{"id":3041,"date":"2026-06-29T22:08:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T22:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3041"},"modified":"2026-06-29T22:08:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T22:08:50","slug":"why-several-house-democrats-are-seeking-to-pink-slip-education-secretary-linda-mcmahon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3041","title":{"rendered":"Why several House Democrats are seeking to pink-slip Education Secretary Linda McMahon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>KEY POINTS<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., has introduced a resolution to impeach Education Secretary Linda McMahon.<\/li>\n<li>The Democrat lawmaker asserts McMahon has violated laws and her oath of office.<\/li>\n<li>Utah&#8217;s Rep. Burgess Owens defends McMahon \u2014 crediting her leadership for reining &#8220;unchecked bureaucracy.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After appointing Linda McMahon last year as his Education Secretary, President Donald Trump memorably declared he wanted his long-time friend and Cabinet member to \u201cput herself out of a job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3039\">This Colorado candidate has a unique pitch: He wants his challenger to keep his job in Congress<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now several Democrats in Congress are hoping to expedite Trump\u2019s wish.<\/p>\n<p>Of course the Democrats\u2019 desire to push McMahon out of the Department of Education isn\u2019t prompted by collegial bipartisanship.<\/p>\n<p>Trump wants McMahon \u201cout of a job\u201d as the results of her successfully working to shutter the embattled Education Department. The president has long been outspoken in wanting to shift education administration from Washington, D.C., to the states, calling the 46-year-old Cabinet-level department \u201ca big con job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats, meanwhile, want to hand McMahon a pink slip via impeachment \u2014 a rare action against a Cabinet member.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., introduced last week <\/p>\n<p>During remarks on the House floor, Bonamici asserted it\u2019s McMahon\u2019s mission to close down the Department of Education, although abolishing the Education Department would require congressional approval.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecretary McMahon has betrayed students, families, and educators by dismantling and destroying the Department of Education without coming to Congress for approval,\u201d said the Oregon lawmaker. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c(McMahon) violated federal law and her oath of office, lied to Congress, and created chaos and disruption in education funding for the students who need it the most.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bonamici added that McMahon has transferred \u201cmore than 100 (DOE) core programs and services\u201d \u2014 including the Individuals with Disabilities Act and the Office of Civil Rights \u2014 to other federal agencies without congressional approval.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEducators and parents, especially parents of students with disabilities \u2014 they\u2019re distraught and they are asking us to take action to stop these illegal transfers,\u201d said Bonamici.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Secretary McMahon\u2019s dismantling of the Department of Education without Congress is ILLEGAL. <\/p>\n<p>Today I introduced an impeachment resolution because Secretary McMahon has made it her mission to close down the Department of Education, something she does not have the right to do.\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/IcxcoiE4GA<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Suzanne Bonamici (@RepBonamici) June 25, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bonamici\u2019s resolution is cosponsored by 16 of her Democrat colleagues in the House: Representatives Mark DeSaulnier, D-Calif., Maxine Dexter, D-Ore., Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, John Garamendi, D-Calif., Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., Jahana Hayes, D-Conn., Jared Huffman, D-Calif., Mike Quigley, D-Ill., Doris Matsui, D-Calif., Andrea Salinas, D-Ore., Lateefah Simon, D-Calif., Mark Takano, D-Calif., Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, and Nikema Williams, D-Ga. <\/p>\n<h3>McMahon to Democrats: \u2018Do better\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Responding to the impeachment actions, McMahon countered it \u201cspeaks volumes\u201d that Bonamici and her resolution co-sponsors think \u201cworking to improve student outcomes and reduce the federal bureaucracy\u201d is an impeachable offense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey must not be bothered by chronic failures of our education system that result in historic low test scores, a failed FAFSA form rollout, classrooms shuttered during COVID, designating parents as terrorists, and males in female locker rooms,\u201d McMahon wrote on her X account.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It speaks volumes that House Democrats think an impeachable offense is working to improve student outcomes and reduce the federal bureaucracy. They must not be bothered by chronic failures of our education system that result in historic low test scores, a failed FAFSA form\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/OMkrpvdqoz<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Linda McMahon (@EDSecMcMahon) June 17, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The federal government, added McMahon, has spent trillions since the creation of the Education Department in 1980 \u2014 \u201cyet just one-third of children can read proficiently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3037\">\u2018Amazing\u2019: Dallas Jenkins praises the BYU Creamery as a personal favorite<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the Democrats in Congress,\u201d she challenged, \u201cdo better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Utah Rep. Burgess Owens \u2014 who chairs the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development \u2014 remains a staunch McMahon supporter.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement provided to the Deseret News, Owens called Bonamici\u2019s impeachment actions against McMahon \u201ccompletely unserious\u201d \u2014 while accusing Democrats of \u201chandwringing\u201d trying to protect the \u201centrenched bureaucracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSec. McMahon is carrying out the mandate given to her and this administration by voters: rein in the unchecked bureaucracy, put parents back in the driver\u2019s seat of education, and protect taxpayer dollars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd she\u2019s been successful!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Owens added that under McMahon\u2019s leadership, the DOE blocked over $1 billion in student aid fraud \u2014 redirecting that money \u201cfrom bad actors to students in need.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Why removing McMahon from Cabinet position would be unprecedented<\/h3>\n<p>Successfully booting McMahon from her Education Department position would be a congressional long-shot.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats would first have to get a vote to impeach in the Republican-controlled House \u2014 then two-thirds of the Republican-controlled Senate would have to vote to convict.<\/p>\n<p>Impeaching a U.S. Cabinet secretary is extremely rare \u2014 and none have been convicted in their impeachment trial.<\/p>\n<p>War Secretary William Belknap was impeached in 1876, but was ultimately acquitted after the Senate vote fell short of the necessary two-thirds majority.<\/p>\n<p>Almost a century-and-a-half would pass before another Cabinet secretary was impeached. <\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the House voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a 214-213 vote. But the Senate ultimately dismissed charges against Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<h3>McMahon\u2019s DOE tenure defined by disruption, division<\/h3>\n<p>Regardless of the ultimate outcome of the impeachment push against McMahon, the secretary\u2019s DOE tenure has been undeniably disruptive \u2014 and divisive.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the DOE announced it was moving two of its most important oversight functions \u2014 special education and civil rights enforcement \u2014 to other federal offices.<\/p>\n<p>And over the past year, the DOE has shifted several duties to other agencies \u2014 including repositioning a portion of its student loan portfolio to the Treasury Department and administrative duties of other key programs to federal agencies such as the departments of Labor, Interior, Health and Human Service, and State.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, DOE\u2019s workforce has been cut approximately in half since McMahon took the agency reins. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3035\">Comcast and NBCUniversal split up<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Impeachment resolution sponsor claims Cabinet member has betrayed America&#8217;s students; McMahon counters Democrats in Congress must &#8220;do better.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-utah"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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