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A group of Senate Republicans is now demanding President Donald Trump's administration immediately release billions of dollars in public education funding it recently froze without explanation. In a letter sent Wednesday to White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought, the group of 10 Republicans requested that the K-12 education money that had already been approved by Congress be sent to states that are counting on that money for the coming economic year. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) -- who is one of the 10 Republican signatories -- posted the letter to X and urged the administration to promptly allow the money to be disbursed. |
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