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Education secretary Linda McMahon plans to spend nearly $43,000 on office furniture

Education secretary Linda McMahon plans to spend nearly $43,000 on office furniture

Feed excerpt — reported by The Guardian

Trump ally, who is seeking to shutter the department, had said office relocation would save taxpayers $4.8m annuallyThe Trump administration has insisted its controversial education cuts are saving “millions of dollars” after it was reported that Linda McMahon, secretary of education, is planning to spend roughly $43,000 on new furniture for her office.McMahon’s office told Congress that the secretary’s current furniture is worn out and “cannot be configurationally or aesthetically integrated into the agency’s new office space”, according to non-public records seen by the New York Times. Continue reading…

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