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Trump’s moves to break up Education Department generate new bipartisan resistance in Senate
President Trump's attempts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education through interagency agreements face bipartisan opposition in the Senate. A 13-9 Senate education committee vote advanced legislation to reverse agreements transferring core functions to other departments, though Trump lacks the votes to abolish the agency outright.
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