BALDWIN-BACKED BILL TO STOP KEY PARTS OF TRUMP'S PUSH TO SHUT DOWN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ADVANCES TO FULL SENATE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin's (D-WI) bipartisan legislation to block key elements of President Trump's effort to shut down the Department of Education advanced on a bipartisan vote out of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. The bill would block some of the deals, called Interagency Agreements, that allow the transfer of special education and primary and secondary education out of the Department of Education and under the purview of other, sometimes nonsensical, federal agencies. The legislation is now teed up for a vote by the full Senate. Today at the hearing, Senator Baldwin also supported an amendment (https://ciosenus.box.c...