<div class='node-body'><p>While the US Congress is expected to approve a deal by Friday over how to prevent a spike in interest rates on federal student loans, College students should still expect to face a roughly $20 billion increase in the cost of those loans, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/some-student-loans-to-become-more-expensive-despite-deal/2012/06/27/gJQAltw46V_story.html" target="_blank">reports</a> <em>the Washington Post</em>.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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