Speaker Boehner has every right to single out Democrats on this issue. For a party that’s fond of rushing through legislation no one has even read, they sure have been dragging their feet on student loans.

Alexis Levinson of The Daily Caller reports.

Boehner excoriates Dems for student loan rate hikes

WASHINGTON — Congress is back in session, and so is the blame game over which party is at fault for the doubling of student loan rates a week ago.

House Republican leadership excoriated Senate Democrats at a press conference Monday afternoon for failing to pass a bill to avoid student loan hikes, and attacked President Barack Obama for not getting his party in line, questioning whether Democrats even wanted a solution to the rate increases.

“Republicans have acted to stop student loans interest rate from doubling … The White House and Senate Democrats have let these students down, and frankly I think they deserve better,” Boehner said, standing on the steps of the Capitol building flanked on all sides by a group of students.

The Republican-controlled House passed a bill that would keep student loan rates from rising. It is similar to the proposal outlined by Obama in his budget. A similar proposal was made in the Senate by a bipartisan group of Senators, but Majority Leader Harry Reid shot it down almost immediately, saying it would allow federal student loan rates to spike several years down the road. Unable to reach an agreement, the Senate left for Fourth of July recess, during which time the interest rates on federal student loans doubled.

Speaking of the Senate’s handling of the issue, Boehner said: “You begin to wonder whether they’re looking for a solution.”