This is the job description papers help "There is no deal on student loans that can pass the Senate because Republicans continue to insist that we reduce the deficit on the backs of students and middle-class families, instead of closing tax loopholes for the wealthiest Americans and big corporations," said Adam Jentleson, spokesman for Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. "Democrats continue to work in good faith to reach a compromise but Republicans refuse to give on this critical point."