Abolish the federal Department of Education.

Marlin A. Stutzman · Indiana · Republican

policy impact 4.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 98%

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Occurrences

Therefore, the federal Department of Education needs to be abolished.

Commits to eliminating the federal Department of Education.

Marlin for Congress
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Evidence

The bill title and summary state that it abolishes the Department of Education; Congress.gov lists the latest action as referral to the House Committee on Education and Workforce on 2025-04-07 and the tracker status as Introduced.

There is official congressional text for abolishing the Department of Education, but it remained introduced and referred, not enacted or advanced to a floor vote.

unresolved same_term

All Information (Except Text) for H.R.2691 - To abolish the Department of Education and to provide funding directly to States for elementary and secondary education, and for other purposes
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Congress.gov shows Rep. Marlin A. Stutzman cosponsored H.R.899 on 2025-08-01. The same official record shows the bill remains in Introduced status, with its latest House action on 2025-01-31 referral to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. The summary says the bill would terminate the Department of Education on 2026-12-31, but no floor passage or enactment appears.

Stutzman took a concrete legislative step toward abolishing the department, but the measure stalled at introduction and was not enacted.

never same_term A for effort

All Information (Except Text) for H.R.899 - To terminate the Department of Education. 119th Congress (2025-2026)
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Assessments

unresolved unknown A for effort

As of June 22, 2026, the Department of Education has not been abolished, so the promised outcome has not been delivered. Official congressional records show Stutzman did take a concrete legislative step by cosponsoring H.R. 899 on August 1, 2025, a bill to terminate the department, but that measure remained only in introduced status after referral to committee, and a separate abolition bill, H.R. 2691, also remained introduced without floor passage or enactment. Because Stutzman is still serving in the same federal term and has made a serious legislative attempt, this is best scored as unresolved rather than never at this stage.

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never same_term A for effort

The promised outcome has not been delivered: the federal Department of Education has not been abolished. In the 119th Congress, Stutzman cosponsored H.R.899, which would terminate the Department of Education, but Congress.gov shows it remained at the introduced/referred-to-committee stage rather than passing the House, Senate, and becoming law. Related abolition legislation such as H.R.2691 likewise remained introduced and referred. This counts as a serious legislative attempt in the same federal term, but not fulfillment.

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