Looks like very recent proposal and the money hasn't been forgiven yet? If they had the power all along, then why wait til the week before the election?

> Looks like very recent proposal and the money hasn't been forgiven yet?

No, look down at the bottom under "A Significant Track Record of Borrower Assistance".

> If they had the power all along, then why wait til the week before the election?

Judges blocked all the other ways they tried to do it.