Abby Hemenway, the president of the Cornell University chapter of Democracy Matters writes in the Cornell Daily Sun about the connection between campaign contributions from student loan companies the rising debt college graduates must shoulder.

About this time of year eyes start turning to the mailbox waiting for acceptance letters from colleges and universities. If you're set to head off to college (or send a child) you're no stranger to the skyrocketing cost of higher education, and the looming burden of student loans you may have to shoulder. The student loan industry counts on a powerful lobby in Washington to sway Congress to do their bidding. Read up on how they play the money in politics game here, and how Clean Elections could do something about it.