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Topic usage by elites: 0.53% all, 1.25% Senate Democrats, 0.25% Senate Republicans, 0.55% House Democrats, 0.09% House Republicans.
Top Members of Congress: @SenatorBaldwin (D-WI), @RepTierney (D-MA), @SenJeffMerkley (D-OR), @SenWarren (D-MA), @SenatorDurbin (D-IL)
Topic usage by media and public: 0.27% Media, 0.05% informed public, 0.04% random users, 0.18% Democratic supporters, 0.03% Republican supporters.

Sample of representative tweets by Members of Congress:

Students need a long-term solution to make college more affordable. Avg. student loan debt is approx $26,000. #askdems #dontdoublemyrate

JacksonLeeTX18 (@JacksonLeeTX18)

Avg. #studentloan debt is ~$30K. Grads are struggling to pay. Let's provide some relief & enable borrowers to refinance #HigherEdNotDebt

RepTierney (@RepTierney)

Student loan debt is crippling our middle class. Disappointed GOP blocked the #BankOnStudents Act to help ease this burden

SenatorHagan (@SenatorHagan)

Today I annced the Federal Student Loan Refinancing Act to allow borrowers to refinance loans at lower rate of 4%: http://t.co/d0mXQf1GWi

SenGillibrand (@SenGillibrand)

@YoungInvincible Yes, that's why @HouseDemocrats want to help students refinance their loans to lower rates, increase access to Pell Grants

repdonnaedwards (@repdonnaedwards)

Congress should pass #BankonStudents Act 2 allow borrowers 2 refinance student loans at lower rates & help 678k NCians pay off student debt

SenatorHagan (@SenatorHagan)

Sample of representative media tweets:

The rating system would evaluate colleges on several criteria - average tuition, student loan debt, graduation rates. #NewsHourChats

NewsHour (@NewsHour)

Elizabeth Warren: Let's tax millionaires to allow students to refinance their debt http://t.co/Brp9KQGriG

thinkprogress (@thinkprogress)

Report: Seven in 10 students graduate from college with loans; average debt is $29,000+ http://t.co/KHT3YVuaW4

washingtonpost (@washingtonpost)

Student loans surpass $1 trillion. About 9% of all consumer debt is now student loans, up from 3% a decade ago. http://t.co/RZ977PH2AG

WSJ (@WSJ)

Average student loan debt hits $40,000, has nearly doubled over 10 years: http://t.co/wW4KUozbBr

WSJ (@WSJ)

Obama pushes bill to refinance student debt; also plans executive action to help student borrowers http://t.co/CQbVSmCerc

ajam (@ajam)