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2024-08-16 04:52:30 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: E848DB71A10D211C7BC9CC031153C01CD56F146C772D005AAC3C220FBCA8ECBC
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This is not new. Trump said this in 2016. A president cannot unilaterally abolish the DOE. The Department of Education was established by an act of Congress in 1979, so dismantling it would require new legislation passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate https://www.americanprogressaction.org/article/trumps-plan-to-eliminate-the-department-of-education-is-yet-another-in-a-list-of-terrible-ideas/ https://politicalwire.com/2023/09/13/trump-pledges-to-shut-down-the-department-of-education/ https://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/focus/what.html
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