Hello everyone, I'm Kimberly Adams.

Welcome back to Make Me Smart, where we make today makes sense.

And I'm Amy Scott.

Thank you for joining us.

It's Thursday, November 14th.

As you know, President-elect Trump made a lot of promises on the campaign trail, and we know that many of you are curious about what that means for the years ahead.

So today we're going to answer some of your questions about what a second Trump administration might look like and how it might impact the economy, your economy.

Let's hear our first question from Lindsay in Portland.

I wonder many things about what can happen in Trump's second term, but as someone who works

with a lot of federal workers, this one is on my mind. Trump and his allies have talked about

eliminating entire departments and programs, Department of Education, for example. Can they do that?

That's a great question. You know, I live in Maryland, where the economy is heavily dependent

on federal workers. I know that's on a lot of people's minds. So technically, the Trump

administration could abolish the Department of Education, but the truth is it would be really, really difficult to do.

First of all, any effort to close the department would have to go through Congress. And though, yes,

even though Republicans will control both the House and Senate, there probably won't be

enough support for eliminating the Department of Education because it would first likely require a supermajority.

So 60 votes, which would mean they'd need some Democrats to join them in the Senate.

And then last year, the House actually voted on an amendment that would eliminate the department.

And it failed after 60 Republicans joined

Democrats in opposing it. This move would jeopardize Republicans support from local education

leaders because congressional districts rely on federal aid from the agency, just as they do

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