Posted on 04/10/2025 4:03:59 PM PDT by ProgressingAmerica
WASHINGTON, DC (WOWK) – A new resolution in Congress seeks to abolish the United States Department of Education.
U.S. Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) reintroduced House Resolution 899, which, if passed, would end the Department. While the text of the resolution is not yet on the 119th Congress’ website, Massie provided the document on his own website. He says it consists of one sentence, “The Department of Education shall terminate on December 31, 2026.”
According to Congress’ website, the resolution was introduced on Friday, Jan. 31 and sent to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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I genuinely do not know the answer. But I know of no others.
Get rid of that homo grooming department. They can pay for it.
Individual states should run education...One size does NOT fit all....
Isn’t that disbanding already underway, as per POTUS orders?
Why does Massie need to scotch tape his particular remarks on it?
Bump
Government closest to the citizens is the best.
Control is better.
Distant control, is nothing but trouble.
> Isn’t that disbanding already underway, as per POTUS orders? <
The president can shrink the toxic US Department of Education. But the DoE was established by an act of Congress. So it can only be abolished by an act of Congress.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Education_Organization_Act
Why bash Massie for pitching in and doing what he can?
Oh, I see. So, a president can starve the USDE; more or less defund it for a fiscal year or two, but in order to stomp it out of existence, Congress must act. Thx.
I take it all back! Poster in #6 explained that Congress is needed to actually bring an end to this department.
Apparently, this is what Massie is now taking action on.
Probably not, but it would be the right thing to do. Local school boards, or statewide school boards, are sufficient to give the education needed.
So don't they need to pass a LAW repealing that law? I don't think a simple resolution would do the job.
What? So he wants to give them a year and a half to hide and destroy all the evidence of their malfeasance? No, we should close them down tomorrow if not sooner.
There was a considerable effort made by the Gingrich congressional revolutionaries in 1995 to get rid of the Legal Services Corporation which was protecting drug dealers operating in public housing complexes nationwide.
These dealers were terrorizing the residents and the hapless residents were begging for help.
The newly elected republicans were able to get the LSC funding down to about 50 million annually but they were unable to disband it through legislation.
As soon as the democrats regained control of Capitol Hill they immediately restored the funding, only much, much bigger. The very first year the funding was restored to about 250 million annually, and life in public housing became worse than ever.
That’s the danger of not passing legislation to cancel the Department of Education. If even only one person is left to mind the place, the dems will immediately restore the department, and when they do it will be ten times bigger than it is now.
Everything the 1960s hippies built must be ripped out by the roots so that not one shred of any of their power structure remains.
They rely on big government, that’s their power over us.
Pull the plug on big government and the national nightmare will finally be over.
Otherwise it will come back exponentially bigger than before.
i musta missed something... I already thought this was a done deal... No??
See Post 6
Congress needs to repeal this.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/210
Carter signed into law.
Yep. You cannot repeal a law with a resolution.
A congressional law, once enacted, cannot be repealed by a simple resolution. Here’s why and how it works:
Laws vs. Resolutions: A law, or statute, is passed by both chambers of Congress (House and Senate) and signed by the President (or passed with a veto override). It carries the force of law. A resolution, however, is typically a non-binding expression of Congress’s opinion or an internal rule affecting congressional operations. Simple resolutions pass in only one chamber, while concurrent resolutions pass both but don’t require presidential approval. Neither can directly repeal a statute.
Repealing a Law: To repeal a law, Congress must pass a new bill through the same legislative process as the original law—approval by both the House and Senate, followed by the President’s signature or a veto override. This new bill explicitly repeals or amends the existing statute. For example, if Congress wants to repeal a law like the Affordable Care Act, it must introduce and pass a repeal bill, not just a resolution.
Role of Resolutions: Resolutions can express intent or urge action but lack statutory authority to undo a law.
I made a mistake. disregard my last post. please
Agree!
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