Neither the White House nor the Department of Education could provide NBCNews with a timeline of the review process on Pres. Biden's authority to cancel student debt, as federal student loan forbearance is set to expire in 4 months.
had asked the Education Department to prepare a memo examining his legal authority to wipe out debt through executive action.
"We're all of the belief that when someone says 'a few weeks,' it's definitely not two months. It's taking too long," said Braxton Brewington, a spokesperson for the"We believe that it is a stall tactic," Brewington added.
It is unclear if the public will be notified once the review is completed or if the memo will ever be made public.
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