GOP senator: DeVos 'has not yet earned my full support'

[Jose Garcia]

Source: The Hill

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is still undecided on whether she’ll support President Trump’s Education secretary pick, Betsy DeVos, when her nomination comes up for a floor vote.

During Tuesday’s executive session of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, DeVos was approved 12-11, along party lines. Her nomination will now go to the Senate floor for full consideration, though a date for a vote on the controversial pick has yet be set.

While she voted to advance DeVos's nomination out of the committee, Murkowski said she remains on the fence going forward.

“Do note that she has not yet earned my full support,” Murkowski said at Tuesday’s session. “I would not advise yet that she count on my vote."

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/317122-gop-senator-on-devos-she-has-not-yet-earned-my-full-support

[femmocrat]

1. In other words, she is ready to deal.

She wants something for Alaska in exchange for her vote.

[karynnj]

6. If so, her greatest leverage was on the committee vote - which was completely party line

had she voted with the Democrats - it would have been 12/11 AGAINST recommending. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/betsy-devos-education-secretary-nomination_us_588f77bbe4b02772c4e80681 She alone had the ability to swing the vote! Had Collins, who made a similar statement voted no, it would have been 13/10 AGAINST confirming.

I suspect that this might be like the many brave Democrats who refused to filibuster Alito, but voted against him --- when the only way to stop him was the filibuster vote.

The committee vote is suppose to be a vote that is designed to inform the rest of the Senate by those with the experience and background on those issues and who were part of the hearings. I suspect these comments are because they KNEW she should not be confirmed and they will point to these "brave" comments.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. Who does she think she's fooling?

[Tanuki]

9. Much of Alaska is rural, and at least here in Tennessee the whole charter school issue

has much less support in sparsely populated areas. Maybe it's not popular with her constituents.

[harun]

13. One would certainly think so. Hope their constituents take notice.

[hatrack]

3. Whatever . . .

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[stopbush]

4. Don't fall for it. Typical Repug ploy.

Send out a couple of Rs who "have questions or concerns" right before a vote is to be taken, safe in the knowledge that once it's time to vote, they will be trolloped out yet again to proclaim, "I had my doubts, but after talking to the nominee/president/other RW shill I am fully on board."

[Freddie]

5. Yep, it's what they do

Make a lot of noise that sounds reasonable and vote for the slime anyway. Or make gestures of "moderation" like Pat Toomey and his faux background checks bill. Toomey is a master of this slick maneuver.

[crazycatlady]

7. call call call call call call call

[tavernier]

8. Placating those few who want to believe

that she actually cares about our schools and children.

[Matthew28]

12. Only rich children

The poor can slave in some mine in some mountain.

[old guy]

10. Geez!

They are both repubs. Of course she will vote for her. This bipartisan baloney from the white wingers is really tiresome.

[Sunlei]

11. is this 'republican pick' the sister of the blackwater corp gang? or is that another republican?

it's like republicans are paying back all their bushcheneyrove gang old school people.

Republicans hand a list of old generals, judges and relatives of war criminals to trumps group and couple months later they're BFs with trump and he has never worked a single day with them.