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To: tntpal who wrote (945352)	7/6/2016 5:36:52 PM
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Hillary Clinton Expanding College Plan to Offer Free Tuition to Millions Plan is a modified version of what Sen. Bernie Sanders pushed during his presidential campaign The change in her higher-education proposal is a big move toward Bernie Sanders by Hillary Clinton, who argued throughout the primary contest that her college-affordability plan was superior. Photo: Zuma Press By Laura Meckler and Siobhan Hughes Updated July 6, 2016 12:19 p.m. ET In a bid to win over rival Bernie Sanders and his supporters, Democrat Hillary Clinton is expanding her college plan to offer free tuition to millions of families, a modified version of what Mr. Sanders pushed during his presidential campaign and a major concession. The new plan will offer free tuition at public schools to students in families earning up to $85,000 a year at first, with that threshold increasing to $125,000 by 2021. Mr. Sanders welcomed the plan as “a revolutionary step forward.” Speaking to reporters, he applauded her move as “very, very significant” and said the new plan combines the best of both candidates’ ideas. But he continued to hold off an endorsement for Mrs. Clinton, who has the Democratic nomination in hand. “This is one issue—there are other issues,” he said. Throughout their primary campaign, Mrs. Clinton argued that her college affordability plan was superior. Her proposal guaranteed that families wouldn’t have to borrow money to attend college, but insisted that students and their parents contribute what they could afford. She described this as a way to make sure everybody had “skin in the game.” In a statement, Mrs. Clinton sidestepped the political imperatives in revising her plan and continued to talk about her policy in terms of “debt-free” college, as opposed to Mr. Sanders’s more sweeping vision of “tuition-free” school. “American families are drowning in debt caused by ever-rising college costs and it is imperative that the next president put forward a bold plan to make debt-free college available to all,” she said. It is not clear how many additional families would get free tuition under the modified version compared with the original Clinton plan. The campaign also didn’t say how much the new version would cost or how she would pay for it. Mr. Sanders’s plan, which was much more expensive than the Clinton version, eliminated tuition at public colleges altogether. Young voters overwhelmingly backed Mr. Sanders over Mrs. Clinton, and many cited this proposal. Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs said the Vermont senator is particularly interested in Mrs. Clinton moving toward him on health care. “He’s pretty clearly said in interviews that he is interested in seeing some progress on this topic [college costs] and on health care,” Mr. Briggs said. On health care, Mrs. Clinton has said that she supports allowing younger people who are nearing retirement to buy into Medicare. She has also said she backs a public option to compete with private insurers on the new health care exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act. But Mrs. Clinton hasn’t promoted either idea or given any details. Mr. Sanders is coming under increasing pressure to endorse Mrs. Clinton from congressional Democrats, who are growing frustrated and feel that he is dragging the process out. At a closed-door meeting with House Democrats on Tuesday morning, Democratic lawmakers shouted “timeline, timeline” and said “answer the question,” when Mr. Sanders was asked when he would endorse Mrs. Clinton, according to a Democratic aide. “He took a little bit of heat, and did it with grace,” said Rep. Gerry Connolly (D., Va.) “He was certainly pressed—‘When are you going to endorse? What is the timeline?’” A Clinton aide said that she made the decision to modify her college plan after a meeting last month with Mr. Sanders, where the pair discussed their respective plans and “strategized” about the best way to promote the issue in the party’s platform and fall campaign. The Democratic platform committee is meeting this weekend to consider recommendations from a drafting committee, and some version of the new Clinton proposal is likely to be adopted. The campaign said her new proposal would eliminate tuition for more than 80% of families, who would owe no tuition for students at in-state public colleges and universities. She is also promising “immediate” executive action to offer all students with college debt a three-month moratorium on repaying loans. That would give them time to consolidate loans, sign up for income-based repayment plans and take advantage of ways to reduce interest payments and fees, the campaign said. Borrowers who are delinquent or in default would have additional options. Mrs. Clinton’s revised plan would also restore Pell Grant funding for summer school. A Clinton aide didn’t reply to a question about how much the new college plan would cost or how she would pay for it. Last August, Mrs. Clinton estimated her debt-free college plan at $350 billion over 10 years. Mr. Sanders said his plan would cost $750 billion over 10 years, with tens of billions more required from the states.