WWE co-founder Linda McMahon was confirmed because the U.S. secretary of training Monday evening by a celebration line vote of 51-45.
4 senators — Republicans Cynthia Lummis and Shelley Moore Capito and Democrats Elissa Slotkin and Peter Welch — missed the vote.
Linda McMahon, President Trump’s nominee to be secretary of Schooling, testifies earlier than a Senate Well being, Schooling, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee affirmation listening to on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Feb. 13, 2025.
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Moments after being confirmed, McMahon was sworn in on the Division of Schooling.
In a publish on X, McMahon mentioned she meant to “make good” on President Donald Trump’s guarantees to make U.S. training the very best on this planet, return training to the states and free college students from forms by college selection.
McMahon, who beforehand served as the pinnacle of the Small Enterprise Administration throughout Trump’s first time period, can be tasked with shutting down the federal company she was confirmed to steer.
At a White Home occasion final month, Trump mentioned, “I informed Linda, ‘Linda, I hope you do an excellent job and put your self out of a job. I would like her to place herself out of a job, Schooling Division.”
“I would like the states to run colleges, and I would like Linda to place herself out of a job,” Trump added.
Sources informed ABC Information the president is anticipated to signal an govt order as quickly as this week calling for McMahon to decrease the training division and work with Congress to cross laws that will get rid of it. The transfer would fulfill Trump’s marketing campaign promise of returning training again to the states.
The US Division of Schooling constructing is seen in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 13, 2025.
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Nonetheless, Trump’s directive won’t stand with out congressional approval, in response to consultants who’ve spoken to ABC Information. Any proposed laws would seemingly fail with out 60 votes within the Senate.
The Trump loyalist and donor acknowledged she wanted Congress to hold out the president’s imaginative and prescient.
“We might like to do that proper,” McMahon mentioned throughout her February affirmation listening to, including, “that actually does require congressional motion.”
President Donald Trump’s nominee for training secretary Linda McMahon arrives to testify at her nomination listening to earlier than the Senate Well being, Schooling, Labor and Pensions Committee in Washington, Feb. 13, 2025.
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McMahon, 76, earned her educating certification from East Carolina College. She is a champion of apprenticeship and workforce coaching applications, college selection, and parental rights.
McMahon additionally had two stints serving on the Board of Trustees at Sacred Coronary heart College, the place she is presently the Treasurer. She served on the Connecticut State Board of Schooling in 2009.
McMahon co-founded World Wrestling Leisure together with her husband Vince McMahon.
