## [Student loan debt challenges us all](https://www.getpeanutbutter.com/student-loan-debt-challenges-us-all/)

by [Andrew Bordewick](https://www.getpeanutbutter.com/author/andrew-bordewick/ "Posts by Andrew Bordewick") | Aug 5, 2016 | [Insights](https://www.getpeanutbutter.com/category/insights/), [Press Room](https://www.getpeanutbutter.com/category/press-room/)

If you have student loan debt, you know the impact it has on your monthly take-home pay. When you’re contributing a car payment’s worth of money to your student loan servicer every month, that makes it pretty hard to actually buy a new car or save much...

## [Peanut Butter talks with U.S. Senator Dick Durbin](https://www.getpeanutbutter.com/dick-durbin/)

by [Andrew Bordewick](https://www.getpeanutbutter.com/author/andrew-bordewick/ "Posts by Andrew Bordewick") | May 24, 2016 | [Government Relations](https://www.getpeanutbutter.com/category/government-relations/)

On the afternoon of Friday, May 13, Peanut Butter visited the Chicago office of U.S. Senator Dick Durbin. Our CEO David Aronson provided an overview of Peanut Butter as a company and the services we provide that enable companies to offer a valuable student loan...

## [UpRight Law announces new student loan benefit](https://www.getpeanutbutter.com/upright-law-announces-new-student-loan-benefit/)

by [Andrew Bordewick](https://www.getpeanutbutter.com/author/andrew-bordewick/ "Posts by Andrew Bordewick") | May 4, 2016 | [Press Room](https://www.getpeanutbutter.com/category/press-room/)

On Monday, May 2, 2016, CEO Ed Scanlan announced that the company would begin offering student loan repayment contributions to employees. Scanlan made the announcement and provided remarks as part a press conference held by Congressman Robert Dold (IL-10). Mr. Dold...

## [Peanut Butter supports new legislation that takes aim at student loan debt crisis](https://www.getpeanutbutter.com/new-legislation/)

by [Andrew Bordewick](https://www.getpeanutbutter.com/author/andrew-bordewick/ "Posts by Andrew Bordewick") | May 2, 2016 | [Government Relations](https://www.getpeanutbutter.com/category/government-relations/)

Today, Peanut Butter and 1871 will host Congressman Robert Dold (IL-10) as Dold introduces new legislation to the U.S. House of Representatives. The HELP (Higher Education Loan Payments) for Students and Parents Act is aimed at reducing the student loan burden on...

## [More on how Congress might solve student loan debt and help companies too](https://www.getpeanutbutter.com/bob-dold/)

by [Andrew Bordewick](https://www.getpeanutbutter.com/author/andrew-bordewick/ "Posts by Andrew Bordewick") | Apr 28, 2016 | [Government Relations](https://www.getpeanutbutter.com/category/government-relations/)

I wrote in a previous blog that Peanut Butter sat down with Congressman Rodney Davis (R, IL – 13) to discuss a bill he sponsored that would enable companies to make tax-free contributions towards their employees’ student loan repayment. On April 4, 2016,...

## [Congress considers a student loan solution that helps companies too](https://www.getpeanutbutter.com/rodney-davis/)

by [Andrew Bordewick](https://www.getpeanutbutter.com/author/andrew-bordewick/ "Posts by Andrew Bordewick") | Apr 25, 2016 | [Government Relations](https://www.getpeanutbutter.com/category/government-relations/)

Congressman Rodney Davis (R, IL-13) visited 1871, Chicago’s entrepreneurial hub for tech startups on March 4, 2016 to meet with Peanut Butter CEO David Aronson. The topic of the meeting was student loan debt in the U.S., and potential solutions for the $1.3...