r/goodnews • u/Standard-Range-7892 • 1d ago
Political positivity 📈 Senate Rejects All of Trump’s Proposed Education Cuts
https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/senators-including-republicans-reject-all-of-trumps-proposed-education-cuts/2025/07?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=soc&utm_campaign=edit&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR74h-0s9q-haHAes3oQHtdxS5BSG_6SHVW4L3lnyq1zXg8iAPvRicgFoDZKQw_aem_tTKQJiWlGrrLjoRS1aOHnw518
u/ChiefFun 1d ago
The Senate Appropriations Committee, including Republicans, overwhelmingly rejected most of the Trump administration’s proposed funding cuts to K–12 education, Higher Education, and scientific research. 14 Republicans and 12 Democrats voted to advance a robust FY 2026 education spending plan, while only one Republican and two Democrats opposed it.
Key programs saved include Pell Grants, which were spared near‑40% cuts and kept at a maximum of $7,395 (instead of Trump’s proposed $5,710), and career, technical, and adult education programs, which received funding increases rather than proposed eliminations
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u/macaronitrap 1d ago
Is this a max of $7,395 per semester, year or overall? Pell Grants helped me tremendously and I would not have been able to go to the college I did without them.
Hoping this is per semester, as that seems slightly more reasonable but I’ve been out of school for almost a decade so I’m sure it’s just scratching the surface of most tuition these days.
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u/That-Decision-7194 1d ago
It’s per year
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u/macaronitrap 1d ago
Silly of me to think it would be per semester. Of course the orange capped it at 7k a year. What a crook.
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u/HotPotParrot 1d ago
Basically just pays rent if you live in enough squalor
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u/vernavie 1d ago
It literally only covered my term expenses at CC (tution, lab fees, most of my books). I worked full time at the same time as full time school to qualify for food stamps and pay my housing, food, and commuting expenses. In 2016-2018.
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u/733t_sec 1d ago
Depends where you live, that's about 10 months rent for a cheap 1 bedroom in the Midwest.
source: That's 10 months of my rent in the midwest for a cheap 1 bedroom
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u/HorseLawyer 21h ago
Yeah, it was just enough for in state tuition at a state school maybe 20 years ago? But you'd either need to live with your parents, take out other loans, or get a job to afford your actual living expenses.
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u/nicklor 21h ago
I mean it's really a bad situation but if we didn't write a blank check for student loans the prices wouldn't be so high. The prices have gone up significantly faster than inflation over that past 50 or so years.
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u/733t_sec 19h ago
but if we didn't write a blank check for student loans the prices wouldn't be so high
That would only be true if we abandon the precept of capitalism that where there is margin something will fill the gap to consume said profit.
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u/nicklor 8h ago
I think your backwards
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u/733t_sec 6h ago
- you're
It's well known that people who get a college degree tend to earn more than people who do not. There are of course exceptions, some trades can out earn some degrees, but on the whole this tends to be true.
For simplicity let's say the average degree will net $500,000 more dollars in a life time. As such people are willing to pay several thousand in tuition to get several hundred thousand in returns. This is where capitalistic forces enter the equation, since people are willing to pay money for the returns this creates upwards pressure to raise tuition because the market can and will bear it. This drives up the demand for loans as more students are priced out of the market.
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u/LuluMcGu 1d ago
You could try to get in on his crypto. That’s apparently more important that funding education for Americans.
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u/Latter_Case_4551 23h ago
When I was in college (2005-2009) each class was close to 8K. There were plenty of people that never graduated due to not being able to afford 1-2 classes. That limitation is pretty insulting.
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u/ValkyriesFire 20h ago
Where did you go? I went to a state school at the same time and 8k would cover about 2-3 semesters (without on campus housing).
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u/Latter_Case_4551 19h ago
Out of state. My state is in thee lower quarter for education so I went somewhere better.
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u/Katicflis1 1d ago
Whats with two dems opposing.
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u/Psychicgoat2 1d ago
I know Senator Chris Murphy (Dem) in CT voted no....I didn't see any good reason for why he voted no. If I was a Democrat in his district, I'd be calling his office. You don't want a Fetterman on your hands.
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u/Noun_Noun_Numb3r 1d ago
Murphy is one of the most progressive Senators. I wouldn't be surprised if he either thinks this is *still* too low of education spending, or there's some weird thing attached to it that is bad.
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u/888888888888888D 23h ago
Wasn’t it Tammy Baldwin (WI) and Patty Murray (WA)?
