US Senate panel advances bill to reject Education Department transfers

By: Shauneen Miranda

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: July 31, 2026

Words: 765

Last Updated: 3 days, 3 hours ago

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WASHINGTON — A bipartisan effort to rein in President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education has cleared its first major legislative hurdle in a bipartisan U.S. Senate committee vote.

The measure, approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in a 13-9 vote Thursday, represents the most sweeping attempt from Congress so far in rejecting some of the interagency agreements, or IAAs, Education has signed with other departments …

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