By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, The Washington PostEleven Republican-led states sued on Thursday to overturn President Biden’s new student loan repayment plan, arguing the program is a scheme to provide widespread debt relief that the Supreme Court struck downThe federal lawsuit, led by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, largely mirrors the claims in the case that brought down Biden’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 in federal student loans last year.
“In completely brazen fashion the president pressed ahead and implemented another version of the student loan forgiveness program,” Kobach told reporters at a news conference Thursday. Save, which ties monthly payments to earnings and family size, is an amended version of an existing repayment plan known as Revised Pay as You Earn, or Repaye. All four income-driven plans promise to forgive a borrower’s balance after 20 or 25 years of payments.