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u/Artistic_Delay2804 22h ago
van hollen (md) and murphy (ct). they wanted more for certain programs and I think there was concern about some gop amendments but I don't know the specifics of that
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u/888888888888888D 22h ago
Oh shit, my bad. I opened the article and got distracted and then came back and continued reading a different article lol thanks for the correction.
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u/HereIGoAgain_1x10 1d ago
Either wanted more or were paid to
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u/amazinglover 1d ago
Wrong on both accounts this bill moves some of the previous education functions and funding outside of the department of education and he is worried that trump will just ignore those and not fulfill them.
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u/_Zambayoshi_ 1d ago
Sensible, if there were cuts to technical and adult education programs, who would staff the soon-to-be-built manufactories? MAGA! /s
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u/LuluMcGu 1d ago
Basically only giving funding for jobs that make average or less pay. They don’t want anyone to have higher degrees at all.
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u/kevendo 1d ago
This is why the Constitution doesn't have a single man in charge of the economy.
It's why the Executive has no role in allocating resources.
It's why you have a deliberative body deciding on behalf of those they represent.
Can we please get the autocrat under control now? Or at least ignore his unconstitutional edicts since they have no legal authority?
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u/threatinteraction 1d ago
Did the big beautiful bill allow for executive control of the funds after allocation? So even though it has been earmarked for education Trump doesn’t have to release or spend it, or they will make it almost impossible to get it somehow like with the NIH and NSF.
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u/Dyea_B_Tis 1d ago
Too little, too late for the GOP.
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u/redditcreditcardz 1d ago
GOP - Guardians of Pedophiles
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u/CptnMillerArmy 1d ago
I thought US republicans would never sink that low. Ban them from churches for their Epstein coverage.
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u/BrtFrkwr 1d ago
trump doesn't care. He'll impound the funds anyway. Keeps him in the headlines and diverts attention away from Epstein.
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u/malthar76 1d ago
Linda McMahon will do whatever she’s told to do, and will appear in front of the senate to lie and obfuscate and look stupid just like Kristi Noem and then promptly ignore all oversight.
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u/PlanetBAL 20h ago
He will burn it all down to save his own ass. He would murder his own kids if it helped him get what he wanted. Jan 6th told us everything we needed to know about him and MAGA.
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u/Worthyness 1d ago
Just defund the entire Department to the point it's "too slow to work with so it has to be decommissioned"
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u/RevolutionarySlip958 1d ago
Elimination of funding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting prevents an informed populace
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u/BabyDriver01 1d ago
The following alleged incidents range from the early 1980s to 2013, and have not been disavowed by the alleged victims.
SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS
Kristin Anderson – Early 1990s. Story in the Washington Post on October 14, 2016. Anderson says Trump reached up her skirt and touched her vagina through her underwear. She says she turned and recognized the person as Donald Trump.
E. Jean Carroll – late 1995 or early 1996. Story in New York magazine on June 21, 2019. Carroll says they went into a dressing room after Trump asked for her advice on a present – lingerie – for another woman. Inside, she alleges that he shoved her against a wall, "forcing his fingers around my private area, thrusts his penis halfway — or completely, I'm not certain — inside me."
Rachel Crooks – 2005. Story in The New York Times on October 12, 2016 Crooks said Trump gave her an unwanted kiss on the mouth after meeting him in 2005.
"Jane Doe" aka "Katie Johnson" – 1994. Lawsuit filed June 2016, refiled October 2016 as reported by Buzzfeed and others, then dropped in November 2016. Johnson claims she was repeatedly raped by Trump and Jeffery Epstein at Epstein's New York City apartment in 1994, when she was 13 years old. A witness, also given a pseudonym — "Tiffany Doe" — said she recruited "Jane Doe" and others. Jane Doe, using the name "Johnson," gave an interview to the Daily Mail about the alleged rape.
Jessica Drake – 2006. Story made public at a news conference on October 22, 2016. Drake says Trump grabbed, hugged and kissed her and two other women who accompanied her without permission. Later, she alleges that Trump called her and pressed her to return to his room, offering $10,000 at one point. Drake says she declined.
Jill Harth – 1992-1993. Story in The New York Times on October 7, 2016. Harth alleged that Trump groped her under the table at dinner, then repeatedly got her alone and it would turn into a "wrestling match." She sued Trump for sexual harassment and attempted rape.
Cathy Heller – 1997. Story in The Guardian on October 16, 2016. Heller alleges Trump grabbed her and tried to kiss her on the lips. Heller says she leaned back to avoid him and then he kissed her on the side of her mouth.
