President Trump’s Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos has some Republican opposition in the Senate:
.@SenatorCollins will vote against Education nominee Betsy DeVos: "I simply cannot support her confirmation." https://t.co/hNklHWE6i4 pic.twitter.com/oauqvadkcI
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) February 1, 2017
BREAKING: Second Republican senator, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, says she cannot support Education nominee Betsy DeVos.
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 1, 2017
Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski announce their opposition to Betsy DeVos for education secretary. https://t.co/B7CMomvsGW
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 1, 2017
It’s possible the VP Mike Pence could have to be the tiebreaking vote:
So McConnell has to wait to confirm Sessions until after Senate votes on Devos to allow him to vote on her and Pence to be the tiebreaker
— Sam Stein (@samstein) February 1, 2017
GOP only has 52 votes, so at this point, DeVos would need the vote of VP Pence to break a possible 50-50 tie
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) February 1, 2017
Is there any other Republican Senator who might defect on DeVos or are we just looking at Pence breaking the tie?
— Crusty Gobblestein (@NathanWurtzel) February 1, 2017
If other GOP senators vote for DeVos and Dems vote against, Pence would have to cast tie-breaking vote https://t.co/kallIpst5f
— kelly cat-owl-famo ??? (@kccatalfamo) February 1, 2017
We’ll know what happens before too long.
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/826873812503449602
With this absurd DeVos obstruction (you too, GOP), now would be a good time for an executive order eliminating the Department of Education
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) February 1, 2017