On 11/22/2022, during the press briefing, a reporter asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “And secondly, on student loans, is there sort of an estimate for when the legal challenges will sort of start wrapping up? The President said back in October that he thought relief would go out in two weeks. And, of course, that has come and gone. So what should people expect in terms of timeline for when these legal challenges? “
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: On your question of student loan, are you talking about — what specifically? Just — because you said two weeks has passed, but, as you know, we — as you know, there — we have — it — we have sent us up to the highest court of the land — the highest court of our nation to make sure that we move forward quickly with making sure that the student laun- — student loan relief that the President put forward — his plan — gets to the American — American — American people very quickly.
As we know, there are about 16 million people who have — who have signed up and have been approved to get that loan. But that — not loan, but that re- — that relief. And so we think it’s incredibly important to make that happen. We believe very strongly — we’re in cof- — we are … But, again, I want to be very clear here — and I’ve said this many times before — it is really unfortunate that we see congressional officials and special interest groups block — try to block this. What we — the way that this President see this — sees the student debt relief, he seizes that opportunity to give Americans a little bit of breathing room … to be able to buy a house, to be able to really move forward with their lives in a way that they’re — they have that opportunity to do so with a lot — a little bit of — again, a little bit of that …
Q On the debt limit, you said that you welcome Congress resolving this issue. Two questions about that. First, the definition of “resolving this issue.” Are you thinking like just a little bump-up to get through a month? Or are you thinking permanently resolving this issue, as some Democrats have recommended?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I appreciate the question. I’m just not going to get into specifics on how they’re going to move forward on doing this. But we believe it should not be used as political brinksmanship. This should be — this should be done. It was done three times under the previous President, by Republicans. And so there’s no reason why we can’t do this again.
Q And you said that you would welcome Congress doing this. Is the White House actively working to get Congress to address this in the lame duck?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, look, as I’ve said before, you know, we are — we are continuing to have conversations — we always do — with congressional members and just on a — just on a regular basis, as we do here at the White House. I don’t have anything specifics to read out, any conversation to read out. But, again, this is something that we welcome. We, again, don’t see this — we do not believe this should be used as political brinksmanship.
Q Yes, I just wanted to follow up also on the lame duck session and see if the administration is still prioritizing passing the debt limit.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, look, on your first question about the debt ceiling, it should never — and I’ve said this before — it should never be a matter of political brinksmanship. We’ve been very clear: Congressional Republicans voted three times to left the — to lift the debt ceiling under a previous — under the previous President; three times that they were able to do this.
Congress must once again responsibly address the debt ceiling before its expiration. The sooner they act, the better for our economy and our country. We would welcome Congress resolving this issue during the lame duck. That is something that we are certainly open to and want to see. And we are consulting closely with congressional leadership on the issue. Again, it should not be used as a political brinksmanship.
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Q: before Midterm Biden promised student loans in 2 weeks? A:16M students should blame GOPs blocking; debt limit