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Looming Loan Rate Increase Has Students Worried

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California congressional representatives are joining students in the nation's capital Thursday to try to stop a student loan interest rate hike. If Congress doesn't act by July 1, rates on federally subsidized loans will double. The hike would mean thousands of dollars more debt for the average student.

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