Education Department pausing plan to garnish Social Security checks over defaulted loans

USA TODAY - For more and to sign up click here Tara Suter The Department of Education has not gone through with a plan to garnish Social Security checks over defaulted loans, a department spokesperson told The Hill. “The Department has not offset any social security benefits since restarting collections on May 5, and has put a pause on any future social security offsets,” Ellen Keast, the spokesperson, said. The…