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October 30, 2022
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Student Loan Relief Application Form Now Accessible for Americans Abroad!

UPDATE! As of Friday, October 28 at 2:45pm ET, the Department of Education's online application form is now available for Americans abroad, thanks to Democrats Abroad! (Read more about our......
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October 25, 2022

Two Weeks To Go: Return Your Ballot & Help Us Fight For Every Last Overseas Vote

With just two weeks left until the November 8 midterm elections, it’s all hands on deck!  ...
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October 24, 2022
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Democrats Abroad Letter to the U.S. Department of Education About Federal Student Loan Relief Application Form Inaccessible for Americans Abroad

Below is a copy of the letter Democrats Abroad sent to the Department of Education and Financial Student Aid about the Federal Student Loan Relief application form being inaccessible for......
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October 19, 2022

Applications for student loan relief are now open!

Early reports confirm that the Department of Education's application form page is blocked outside of the U.S.. In order for Americans abroad to apply for the student loan relief online......
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October 18, 2022

Voting from Abroad 101

Voting in the November 8 midterms elections is the best tool you have to make your voice heard on important issues, from climate change to bodily autonomy to election administration. If......
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August 29, 2022

Democrats Deliver: Student Loan Relief is Here!

Last week, President Biden delivered on his 2020 campaign promise to provide welcome relief to the estimated 43 million Americans weighed down by the twin burdens of predatory student loan......
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August 26, 2022

Statement on the 19th Amendment

  Today is Women’s Equality Day, which commemorates the anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Passed in 1920, the 19th Amendment prohibits States and the Federal......
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August 12, 2022

Statement Celebrating the Inflation Reduction Act

Democrats Abroad is grateful to Democratic U.S. Senators for passing the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a bill that will have a positive impact on our world for generations to......
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August 11, 2022

Progress to Repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision

Democrats Abroad is encouraged by the advancement of the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R.82) which would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). WEP has unfairly and disproportionately impacted Americans abroad,......
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June 24, 2022

We Can & We Must Fight Back

MUNICH–The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is an abhorrent and unprecedented assault on our fundamental human rights. Today is a dark day, a hard day in American......
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