Politics News The Senate rejected a move to restore lower interest rates on some new federal student loans on Tuesday. Forty-nine senators voted against the bill. On July 1, following congressional inaction, the rates on some new loans doubled from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. This was the first effort to reverse that spike, which is expected to hit about 7 million students returning to college in the fall with an extra $2,600 increase in their payments. Below, the Twitter and Facebook contact information of every senator who voted "nay" on the measure to lower student loan rates. (Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) also voted "nay," but did so for procedural reasons, so that he could enter a motion to reconsider the vote at a later point): Senator Party State Vote M001153 Lisa Murkowski R AK Nay S001141 Jeff Sessions R AL Nay S000320 Richard C. Shelby R AL Nay B001236 John Boozman R AR Nay F000444 Jeff Flake R AZ Nay M000303 John McCain R AZ Nay R000595 Marco Rubio R FL Nay C000286 Saxby Chambliss R GA Nay I000055 Johnny Isakson R GA Nay G000386 Chuck Grassley R IA Nay R000584 James E. Risch R ID Nay C000880 Mike Crapo R ID Nay K000360 Mark Kirk R IL Nay C000542 Daniel Coats R IN Nay M000934 Jerry Moran R KS Nay R000307 Pat Roberts R KS Nay M000355 Mitch McConnell R KY Nay P000603 Rand Paul R KY Nay V000127 David Vitter R LA Nay K000383 Angus S. King, Jr. I ME Nay C001035 Susan M. Collins R ME Nay B000575 Roy Blunt R MO Nay C000567 Thad Cochran R MS Nay W000437 Roger F. Wicker R MS Nay B001135 Richard Burr R NC Nay H001061 John Hoeven R ND Nay F000463 Deb Fischer R NE Nay J000291 Mike Johanns R NE Nay A000368 Kelly Ayotte R NH Nay C001100 Jeffrey Chiesa R NJ Nay H001041 Dean Heller R NV Nay P000449 Rob Portman R OH Nay C000560 Tom Coburn R OK Nay I000024 James M. Inhofe R OK Nay T000461 Patrick J. Toomey R PA Nay S001184 Tim Scott R SC Nay G000359 Lindsey Graham R SC Nay T000250 John Thune R SD Nay C001071 Bob Corker R TN Nay A000360 Lamar Alexander R TN Nay C001056 John Cornyn R TX Nay C001098 Ted Cruz R TX Nay L000577 Mike Lee R UT Nay H000338 Orrin G. Hatch R UT Nay J000293 Ron Johnson R WI Nay M001183 Joe Manchin, III D WV Nay B001261 John Barrasso R WY Nay E000285 Michael B. Enzi R WY Nay Also on HuffPost: Loading Slideshow... Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) (L) participates in a reenacted swearing-in with his wife Cheryl Flake (C) and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in the Old Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol January 3, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) Vice President Joe Biden administers the Senate Oath to Sen. 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Ted Cruz (R-TX) (L) participates in a reenacted swearing-in with his wife Heidi Nelson Cruz, daughters Caroline and Catherine, and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (R) in the Old Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol January 3, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) (L) participates in a reenacted swearing-in with his wife Anne Bright Holton and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in the Old Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol January 3, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 03: U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) (L) participates in a reenacted swearing-in with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in the Old Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol January 3, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) Vice President Joe Biden, right, re-enacts the swearing in of Sen. Brian Emanuel Schatz, D-Hawaii., left, as wife Linda Schatz, holds the bible and watches at center, during a ceremony in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Contribute to this Story: Send us a tip Send us a photo or video Suggest a correction FOLLOW POLITICS Like 255k Get Alerts
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