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Dept of Education to be funded in new spending bill, despite claims it will be abolished

Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:15 pm
Posted by hawgfaninc
https://youtu.be/torc9P4-k5A
Member since Nov 2011
58742 posts
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:15 pm

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Congress


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- The post accurately reports on a bipartisan FY2026 spending bill that flat-funds key Department of Education programs like Pell Grants at Biden-era levels, directly countering Trump's May 2025 budget proposal to eliminate the agency entirely.
- This congressional move, detailed in recent Education Week and NASFAA reports, includes provisions blocking fund transfers to other agencies, highlighting tensions between executive goals and legislative priorities in a divided government.
- Historically, similar rebukes occurred in Trump's first term when Congress preserved DOE funding despite abolition pledges, underscoring the department's entrenched role in federal student aid programs serving over 40 million recipients annually.

It’ll probably be vetoed
This post was edited on 1/23/26 at 10:17 pm
Posted by SDVTiger
Cabo San Lucas
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:16 pm to
I assume Massie voted for this one
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
64330 posts
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:25 pm to
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I assume Massie voted for this one


Without a doubt.
Posted by Captain Rumbeard
Member since Jan 2014
6867 posts
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:28 pm to
What is the SVD in your tag for? Always wondered.
Posted by SingleMalt1973
Member since Feb 2022
23444 posts
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:29 pm to
Veto this shite
Posted by Gee Grenouille
Bogalusa
Member since Jul 2018
7758 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 5:36 am to
There’s a big difference between funding the grant program and getting rid of the arm that controls k-12.
Posted by frogtown
Member since Aug 2017
5938 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 6:06 am to
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I assume Massie voted for this one


Without a doubt.


Both of you are wrong....again. Massie voted against this.
This post was edited on 1/24/26 at 6:12 am
Posted by dafif
Member since Jan 2019
8232 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 6:25 am to
We are witnessing in real time how the government congress is fully corrupted and they will never allow us to get rid of their gravy train
Posted by SCLibertarian
Conway, South Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
41642 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 6:28 am to
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Both of you are wrong....again. Massie voted against this.

MDS strikes again
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
472215 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 6:29 am to
It's as if they comment on politics without understanding politics at all. Oh wait, no that's the exact scenario
Posted by roadGator
Member since Feb 2009
156798 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 6:31 am to
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Both of you are wrong....again. Massie voted against this.


Holy shite. This is shocking.
Posted by roadGator
Member since Feb 2009
156798 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 6:33 am to
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MDS strikes again


It’s an incurable disease. A terrible disease that slowly blocks the few synapses available.
Posted by PorkSammich
North FL
Member since Sep 2013
17370 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 6:35 am to
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What is the SVD in your tag for?


Slobber
Virtually on
Donald
Posted by Night Vision
Member since Feb 2018
20493 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 6:38 am to
Funding is reportedly headed back to Planned Parenthood as well.
Posted by Rip Torner
Member since Jul 2023
1753 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 6:44 am to
You mean the House and Senate never cut anything and it’s just business as usual?! The Republican Party is a complete joke and it’s why they are losers without Trump
Posted by frogtown
Member since Aug 2017
5938 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 6:48 am to
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You mean the House and Senate never cut anything and it’s just business as usual?! The Republican Party is a complete joke and it’s why they are losers without Trump


Mike Johnson was on TV praising the work on these spending bills.

IMO, this was done with Trump's consent. They did not want this to be an issue during mid terms.

We should have cut spending with the BBB. That was our opportunity.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
472215 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 6:50 am to
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We should have cut spending with the BBB. That was our opportunity.


Correct. Some of us made this point in real time and were accused of TDS.

Also, some of us made the point that admin cuts or pointing out "fraud" meant nothing if the money was still allocated by Congress during the DOGE hype/hysteria, and were accused of TDS.

As is almost always the case "some of us" were proven to be right.
This post was edited on 1/24/26 at 6:51 am
Posted by AUCom96
Alabama
Member since May 2020
6793 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 6:54 am to
The GOP will lose the mid-terms badly because... no one believes they are anything more than a corrupt hoard of corporate bought thieves.

Only vote I'm casting is a primary vote against ANY incumbent.
Posted by Rip Torner
Member since Jul 2023
1753 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 6:56 am to
I don’t know what you are yammering about but nothing of substance passed Congress in terms of cuts so what would suggest happens with a completely useless Republican Party? Where is your super hip populism quote you love to throw out?! Unless Susan Collins and several other Republicans are now diehard MAGA?? You know the usuals who opposed any spending cuts whatsoever lol
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
472215 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 7:03 am to
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I don’t know what you are yammering about but nothing of substance passed Congress in terms of cuts


They could/should have....in Trump's BBB

He didn't want the cuts and here we are

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