WASHINGTON – This vote was not a cold shock to stones.
Linda McMahon, co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment, was confirmed along the party's line by the US Senate on Monday to lead the Department of Education. This is already cutting funds and providing shopping for the workforce as President Trump has made it clear he wants to “close immediately.”
With a 51-45 vote, McMahon became the 20th member of Trump's 22 Cabinet. Shelley Moore Capit (dw. Va.), Cynthia Ramis (r-wyo.), Elissa Slotkin (d-mich.), and Peter Welch (d-vt.) did not vote.
McMahon, 76, takes her path through committee reviews in a partisan vote on February 20th, leading the division, which spent around $268 billion last year, showing little.
According to an analysis by the Economic Co-operation and Development Agency, the United States is currently ranked 20th out of 41 countries for education. Falling under Canada And many European countries.
Test scores for American students have also plummeted since classrooms were closed during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is engraved at the lowest level of reading comprehension proficiency among eighth graders in the 32 years the government has compiled the data.
Congressional Republicans point to a terrible national test score as evidence that the Department of Education needs a massive reform with McMahon at the helm.
“Under the Biden Harris administration, the Department of Education focused on everything but student success,” Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Help) Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said in a post-voting statement. “We need strong leaders in our department to get our education system back on track. Secretary McMahon is the right person for the job.”
Trump, 78, also didn't struggle with plans for the education sector and told reporters last month that he hoped the candidate would do the 'work'.
However, McMahon himself played Coy about unilaterally dismantling the division.
She told members of the Senate Aid Committee that abolition of the department “certainly requires Congressional action,” but she plans to get support from Republican lawmakers.
“We want to present a plan that we think Senators can take part in. And our Congress will have a better functional education department,” she said.
McMahon has promised, as well as the Pell Grants and Public Service Loan exemptions, as well as key programs that include Title I funding to low-income institutions.
Trump's candidate also said she is ready to adhere to executive actions to prevent trans athletes from competing on women's sports teams, prevent anti-Semitism on university campuses, and to prevent the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) program.
McMahon also went to Matt for the Elon Musk-led Office of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to look into the department's programme for potential spending reductions.
To date, at least $1 billion worth of funds have been fixed for grants, contracts and other expenses.
Congressional Democrats characterize Trump's plans for the education sector as an effort of “.Destroy“A public school for the benefit of billionaires who can acquire the country's educational institutions.
When announcing the pick in November, Trump pointed out that McMahon, who led the Small Business Bureau during his first term, would “have a deeper understanding of both education and business, empowering the next generation of American students and workers, making America number one in the world.”
Only the US ambassador of undesignated Elise Stefanik, who serves as a GOP lawmaker in New York. And Labor Secretary Lori Chavez Deremar, a former Republican lawmaker in Oregon, is still waiting for confirmation.
