Senate education committee blocks parts of Trump’s Education Department breakup

The Senate education committee approved legislation to stop four of the Trump administration's deals to downsize the Education Department. In a 13-9 vote, the Senate HELP Committee advanced S. 5046 , a bipartisan bill from Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) that would prohibit the Education Department from transferring special education and several other