A coalition of groups on March 8 urged President Joe Biden’s administration to end the pause on student loan payments, arguing the policy is costing taxpayers billions of dollars each month. “The moratorium is fundamentally unfair and is a special favor for affluent elites at the expense of low- and middle-income Americans,” the Americans for Tax Reform, FreedomWorks, and other groups wrote to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona. Former President Donald Trump’s administration imposed the student loan payment pause in March 2020, representing it at the time as lasting for 60 days. But it has been in place ever since, extended both by Trump administration officials and, later, officials in Biden’s administration. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters in December 2021 that the policy would be allowed to expire on Feb. 1, 2022. That promise was later reversed, and the pause was extended through May 1. “This additional extension …