“ALL BUT IMPOSSIBLE”: Republican senator says Trump’s education cuts won’t get through Congress.

“This is a difficult budget request to defend,” Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) told Education Secretary Betsy DeVos at a hearing held by the subcommittee on labor, health and human services. “I think it’s likely that the kinds of cuts that are proposed in this budget will not occur, so we need to fully understand your priorities and why they are your priorities.”

DeVos appeared on Capitol Hill to argue for a proposal to slash spending for numerous programs while boosting funds for private school vouchers and other school choice initiatives.

This isn’t the G.O.P. congress I’d been hoping for, but it’s about the one I expected.