Schumer adds debt free college to his 2017 agenda

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Schumer adds debt free college to his 2017 agenda
By Kelsey Snell November 7 at 7:31 AM

Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) is expected Monday to tell a group of progressive donors he plans to make debt-free college a part of his agenda as Senate majority leader if Democrats win control of the Senate on Tuesday.

The pledge is part of a broader effort to convince progressive supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to vote for other Democrats on the ballot on Election Day. Schumer will make the appeal as part of a Progressive Change Campaign Committee fundraising email and the last-minute fundraising pitch is the latest sign the Sanders coalition succeeded in shifting the Democratic Party further to the left during the 2016 campaign.

“Major investment in jobs, debt-free college, immigration reform, criminal justice reform, closing corporate tax loopholes, a public option, paid family leave, raising the minimum wage, expanding Social Security, and confirming Supreme Court Justices who will overturn Citizens United will all be possible with a Democratic Majority,” the letter will say.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/11/07/schumer-adds-debt-free-college-to-his-2017-agenda/

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1. "Democrats would still need Republican votes to get the 60 votes necessary to overcome a filibuster"

No they wouldn't cause they could just eliminate the filibuster in its current form.