Senate Confirms Linda McMahon as Education Secretary

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : She also agreed that an act of Congress would be required to abolish the department, which was created in 1979 to ensure equal access to education, help parents and local communities improve the quality of education and coordinate federal education programs.
38% : "We must make the Department of Education stronger and more efficient, not to dismantle it as Trump has proposed," Mr. Sanders said in a statement.
35% : Ms. McMahon, who has little experience in private or public schools, will take over a department that President Trump has already begun to dismantle.
35% : But there appears to be significant public opposition to getting rid of the Education Department.

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