BREAKING VIDEO : Mike Pence Breaks HISTORIC “TIE” to Confirm Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary
In a dramatic and historic finish, Vice President Mike Pence broke the tie to confirm Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary.
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.@VP Pence breaks 50-50 tie on #BetsyDeVos Secretary of Education vote, first tie-breaking vote on Cabinet nominee. https://t.co/xgthuQB51c pic.twitter.com/S2zeQBdOqJ
— CSPAN (@cspan) February 7, 2017
From time.com
Billionaire philanthropist Betsy DeVos was confirmed Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s Education Secretary, bringing her rocky confirmation process to a historic conclusion.
Vice President Mike Pence offered the 51st vote in favor of DeVos, making him the first U.S. Vice President ever to cast a tie-breaking vote for a Cabinet member. Even as other Cabinet nominees have faced opposition, DeVos became the subject of a particularly heated public campaign in recent weeks.
Republican Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski announced last week that they would not vote for DeVos, bringing the vote to a 50-50 tie. In a late-night standoff on the Senate floor Monday, Democrats denounced DeVos and tried — unsuccessfully — to convince another Republican Senator to vote against her.
DeVos, a school choice advocate, was heavily criticized after her confirmation hearing last month, when she struggled to answer questions about key issues in education policy. Protesters across the country have campaigned against her confirmation, organizing rallies and flooding lawmakers with tens of thousands of phone calls.
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God Bless Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary. I hope she does a good job ! Clean house of all the CRAZY-Radical Minded Teachers!!!. Put USA first for our children !
Yes… Indeed…Reba!
The leftists are due for yet another headache tonight.
Finally something might be done about our failed education system. Too long our young grads have been sent into
society ill equipped because of a lack of adequate education. The decision where their kids get their education needs to be in the hands of their parents not some bloated education apparatus whose only concern in many cases was not in the best interest of those entrusted to their care. School choice will make all schooling better through competition. We owe it to our children the chance to compete in the tough after graduation world.
Out of a rotten seed, never a healthy plant can grow.
Clear your schools from this left garbagde teachers a.s.a.p. They destroy peoples´future.
Where can we send our condolences to ELIZABETH WARREN—-ANOTHER LOST………?
🙂 You make me smile! 🙂
pin the article on your shithouse´s wall.
So you can read it daily, maybe more than once.
Excellent! Go to hell Collins, Murkowski and all the rest of you leftist sleazebags.
I can’t comprehend how and why democrats/leftists block The President of the USA. Read article on my Facebook wall, mind of a muslim. After reading that, I see clearly and you will too. Stay on prayer for President of USA and for our nation against terrirists, which democrats want in America.
I am Republican and a Trump supporter. I approve of the decisions he is making. I am a retired special educator of good standing who is still highly alert and wise in the Federal IDEA law. I sincerely hope that someone such as me will be included in her advisory council.