Senate leaders have joined a House effort to pass a law that would automatically erase the student loan debts of 100% disabled veterans, without them having to apply to the Department of Education for debt forgiveness. "This is a commonsense way to make it easier for totally and permanently disabled veterans to receive the student loan relief they deserve, and I hope that we're able to act quickly on it," Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Georgia, chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, said in a statement. Last year, the Departments of Education and Veterans Affairs began efforts to notify about 40,000 disabled veterans with student loan debt that they were eligible to have the debt erased by applying to the Department of Education. Read more on Military.com.