Ten Republican senators urge Trump to reverse school funding freeze [View all]
Source: Reuters
July 16, 2025 11:53 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago
WASHINGTON, July 16 (Reuters) - Ten Republican U.S. senators wrote a letter to President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday urging it to reverse its decision to withhold $6.8 billion in congressionally approved federal funding for K-12 schools.
WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
While Democrats have been critical of Trump's move, Republican lawmakers have not often publicly disagreed with the Republican president on policy issues or openly criticized his moves. The 10 Republicans who signed the letter included Senators Shelley Moore Capito, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitch McConnell.
Earlier this month, the Trump administration said it was withholding previously approved funding to schools during what the White House called an ongoing review process.
A coalition of mostly Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging the move.
The freeze extended to funding used to support the education of migrant farm workers and their children; recruitment and training of teachers; English proficiency learning; academic enrichment; and after-school and summer programs.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ten-republican-senators-urge-trump-reverse-school-funding-freeze-2025-07-17/
Link to LETTER (PDF) - https://www.capito.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_director_vought.pdf
There IS something that you MAGat GOP Senators can do to fix this. You know that, right?
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