{"id":6219,"date":"2013-05-14T18:16:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T22:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-cosponsors-bill-to-lower-student-loan-rates\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:10:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:10:34","slug":"merkley-cosponsors-bill-to-lower-student-loan-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-cosponsors-bill-to-lower-student-loan-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley copatrocina proyecto de ley para reducir las tasas de pr\u00e9stamos estudiantiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC- Hoy, el Senador de Oreg\u00f3n Jeff Merkley copatrocin\u00f3 un proyecto de ley que permitir\u00eda a los estudiantes pagar la misma tasa de inter\u00e9s en sus pr\u00e9stamos Stafford subsidiados por el gobierno federal que los grandes bancos cuando toman dinero prestado de la Reserva Federal. El 1 de julio de este a\u00f1o, las tasas de inter\u00e9s de los pr\u00e9stamos para estudiantes aumentar\u00e1n del 3,4 al 6,8 por ciento, mientras que los bancos pueden pedir prestado de la ventanilla de descuento de la Reserva Federal a una tasa de aproximadamente el 0,75 por ciento.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa fortaleza y vitalidad de nuestra econom\u00eda depende de que los estudiantes tengan acceso a la educaci\u00f3n superior. La deuda masiva y los altos intereses bloquear\u00e1n ese acceso o disminuir\u00e1n en gran medida las opciones de los estudiantes. Ninguno es bueno o aceptable\u201d, dijo Merkley. \u201cEn un momento en que los estadounidenses deben m\u00e1s deudas de pr\u00e9stamos estudiantiles que deudas de tarjetas de cr\u00e9dito, lo \u00faltimo que podemos permitirnos es que las tasas de inter\u00e9s de los pr\u00e9stamos estudiantiles se dupliquen este verano. Estoy orgulloso de copatrocinar este proyecto de ley para brindarles a los estudiantes el mismo trato que disfrutan nuestras instituciones financieras m\u00e1s grandes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>El proyecto de ley fue patrocinado por la Senadora Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). La deuda de pr\u00e9stamos estudiantiles es la segunda cantidad m\u00e1s alta de deuda que enfrentan los estadounidenses, detr\u00e1s de la deuda hipotecaria, superando la deuda de tarjetas de cr\u00e9dito en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC- Today, Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley cosponsored a bill that would allow students to pay the same interest rate on their federally-subsidized Stafford loans as big banks get when they borrow money from the Federal Reserve. 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