Politics News Alert: Congress approves bill to save jobs, freeze student loan rates

	Friday, June 29, 2012 2:16:04 PM POLITICS NEWS ALERT Congress approves bill to save jobs, freeze student loan rates The U.S. Congress has approved a measure to freeze federally subsidized loan rates for college students for a year and to fund the nation's transportation construction and maintenance program for two years. It is the first long-term highway measure approved since 2005 and was approved on bipartisan votes of 373 to 52 in the House and 74 to 19 in the Senate. Read more at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/instead-of-do-nothing-congress-is-about-to-do-something-on-highways-student-loans/2012/06/29/gJQASQywAW_story.html?hpid=z1 Or visit washingtonpost.com/politics. SEND TO A FRIEND UNSUBSCRIBE E-MAIL CENTER GET HELP Washington Post Digital E-mail Customer Care 1150 15th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20071  ©2011 The Washington Post Privacy Policy