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White House, Congress battle on student loans

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    President, House disagree on how to pay for bill

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US House of Representatives just passed a bill to keep student loan interest rates from doubling in July but the White House is threatening a veto.

The president's been visiting college campuses all week calling for congress to keep the rates the same but.

The White House says it has a problem without the house bill would pay the bill that it just pass.

The -- were GeForce.

Here's the money would come out of the health Carol for all that sounds like a political move yet and specifically it would come out of the preventive -- fund which Democrats say.

And helps most of all women's of them -- claiming.

That this is -- pot of what they called the republicans'.

War on women listen.

Should be no surprise to anyone because things have an ongoing assault.

On women's health and this -- in their budget and this is just a continuation and sat.

There -- a lot of -- in the so called war on women.

Entirely correct it and they had to trade above my colleagues across the aisle -- political -- And frankly it's all about politics on both sides of the political aisle because this will never -- come.

Actual legislation.

Because it'll never pasta senate -- And even if -- did as you mentioned Jeff the president -- said he'll -- -- -- we watch the president -- another measure yesterday that he -- gonna help veterans get to college if they want to get President Obama says he wants and every single veteran deserves the opportunity.

To get a decent.

College degree when and if they come back from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Now what he says is happening in many cases is that these so called.

Diploma mills are actually going in promising the vets a decent education well -- is -- really just trying to get cash and he talked about one incident.

In which a college recruit Jeff actually try went to a base and tried to recruit Marines.

With the brain injuries listen.

These Marines had injuries so severe some of them could recall.

What courses the recruiter that signed him up -- -- -- -- That's disgraceful.

It should never happen in America.

So that at that fort -- it based.

Down in Georgia the president signed an executive order which will make it far harder for those college -- the -- -- ones at least to get all into any army base.

And it'll make it much easier for vets to lodge complaints if they feel they're being taken advantage of -- all right Jonathan thank you with -- president.