Washington — Democrats in the House of Representatives are turning to YouTube — and an anthropomorphic dancing check — to promote legislation signed into law last month.
In the 30-second spot, which is featured on the Education and Labor Committee’s Web site, Justin Hamilton, deputy chief of staff to the panel’s chairman, Rep. George Miller of California, plays a $4,400 check that is just trying to spread the love.
“I’ll be honest, I’m into college students,” he deadpans at the start of the promo. “I’m not looking for anything exclusive. I’d just like to get with as many students as I can.”
The ad ends with a narrator directing students to go to the committee’s Web site, “to find out if you’re compatible.”
Democrats estimate that the average student will save $4,400 under a provision in the budget-reconciliation law that will cut the interest rate on federally guaranteed loans for undergraduates in half, to 3.4 percent, over five years. —Kelly Field
