Senate Advances McMahon’s Nomination for Education Secretary

Senators voted 51-47 Thursday to move Linda McMahon’s nomination for secretary of education to a final vote.

The final vote to confirm McMahon, the former CEO of World Wresting Entertainment, will likely take place next week, The Hill reported. McMahon’s nomination was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee last week on a party-line vote.

“President [Donald] Trump believes that the bureaucracy in Washington should be abolished so that we can return education to the states, where it belongs,” McMahon said, The Hill reported. “I wholeheartedly support and agree with this mission.”

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