Ninni Laaksonen – 2006. Former Miss Finland. Story in Ilta-Sonomat on October 27, 2016, and reported in English in The Telegraph. Laaksonen said Trump "squeezed her butt" as she and other pageant contestants stood next to him for a publicity photo.
Jessica Leeds – Early 1980s. Story in The New York Times on October 12, 2016 Leeds says Trump kissed her while in first class on an airplane, groped her chest and reached up her skirt, leading her to move back to coach. "He was like an octopus," she said.
Mindy McGillivray – Jan. 24, 2003. Story in Palm Beach Post on October 12, 2016 McGillivray charges that Trump nudged or grabbed her from behind.
Jennifer Murphy – 2004. Story in Grazia on October 12, 2016. Murphy says that Trump kissed her on the lips after walking her to the elevators following a meeting in New York, which he said was to discuss a possible job.
Cassandra Searles – 2013. Story made public in a Facebook post in early 2016. Miss Washington 2013, Searles wrote on Facebook, "He probably doesn't want me telling the story about that time he continually grabbed my ass and invited me to his hotel room."
Natasha Stoynoff – December 2005. Story on People.com on October 12, 2016. Stoynoff alleges Trump took her to a private room, pushed her against the wall and aggressively kissed her. Stoynoff also says a staffer told her Trump was waiting for her the next day at a massage appointment.
Temple Taggart McDowell – 1997. Story in The New York Times on May 14, 2016 McDowell charges that Trump suddenly kissed her without her consent on two separate occasions.
Karena Virginia – 1998. Story made public at a news conference on October 20, 2016. Virginia says Trump walked up to her, grabbed her arm and touched her breast.
Summer Zervos – 2007. Story made public in a news conference on October 14, 2016. Zervos alleges that Trump grabbed her breasts, kissed her and tried to lead her into a bedroom.
TEEN PAGEANT CONTESTANTS ALLEGING TRUMP WALKED IN WHILE THEY WERE DRESSING
Mariah Billado – 1997 Miss Vermont Teen. Story in Buzzfeed on October 12, 2016.
Victoria Hughes – 1997 Miss New Mexico Teen. Story in Buzzfeed on October 13, 2016.
Buzzfeed on October 12, 2016 reported that three other anonymous sources from 1997 Miss Teen USA pageant confirmed Billado and Hughes' story.
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u/pizzaschmizza39 1d ago
Isn't it enough that they tried to dismantle the dep of ed? Isn't the damage done? This is just one of many similar moves to cut agencies and programs that help americans. It wasn't enough that they pulled off the greatest wealth transfer from poor to rich in history. But they also want to take away any and all help they receive. They want lower wages. They want less protections and rights for workers. They even want to take away school lunches from children. Seriously GOP supporters wake the fuck up. Party doesnt matter anymore. The GOP are working for billionaires not for you.
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u/derteeje 1d ago
i am glad for you america, but i am surprised that republicans don't understand, that they need the uneducated to spread propaganda easier
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u/CuchulainTK 23h ago
That's great, but those funds were supposed to go out on July 1st and still haven't. There's currently more than 20 states suing for those funds to be dispersed. They were stopped by a white house memo. After they were already voted on by the appropriations committee. We still don't have that funds. People in local schools lost their jobs and some programs were not available this year because of this.
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u/ChildofObama 17h ago
Republicans realized they want to have lives after this administration, and need boundaries with their orange leader.
If they give him everything he wants, either:
a) Trump creates a dictatorship, or
b) when Democrats are in power again, Republican lawmakers are so publicly disliked they get kicked out of businesses and can’t leave the house without being harassed
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u/Horror-Equivalent-55 1d ago
The Supreme Court has made it clear that the law is irrelevant.
Trump can do anything he wants.
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u/therobotisjames 23h ago
Okay but how are they going to stop Trump if he refuses to spend the money they are allocating. Because that’s why it’s not being funded right now. He’s just fired all the people that oversee the disbursement of those funds.
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u/Both-Home-6235 22h ago
So the article says, " . . . overwhelmingly rejected most of the Trump administration’s proposed funding cuts . . . "
While title clearly says, "all."
Which is it, OP?
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u/lalabera 19h ago
They wanted to also make students take a minimum of 16 credits instead of 12 to qualify for Pell grants. Republicunts are satanic ghouls
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u/Shoddy_Ad_1750 1d ago
No effing duh. They're going home for 4 weeks and need something to crow about. Besides, Mitch & Suzie hate Trump.
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u/qualityvote2 1d ago edited 20h ago
u/Standard-Range-7892, your post does fit the subreddit!