Senate panel votes in favor of Betsy DeVos, Trumps education secretary pick
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/senate-panel-to-vote-on-betsy-devos-trumps-education-secretary-nominee/2017/01/30/21fe2d2a-e727-11e6-80c2-30e57e57e05d_story.html?utm_term=.97193bc9e5ff
Senate panel on Tuesday narrowly voted in favor of President Trump’s nominee for education secretary, Betsy DeVos, sending her nomination to the full Senate for final approval.
All 12 Republicans on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted in favor of sending her nomination to the Senate floor, while all 11 Democrats voted against.
But two Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), made clear that they have not yet decided how they will vote on the floor, suggesting that DeVos’s confirmation is not yet assured. Democrats are seeking to block DeVos’s confirmation, but they must convince a handful of Republicans to break with the new president.
DeVos is a Michigan billionaire and private school voucher advocate who has become one of Trump’s most controversial Cabinet picks.
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yeah...i'll hold my breath for Collins
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