President Joe Biden’s latest extension to the pause on federal student loan payments will cost an additional $40 billion, according to a federal budget watchdog group.

The president announced last week that the pause on federal student loan payments would continue until at least the end of June after federal courts blocked the administration’s attempts to wipe out up to $20,000 in federally held student loans per borrower.
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