GOP senator says he's working with Trump on bill to abolish Education Department
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Sen. Mike Rounds and Trump's White House have been discussing reviving his bill to dismantle the Department of Education, which would codify the president's latest executive order, the senator told Fox.
His office shared with Fox News Digital that the senator and Trump's White House have talked about bringing back his bill to abolish the department and pushing for it. Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
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