# Senate confirms Trump pick Linda McMahon to lead the Department of Education

## The billionaire GOP donor has said though she supports President Donald Trump's plans to dismantle the agency she will lead, it "clearly could not be shut down" without Congress.

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate voted Monday to confirm billionaire GOP donor and former wrestling industry executive  as the next secretary of the federal Department of Education.

The approval was expected from the Republican-controlled chamber, where conservative lawmakers have signed on to even the most controversial of  's Cabinet picks. The vote was 51-45 in her favor.

She now faces the challenge of managing an agency her boss has said he wants "." Education Department staffers are already reeling from massive  and , with .

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