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Trump will propose combining the Education and Labor Departments

In the past, government reorganization efforts have been spotty at best. In the late 1970s, the Carter administration came up with the brilliant idea to take dozens of education-related programs from several departments and place them under the authority of a new Department of Education.

We know how that worked out.

Now according to the Wall Street Journal, the Trump administration is looking to eliminate a lot of duplication of programs by combining the Departments of Education and Labor.

Reuters:

Citing a person with knowledge of the proposal, the Journal said the plan follows a review of Cabinet agencies that looked for ways to shrink the federal government.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters.

Congress would likely have to approve the merger, and it was unclear whether lawmakers would be in favor of a major governmental reorganization with November elections looming.

Republicans have long complained about the size of the federal government and many have taken particular aim at the Education Department, which they see as intruding on local and state authority.

President Donald Trump also plans to propose as early as Thursday moving many social safety net programs into a new “megadepartment” that would replace the Health and Human Services Department, The New York Times reported, citing administration officials briefed on the proposal.

Read the full story from American Thinker


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