"The stimulus bill expected to be approved by Congress on Monday won’t extend the freeze on payments and interest for federal student loan borrowers.
The $900 billion pandemic aid package will send $600 direct payments to Americans earning up to $75,000, extend unemployment benefits for another 11 weeks and provide hundreds of billions of dollars in aid for small businesses.
But in the final negotiations, a key provision to help student loan borrowers was left out. On the table had been extending the interest-free payment pause until April. That break is scheduled to end next month." …