House approves student loan measure WASHINGTON, April 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. House approved a Republican-backed bill Friday that would retain student loan rates another year by taking money from a preventive healthcare program. The White House vowed to veto the measure, which it called in a statement "a politically motivated proposal and not the serious response that the problem facing America's college students deserves." The bill would retain the 3.4 percent interest rate on the loans for one more year by cutting $5.9 billion from the preventive healthcare program created through healthcare reform, The Washington Post reported. "Many Democrats voted for it; the president signed it into law," Boehner said. In its statement, the White House said: "Women, in particular, will benefit from this Prevention Fund, which would provide for hundreds of thousands of screenings for breast and cervical cancer." In a floor speech before the House approved the measure 215-195, Boehner said: "Why do people insist that we have to have a political fight on something where there is no fight? There is absolutely no fight. People want to politicize this because it's a political year. But my God, do we have to fight about everything? And now we're going to have a fight over women's health. Give me a break. The Post said the Senate doesn't plan to vote on its version of the rate-extension bill until after it returns from a week-long recess May 8, setting the stage for debate on the issue as President Obama and Mitt Romney campaign.