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      Student loan rate hike: What you need to know

      Congress has until July 1 to decide whether to extend current low rates on subsidized student loans for more than 7 million undergraduates.

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    • Obama pushes to keep low student loan rates

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      President Obama is kicking off a new push to get Congress to extend current low rates on subsidized student loans for more than 7 million undergraduates.

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