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HOW DID YOUR MISSISSIPPI REPRESENTATIVES & SENATORS VOTE?
Higher Education Opportunity Act (PL 110-315)
- This law increase Pell Grant awards and Perkins loan limits, in an effort to help the neediest borrowers.
- The law also imposes new requirements on participants in the private student loan programs, to be sure that students and families are fairly treated while seeking these increasingly necessary funds.
- There are many new programs in this law, including several that foster access to higher education by providing counseling and other supports, including financial literacy education.
| Mississippi | |||||
| Rep | Travis Childers (D-MS-1) | Y | |||
| Rep | Bennie Thompson (D-MS-2) | Y | |||
| Rep | Charles Pickering (R-MS-3) | Y | |||
| Rep | Gene Taylor (D-MS-4) | Y | |||
| Sen | Thad Cochran | Y | |||
| Sen | Roger Wicker | Y | |||
The College Cost Reduction and Access Act (PL 110-84)
This bill was hailed as the largest federal investment in higher education since enactment of the GI Bill.
- It reduced payments to lenders and cut the interest rate on subsidized student loans in half—from 6.8% to 3.4% over a four-year period.
- The bill increased investments in grant aid for the neediest borrowers by increasing the Pell Grant maximum award.
- The new TEACH Grant program which helps prospective teachers pay for college and a new loan forgiveness program for public sector employees were created.
| Mississippi | |||||
| Rep | Roger Wicker (D-MS-1) | N | |||
| Rep | Bennie Thompson (D-MS-2) | Y | |||
| Rep | Charles Pickering (R-MS-3) | N | |||
| Rep | Gene Taylor (D-MS-4) | Y | |||
| Sen | Thad Cochran | Y | |||
| Sen | Trent Lott | Not Voting | |||
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