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to a bill that House Republicans have passed, and to President Obama's 
budget proposal."There is no question that there is a compromise available 
on this important issue and that the sides have not been that 
far apart and we just need to get it done," White House 
spokesman Jay Carney said before the Congressional Budget Office released 
its estimate."We have been working with lawmakers to make that compromise 
happen. We need to make sure that students don't see their rates 
double," he said.Under the plan lawmakers were considering, interest rates 
on new loans would be based on the 10-year Treasury note, plus 
an additional percentage to pay for administrative costs. The proposal includes 
a limit on how high rates could climb, a demand Democrats said 
was a deal-breaker.That provision proved unexpectedly costly and, for the 
moment, proved problematic for negotiators.Undergraduate students would 
have seen better terms than the current 6.8 percent rate but could 
have faced higher costs if the economy improves and Treasury notes become 
more expensive. Rates for students this fall would have been around 4 
percent and would have been capped at 8.25 percent in future years.Graduate 
students and parents could have found better deals next year but again 
would have faced higher rates than the current 7.9 percent. Borrowing for 
those PLUS loans would have been around 6 percent this fall and 
capped at 9.25 percent in coming years.Serious work on
 June 22, 2013: Gophers line the city sidewalks in Calgary, Alberta.ReutersA 
total of 650,000 civilian employees are now being furloughed at U.S. military 
bases in response to sequester cuts -- but the Department of Defense 
is still spending millions to protect fuzzy critters.Joint Base Lewis-McChord 
(JBLM) in Washington state just received a $3.5 million department grant 
to purchase land around the base in an effort to protect the 
Mazama pocket gopher, a species that has not even been listed as 
endangered or threatened.The expense is not sitting well with furloughed 
workers."That really makes me mad that they would do that," said Matt 
Hines, one of 10,000 civilian employees forced to take a 20 percent 
pay cut. "I'm all for saving animals, but at what cost?"Under REPI 
(Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative), the Department of Defense 
and other federal agencies have spent $397 million to protect 264,000 acres 
around bases since 2003.Sarah Hamman, from the Center for National Lands 
Management, has been tracking the Mazama pocket gopher in the prairie land 
around JBLM and says the military's involvement has been critical."The Department 
of Defense is a really important partner in this process in terms 
of providing the funding and providing the land for these species," Hamman 
said.In addition to the Mazama pocket gopher, environmentalists say the 
purchase of 2,600 acres of prairie land around JBLM will also help 
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