Mike Pence Breaks Tie to Confirm Betsy DeVos As Secretary of Education

However, if it does come to a tie, Vice President Mike Pence has vowed to vote to confirm DeVos, telling Fox News on Sunday: “It will be my high honor to cast the deciding, tie-breaking vote on the floor of the Senate next week”. While she spent decades involved in the conservative education reform movement in Michigan, DeVos has never worked in or with public schools, nor have any of her children attended public schools. “And I don’t throw this around [lightly], I find it a little sexist”, she said, viewing it as “political theater at its very worst”. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska ad Susan Collins of ME both voted with pro-abortion Democrats against DeVos’ nomination.

DeVos, a wealthy Republican donor and longtime school choice advocate, has emerged as one of Trump’s most controversial Cabinet picks.

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All but one of Cochran’s official telephone mailboxes are full, DeVos opponents on Twitter reported Tuesday morning. Protests broke out as DeVos’ nomination neared success, with education activists and teacher’s unions lobbying hard against her appointment.

In his letter, Broad wrote DeVos is “unprepared and unqualified” for the position as secretary of education. A longtime charter school activist, she originally received warm support from many anti-Trump figures in the Republican establishment such as Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney.

“Americans are always free to send their children to private schools and religious schools, but raiding the public treasury to subsidize private businesses and religious organizations runs against the public trust and the Constitution”, president of Interfaith Alliance Rabbi Jack Moline told The Washington Post.

KFOR asked Lankford’s office how numerous comments were for or against DeVos, but they refused to release that information. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) fielded more than 128,000 calls in opposition to Trump’s nominee. Our office policy is to not disclose the content of our constituent correspondence to respect the privacy of those that contact our office.

Nonetheless, President Trump has another Cabinet nominee confirmed. “The president deserves to have his Cabinet in place”.