Senate votes to overturn Obama education reg

Published March 8, 2017 8:39pm ET



The Senate, mainly on partisan lines, voted to overturn an education regulation imposed during the last several months of the Obama administration that would force states and localities to abide by federal teacher training standards.

The bill overturning the regulation passed 59-40 Wednesday afternoon, and now moves along to President Trump to sign into law. Republicans used the Congressional Review Act, a law allowing Congress to review and unravel new regulations on a simple 51-vote majority.

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