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I am really, really looking forward to the day when this annual tradition ends. Not because I'm tired of Massie making the effort, it would just be nice if it finally passed. I just reintroduced H.R. 899, a one sentence bill to TERMINATE the federal department of education and return power back to teachers and parents. This is it, the entire bill: pic.twitter.com/2dLYVE9Iwn— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) January 31, 2025Something about the single sentence, no confusion, no-nonsense bill. The Department of Education shall terminate of December 31, 2026. But without the Department of Education, how would kids be educated? Better question:...

Legislation to shut down the controversial and unconstitutional U.S. Department of Education was introduced in Congress this week by Representative Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), a leading constitutional conservative. The bill, H.R. 899, would help President Donald Trump follow through on his campaign statements suggesting a desire to abolish the department as well as the Obama-backed “Common Core” school standards. The legislation was introduced on the same day U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was confirmed by the Senate.If and when the bill is passed into law, the one-sentence measure would give the powerful U.S. Education Department until the end of 2018 to wind down...