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| Candidates Join Clinton in Push for Tuition Plan Inspired by Sanders | Candidates Join Clinton in Push for Tuition Plan Inspired by Sanders |
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| Senator Bernie Sanders has at last enthusiastically endorsed Hillary Clinton. Now Democratic Senate candidates are rallying around the push to ease college debt that Mrs. Clinton embraced last week to show Sanders supporters that she had adopted some of his political and policy ideals. | |
| The Progressive Change Campaign Committee says that multiple candidates in top-tier Senate races are jointly endorsing the debt-free concept, which could eventually provide free in-state tuition to eligible students. The move suggests that the program to try to ease student debt is going to be a central element of the national Democratic argument for a Senate majority. | The Progressive Change Campaign Committee says that multiple candidates in top-tier Senate races are jointly endorsing the debt-free concept, which could eventually provide free in-state tuition to eligible students. The move suggests that the program to try to ease student debt is going to be a central element of the national Democratic argument for a Senate majority. |
| “We have to fight to ensure that graduates of public colleges and universities are able to begin their career without this growing burden,” said Patty Judge, the Democratic opponent to Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa. | “We have to fight to ensure that graduates of public colleges and universities are able to begin their career without this growing burden,” said Patty Judge, the Democratic opponent to Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa. |
| Other Democratic Senate contenders now backing the approach, according to the progressive organization, include Russ Feingold in Wisconsin; Kamala Harris in California; Gov. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, who is seeking a Senate seat; and Deborah Ross in North Carolina. Senators Ron Wyden of Oregon and Michael Bennet of Colorado, who are both seeking re-election, have also lent their support. | Other Democratic Senate contenders now backing the approach, according to the progressive organization, include Russ Feingold in Wisconsin; Kamala Harris in California; Gov. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, who is seeking a Senate seat; and Deborah Ross in North Carolina. Senators Ron Wyden of Oregon and Michael Bennet of Colorado, who are both seeking re-election, have also lent their support. |
| Mrs. Clinton’s program, modeled after a Sanders plan, would allow members of families with an income of $125,000 or less to qualify for free tuition at schools in their home states by 2021. Funding will depend partly on participation by the states, but the idea has had wide appeal and will also be included in the party platform. | Mrs. Clinton’s program, modeled after a Sanders plan, would allow members of families with an income of $125,000 or less to qualify for free tuition at schools in their home states by 2021. Funding will depend partly on participation by the states, but the idea has had wide appeal and will also be included in the party platform. |
| “We are seeing a domino effect, and the entire Democratic Party is landing in a new place defined by big, popular, progressive ideas like debt-free college,” said Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. | “We are seeing a domino effect, and the entire Democratic Party is landing in a new place defined by big, popular, progressive ideas like debt-free college,” said Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. |