The WWE co-founder, Linda McMahon, was confirmed as Secretary of Education of the United States on Monday night by a line vote of the 51-45 party.
Four senators, Republicans Cynthia Lummis and Shelley Moore Capito and Democrats Elissa Slotkin and Peter Welch lost the vote.
Linda McMahon, nominated for President Trump, will be Secretary of Education, testifies before a confirmation hearing of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Help) Committee (Help) on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, February 13, 2025.
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Moments after being confirmed, McMahon swore in the Department of Education.
In a publication about X, McMahon said he intended to “fulfill” the promises of President Donald Trump to make us better education in the world, return education to the United States and free the students of the bureaucracy through the election of the school.
McMahon, who previously served as head of the administration of small businesses during Trump’s first mandate, will have the task of closing the federal agency that was confirmed to lead.
In a White House event last month, Trump said: “I said to Linda: ‘Linda, I hope you do a great job and leave yourself without work. I want her to get out of work, the Department of Education.”
“I want states to manage schools, and I want Linda to get out of work,” Trump added.
The sources told ABC News that the president is expected to sign an executive order as soon as this week asked McMahon to decrease the Department of Education and work with Congress to approve legislation that would eliminate it. The measure would fulfill Trump’s campaign promise to return education to the United States.
The United States Department of Education Department is seen in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2025.
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However, Trump’s directive will not remain without the approval of the Congress, according to experts who have spoken with ABC News. Any proposed legislation would probably fail without 60 votes in the Senate.
Trump’s loyal and donor acknowledged that Congress needed to carry out the president’s vision.
“We would like to do this well,” McMahon said during his February confirmation hearing, adding: “That certainly requires an action of Congress.”
President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, testifies at his nomination hearing before the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate in Washington, on February 13, 2025.
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McMahon, 76, obtained his teaching certification at East Carolina University. She is a defender of learning and workforce training programs, election of school and parents’ rights.
McMahon also had two periods that served at the Board of Trustees of the University of the Sacred Heart, where he is currently the treasurer. She served at the Connecticut State Education Board in 2009.
McMahon co -founded World Wrestling Entertainment with her husband Vince McMahon.
