barack Obama's reelection campaign released a web-based tool called "The Life of Julia" to show how his policies benefit women of all ages.
We checked a claim from "The Life of Julia" about student loan interest rates.

The Obama campaign has created Julia, a character on its website, to show the contrasts between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
"The Life of Julia" is a Web cartoon that claims Julia would have a richer and more rewarding life under Obama than under Romney.
The cartoon compares the candidates' impact on Julia at a dozen points in her life. For this item, we're checking the claim about Julia at age 25.
"Under President Obama: After graduation, Julia's federal student loans are more manageable since President Obama capped income-based federal student loan payments and kept interest rates low. She makes her payments on time every month, keeping her on track to repay her student loans."
"Under Mitt Romney: Under the Romney/Ryan budget, interest rates on federal student loans would be allowed to double, affecting Julia and 7.4 million other students."
That surprised us because we recalled Romney and House Republican leaders saying recently that they did not want the rates to double. So we looked into the claim.
What’s at stake
First, some background on the student loan issue.
As PolitiFact Ohio noted recently, the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (H.R. 2669) was passed by Congress in 2007. The law gradually reduced the interest rate on federally subsidized loans to undergraduate student borrowers from 6.8 percent in July 2006 to 3.4 percent in July 2011.
Advanced by a newly Democratic-majority Congress, the law had bipartisan support. Democrats were joined by 77 House Republicans and 35 Senate Republicans. The bill was signed by President George W. Bush.
The law expires in July and if no action is taken, the interest rate will return to 6.8 percent. That would affect more than 7 million borrowers, and add $1,000 a year to the repayment cost of the average loan, according to Education Secretary Arne Duncan.
Obama's budget proposal for fiscal 2013 included money to extend the lower rate, though only for one year. Romney, Ryan and House Republican leaders would also keep it at 3.4 percent, although they want to pay for it by repealing a portion of the Democratic health care law.
Romney’s position on the loan issue
During a campaign of sharp disagreements, the student loan rate is a rare example of unity between Obama and Romney.
At an April 23, 2012, campaign appearance near Philadelphia, Romney said, "I support extending the temporary relief on interest rates for students" given the "extraordinarily poor conditions in the job market."
The Associated Press reported that Romney did not offer specifics on how the extension should be paid for or how long it should last, and as we will explain below, resolving these differences will not be easy.
Still, the comments indicate that Julia's rates wouldn't rise under Romney as the cartoon suggests.
Romney’s position on the Ryan budget
But note that Obama campaign attempts to link Romney to the budget produced by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. Democrats have made the Ryan budget a centerpiece of their attacks since it would likely lead to deep cuts in federal spending, including reductions in popular programs.
The Obama campaign pointed us to two pieces of evidence to link Romney to Ryan’s budget.
First, Romney said at a March campaign event in Chicago, "I'm very supportive of the Ryan budget plan. It's a bold and exciting effort on his part and on the part of the Republicans, and it's very much consistent with what I put out earlier. ... I applaud it. It's an excellent piece of work and very much needed."
Second, the Obama campaign quotes Ryan saying on the March 25, 2012, edition of CBS’ Face the Nation that he expects Romney to implement his budget proposal if he wins the presidency. When CBS’ Norah O’Donnell asked Ryan, "If Mitt Romney became president of the United States, you`re convinced he would follow through with a lot of the reductions that you make in this plan?" Ryan twice said "yes."
But these statements are hardly a slam-dunk that Romney has embraced the entire Ryan budget -- nor that it will be enacted. While Romney praised the proposal, he stopped short of promising to enact it.
Then there’s the question of what the Ryan budget would actually do regarding student loans.
What Ryan would do
The Ryan budget is a blueprint, with significant discretion left for future congressional actions on the specifics about revenues and spending. Nowhere in the budget does it say, "Allow the rates on student loans to double." The budget could result in a doubling of rates (or perhaps a smaller increase) if that’s what Congress chooses to do in the future. However, Congress could choose to protect the lower interest rates and cut elsewhere instead.
"Democrats are claiming that the House-passed budget doubled the rate because it did not directly address the question of how to extend it," said Conor Sweeney, a spokesman for the House Budget Committee, which Ryan chairs. "This is not how a budget works. The budget sets overall targets and gives committees of jurisdiction broad latitude in meeting those targets."
As it happens, the brouhaha on the campaign trail over student loans prompted Republican leaders on April 27 to vote on a bill to stop the rate from doubling. The bill would continue the 3.4 percent rate and pay for it by repealing a provision of Obama’s health care law known as the Prevention and Public Health Fund. The bill passed by a 215-195 vote. The coalition in support was predominantly but not exclusively Republican; 13 Democrats voted for the GOP leadership-backed bill while 30 Republicans defected and voted against it.
So both parties want to keep the rate the same. The sticking point is how to pay for it. Many Democrats, including the White House, are strongly opposed to repealing the health fund, which supports immunization, research, screenings and wellness education. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has labeled the money a "slush fund," a characterization Republicans have long used for the program. PolitiFact rated the term as a Pants on Fire falsehood a year ago.
Sweeney, the Ryan spokesman, said the bill that passed the House "is fully compatible with our budget’s targets." And Ryan himself voted for it.
The parties are so polarized that it's not clear how they might compromise on the issue. Still, a majority of the House, including a large majority of Republicans, did go on record to support a bill that would keep the interest rate from doubling.
Our ruling
The Obama campaign claims that loan rates would double on Julia under Romney and the Ryan budget. But the evidence suggests otherwise.
Romney opposes allowing the rates to double, and House Republicans -- including Ryan -- have voted to stop it from happening. Their approach to pay for the extension may not suit the White House, but it's inaccurate to say the rates would double. We rate the claim False.


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People can change their mind on social issues such as these. I don't consider it a big deal. If nobody would have ever changed their minds on minorities we would still have slaves.....shows good character sometimes to admit a previous opinion you have on something was prob incorrect.
 

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People can change their mind on social issues such as these. I don't consider it a big deal. If nobody would have ever changed their minds on minorities we would still have slaves.....shows good character sometimes to admit a previous opinion you have on something was prob incorrect.

Don't tell that to Republican's!! There is only one way they are allowed to think... otherwise their cult leaders will give them lashings!
 

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Obama Still Has Not Signed 'Nondiscrimination Executive Order'



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President Obama made what's being heralded as a big announcement on same sex marriage. "I've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married," Obama told ABC News in an interview broadcast this morning. Obama's the first sitting president to come out in favor of same sex marriage.
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But what this might actually mean in terms of policy is a little murkier. Perhaps most pressing is the issue of a so-called "nondiscrimination executive order" that gay-rights groups have been pushing. The president has refused—and continues to refuse—to sign it.
"The order, which has been drafted for months awaiting the president’s signature, would prohibit discrimination by federal contractors on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity," the Washington Post reported. "It has become a major focus for gay-rights groups, but in recent weeks activists began to worry that the White House might opt against approval."
Obama's announcement today gives no indication that he's changed his mind on this issue.
 
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People can change their mind on social issues such as these. I don't consider it a big deal. If nobody would have ever changed their minds on minorities we would still have slaves.....shows good character sometimes to admit a previous opinion you have on something was prob incorrect.

When a Republican changes stance on a critical issue like this he's a flop-flopper and/or a liar.

When a Democrat does it, his mindless lemmings say: "People can change their mind on social issues such as these. I don't consider it a big deal. "

Carry on.
 

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