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That's a curious way to describe Republican-led, bipartisan legislation with where Biden was one of 18 Democratic votes in the Senate.
While he didn't do it by himself, his support was critical in getting it passed:
βBiden was one of the most powerful people who could have said no, who could have changed this. Instead he used his leadership role to limit the ability of other Democrats who had concerns and who wanted the bill softened,β said Melissa Jacoby, a law professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill specialising in bankruptcy.
He was still only a single yes vote on a bill that only 25 Democrats voted against, and it most certainly was not his bill.
The original claim was "Biden made Student Loans impossible to forgive via Bankruptcy." You can argue that Biden could have or should have done more on the topic but attributing this solely to him is just ridiculous, and that's before delving into the reasons why a senator with a reputation for working across the aisle and building consensus might strategically accept provisions he doesn't really like in a bill in order to achieve other, higher priorities.
It's just especially juicy since now he's president when the cows have come home.