The Rich Get College Subsidies While the Student Debt Debate Goes On - The New York Times

The student debt cancellation program excludes people with especially high incomes. But hiding in plain sight is another federal program — 529 college savings plans — that offers the biggest benefits to wealthy families.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/your-money/student-loans/student-debt-529-savings.html

Why Ted Cruz may be holding up major retirement legislation in the Senate - CNBC

New retirement legislation called the Secure Act sailed through the House in May. But one sticking point — the use of 529 savings plans to fund home schooling and special needs care — could be holding it up from moving forward in the Senate...
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/21/why-ted-cruz-may-be-blocking-major-retirement-reform-in-the-senate.html

These controversial items tucked into the Senate tax bill have little to do with taxes -- PBS NewsHour

The Republican tax plans include numerous provisions that have little to do with changing the tax code or cutting rates. ...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/these-controversial-senate-tax-bill-items-have-little-to-do-with-taxes

The GOP Tax Bill Has Become The Newest Battleground Of The Abortion Debate -- BuzzFeed News

Advocates for and against abortion rights are taking interest in the bill because it seems to grant unborn children new rights to hold college savings accounts. ....
https://www.buzzfeed.com/paulmcleod/the-gop-tax-bill-has-become-the-newest-battleground-of-the

'Unborn children' qualify as college savers in GOP tax plan -- POLITICO

Groups on both sides of the abortion debate squared off over the provision, opening a new front in the push to grant legal rights to a fetus. ....
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/02/gop-tax-bill-abortion-rights-college-savings-244486?cid=apn