Trump education secretary pick squeaks through committee, may face Senate fight
Source: Reuters
31 JAN 2017 AT 13:13 ET
The deeply divided U.S. Senate Education Committee on Tuesday agreed to send to President Donald Trumps nominee for U.S. education secretary, billionaire philanthropist Betsy DeVos, to the full chamber for confirmation, but comments ahead of the vote show DeVos faces choppy waters ahead.
The committee chairman, Republican Lamar Alexander, acted as the tie-breaker for advancing the nomination to the next and final step of the confirmation process after all 11 Republicans on the panel voted for Devos and all 11 Democrats voted against her.
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)DeVos and all republicans hate schools and teachers, we know this.
They hate educated people very much, we know this.
But at the rate rump is going, I think nuclear war is nearby.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)lark
(23,105 posts)if possible. Don't know if Repugs have eliminated filibuster for cabinet nominations?
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I don't believe any of the rumors that some repugs might defect.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)Because they all had accepted large contributions from DeVos or her family.
Shame.
justhanginon
(3,290 posts)that the republican party deem necessary to be in trump's cabinet.
She is a billionaire.
She donates tons of money to conservatives.
She seems to be not terribly bright.
While they are destroying our government she can be destroying
the public school system.
She fulfills the lifelong dream of republicans that taxpayers of all persuasions can pay for religious education for the fundies.
The list goes on.....
llmart
(15,540 posts)I live in Michigan. The DeVos "Scamway" plan is to wipe out public education. They're all about vouchers and religious education and privatizing our school systems.