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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 28, 2022

The conservative group Pacific Legal Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education with the intent of stopping President Joe Biden's student loan cancellation plan, Reuters reports. The lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the South District of Indiana, comes a day after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said that Biden's plan to cancel some student loan debt will cost $400 billion. "Congress did not authorize the executive branch to unilaterally cancel student debt," said Caleb Kruckenberg, an attorney at the foundation. The Education Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.