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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenator Murray from WA is DESTROYING DeVos right now
https://www.c-span.org/video/?423459-1/us-senate-advances-devos-nomination&livechillfactor
(7,585 posts)KewlKat
(5,624 posts)LibraLiz1973
(8,197 posts)to say fuck no to Betsy.
brush
(53,925 posts)I heard last night that it was 51 no to 49 yes.
Is that video from the committee or was that from the whole Senate voting to confirm?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)By Ted Barrett, Sunlen Serfaty and Ashley Killough, CNN
Updated 8:09 AM ET, Fri February 3, 2017
(CNN) The Senate voted early Friday to advance President Donald Trump's education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos to a final confirmation vote, which is expected Monday.
The vote was 52 to 48 along party lines.
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Despite losing support from Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, she is expected to be confirmed Monday with the help of Vice President Mike Pence, who will be in the chamber to break an expected 50-50 tie.
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/politics/betsy-devos-clears-another-hurdle-in-early-morning-senate-vote/
brush
(53,925 posts)We are sinking fast.
world wide wally
(21,757 posts)They have a good start on rewriting all the laws to accommodate the Trumps.
brush
(53,925 posts)Standards just go down the toilet with these repug clowns.
They raged for two hears about emails and Benghazi being so horrible but soon as they get in there's not a peep about either but they force through a plagiarizer to head the department where plagiarism is the biggest no-no.
Grins
(7,243 posts)Yes - unless the Senate first confirms Sessions for AG. The second they do that, Sessions is gone and the R's lose one Senate vote. Without Sessions DeVos is dead.
Now, do the Senate D's know that...?
brush
(53,925 posts)DK504
(3,847 posts)Voting at night? It not getting covered??? Where the hell is the media on their late night bullshit?
JustAnotherGen
(31,969 posts)Says not available. Anything else?
Ilsa
(61,709 posts)Nitram
(22,918 posts)and, even if she loses the confirmation vote, she's still a billionaire who donates to RW causes. Not a bad fallback.
The Sand Reckoner
(194 posts)How many times during the campaign did someone post "So-and-so just DESTROYED Donald Trump with one tweet!"?
He got "destroyed" at least once a week, and it didn't matter one bit. When will people get it through their heads...VOTES matter far, far more than marches, protests and social media smackdowns.
bdamomma
(63,937 posts)and doesn't it have to go to Congress after?
Wheezy
(1,763 posts)So call your senators (or use https://faxzero.com/ if the lines are jammed).
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)She is a contemptible human being with zero compassion for anyone but the gilded set she hangs with. A waste of space and oxygen.
Afromania
(2,771 posts)just like they will put all of them in. To ever think otherwise was fallacy. They Republicans play act at civility and reasonable discourse then make the choice to maintain, or enhance their personal power.
tavernier
(12,410 posts)my senator, and I know that he will do the right thing.
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