Senate HELP Committee advances Trump's Education pick

Linda McMahon’s nomination to lead the Education Department cleared a key procedural hurdle Thursday.

The Senate HELP Committee advanced McMahon’s nomination to the Senate floor in a 12-11 party-line vote. The vote comes just one week after McMahon appeared before the panel where she explained President Donald Trump’s plans for the future of the Education Department.

“If confirmed Ms. McMahon has the tall task of reforming a Department of Education that has lost its purpose. For the last four years, the department focused on everything but student learning with bureaucracy and red tape standing in the way of student success,” Senate HELP Chair Bill Cassidy said. "We need a strong leader at the department who will get our education system back on track."

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