Making college more affordable by protecting and expanding existing federal student aid programs like Pell Grants and Federal Work Study.
Protect and expand federal student aid programs like Pell Grants and Federal Work-Study to make college more affordable.
Occurrences
Evidence
Bonamici said she would join a Congressional Review Act effort to repeal the Education Department’s finalized rule capping federal student loans, because it would make it harder and more expensive for students to enter public-service professions and would eliminate Grad PLUS.
The Education Department finalized regulations implementing statutory changes to Pell Grant eligibility and creating Workforce Pell Grants under the Working Families Tax Cuts Act.
Assessments
Bonamici took same-term federal action related to college affordability by joining a Congressional Review Act effort against an Education Department student-loan rule that critics said would raise costs and eliminate Grad PLUS. That is a serious attempt to protect student aid access, but the cited action does not show enacted protection or expansion of Pell Grants or Federal Work-Study, and the Pell-related regulatory changes were not shown to be a Bonamici-delivered expansion. Credit is therefore partial rather than delivered.