In Congress, Gwen Moore will work to expand access to higher education by increasing the maximum Pell Grant award and reducing the cost of student loans.
In Congress, Gwen Moore will work to expand access to higher education by increasing the maximum Pell Grant award and reducing the cost of student loans.
Occurrences
Evidence
Roll Call 613 was on passage of H.R. 2669, the College Cost Reduction Act of 2007. The vote passed 273-149; the roll call lists Moore (WI), Democratic, Wisconsin, as voting Aye.
Congress.gov lists H.R.2669 as becoming Public Law No. 110-84 on 09/27/2007. Its CRS summary says Sec. 102 increased maximum Pell grant amounts and Sec. 201 phased in undergraduate student loan interest-rate cuts from 6.8% to 3.4%.
Public Law 110-84, Sec. 102, titled Mandatory Pell Grant Increases, appropriated additional funds for FY2008-FY2017 and directed them to increase the maximum Federal Pell Grant by specified amounts for award years 2008-2009 through 2012-2013.
Public Law 110-84, Sec. 201, titled Interest Rate Reductions, set reduced rates for undergraduate subsidized loans, stepping from 6.8% before July 1, 2008 to 3.4% for loans first disbursed July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012.
Assessments
Moore promised to work in Congress to expand higher-education access by increasing the maximum Pell Grant and reducing student-loan costs. During the 110th Congress, H.R. 2669 became Public Law 110-84, which enacted mandatory Pell Grant increases and phased reductions in subsidized undergraduate loan interest rates. Moore voted Aye on House passage, a concrete pro-passage action. Because the law passed after her initial campaign/first-term window but while she remained in Congress and contributed through her vote, this counts as delivered with later_term timing.