WWE mogul and Trump's Education chief pick advances to final round

The chamber passed a cloture vote on Thursday afternoon that advanced McMahon's nomination to a final floor vote to decide on her confirmation.

The vote passed by a 51 to 47 tally.

Trump tapped McMahon to serve as head of the Department of Education, which he has said he wants to close "immediately." 

Trump has also said he wants McMahon to "put herself out of a job."

"It's a big con job," the president said the day before McMahon's confirmation hearing. "They ranked the top countries in the world. We're ranked No. 40, but we're ranked No. 1 in one department: cost per pupil. So, we spend more per pupil than any other country in the world, but we're ranked No. 40."

McMahon co-founded WWE with her husband, Vince McMahon, before serving as administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) until 2019, when she stepped down to "return to the private sector."