{"id":6205,"date":"2013-06-07T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T21:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-calls-on-congress-to-take-action-before-july-1st-student-loan-interest-rate-hike\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:10:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:10:33","slug":"merkley-calls-on-congress-to-take-action-before-july-1st-student-loan-interest-rate-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-calls-on-congress-to-take-action-before-july-1st-student-loan-interest-rate-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley pide al Congreso que tome medidas antes del aumento de la tasa de inter\u00e9s de los pr\u00e9stamos estudiantiles del 1 de julio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Portland, Oreg\u00f3n \u2013<\/strong> El senador de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, pidi\u00f3 hoy al Congreso que bloquee la reuni\u00f3n prevista para el 1 de julio.<sup>calle<\/sup> duplicaci\u00f3n de la tasa de inter\u00e9s de los pr\u00e9stamos estudiantiles. Merkley se reuni\u00f3 con estudiantes de la Universidad Estatal de Portland para destacar la legislaci\u00f3n que est\u00e1 patrocinando y que permitir\u00eda a los estudiantes pagar sobre sus pr\u00e9stamos estudiantiles la misma tasa de inter\u00e9s que los grandes bancos obtienen cuando piden dinero prestado a la Reserva Federal.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLa educaci\u00f3n superior es el camino m\u00e1s seguro hacia el \u00e9xito y las oportunidades econ\u00f3micas de la clase media. Lo \u00faltimo que deber\u00edamos hacer ahora es dificultar que nuestros estudiantes obtengan una educaci\u00f3n asequible\u201d. <strong>dijo Merkley.<\/strong> &quot;Nuestros estudiantes deber\u00edan obtener las mismas tasas bajas que obtienen los grandes bancos de Wall Street&quot;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Las tasas de inter\u00e9s de los pr\u00e9stamos estudiantiles aumentar\u00e1n del 3,4 al 6,8 por ciento, mientras que los bancos pueden pedir prestado en la ventanilla de descuento de la Reserva Federal a una tasa de aproximadamente el 0,75 por ciento. La Ley de Equidad en Pr\u00e9stamos del Banco de Estudiantes permitir\u00eda a los estudiantes pedir prestado fondos a la misma tasa baja que los bancos piden prestado a la Reserva Federal durante un a\u00f1o, brindando una ventana para que el Congreso encuentre una soluci\u00f3n justa y de largo plazo sobre las tasas de inter\u00e9s de los pr\u00e9stamos estudiantiles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>El <em>Ley de equidad de pr\u00e9stamos del Banco de Estudiantes<\/em> permite a los estudiantes aprovechar las mismas tasas de inter\u00e9s bajas que se ofrecen a los bancos a trav\u00e9s de la ventana de descuento de la Reserva Federal:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Establece las tasas de inter\u00e9s para los pr\u00e9stamos gubernamentales a estudiantes al mismo nivel que los pr\u00e9stamos gubernamentales a los bancos.<\/strong> La Ley proporcionar\u00eda una soluci\u00f3n de un a\u00f1o al inminente aumento de las tasas de inter\u00e9s al establecer la tasa de los pr\u00e9stamos Stafford con subsidio federal a la tasa de inter\u00e9s primaria ofrecida a trav\u00e9s de la ventana de descuento de la Reserva Federal a partir del 1 de julio de 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Financiado por la Reserva Federal, administrado por el Departamento de Educaci\u00f3n.<\/strong> La Reserva Federal pondr\u00eda fondos a disposici\u00f3n del Departamento de Educaci\u00f3n para otorgar estos pr\u00e9stamos. Si bien la Reserva Federal proporcionar\u00eda fondos, el Departamento de Educaci\u00f3n continuar\u00eda administrando todos los dem\u00e1s aspectos del programa federal de pr\u00e9stamos Stafford subsidiados de la misma manera que lo hace actualmente.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cCuando m\u00e1s personas pueden pagar la universidad, nuestras comunidades se benefician. Los empleadores tienen acceso a una fuerza laboral de alta calidad, las empresas tienen clientes que pueden pagar bienes y servicios y las familias tienen una mejor calidad de vida. Invertir en nuestros estudiantes ahora traer\u00e1 prosperidad en el futuro\u201d. <strong>dijo Ryan Robinson, director ejecutivo de Oregon Idea.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Como instructor en Mt. Hood Community College, veo a mis estudiantes enfrentando decisiones financieras dif\u00edciles todos los d\u00edas y la amenaza de un aumento en las tasas de inter\u00e9s agrava los problemas que enfrentan&quot;. <strong>Dijo el representante estatal Chris Gorsek.<\/strong> &quot;Me alegro de que el senador Merkley est\u00e9 trabajando para ayudar a los estudiantes de Oreg\u00f3n&quot;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>En Oreg\u00f3n, hay m\u00e1s de 121.000 estudiantes con pr\u00e9stamos estudiantiles federales Stafford que se ver\u00e1n afectados en julio si el Congreso no aprueba una soluci\u00f3n. La deuda promedio al graduarse de la universidad para los habitantes de Oreg\u00f3n es $24,370.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portland, OR &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley today called on Congress to block a scheduled July 1st doubling of the interest rate on student loans. 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