Republicans in Washington will spend Wednesday charging full bore into the start of the new administration. President-elect Donald Trump is slated to give his first press conference since the election. The Senate will hold an hours-long series of votes related to repealing Obamacare. And at least four Cabinet nominees will face their confirmation hearings — including Education Secretary–designate Betsy DeVos.
In a much slower, more deliberate but no less important event, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, which could alter the educational benefits guaranteed to the millions of American students with disabilities.
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