Senate GOP struggles to unify behind coronavirus relief bill amid dispute over DeVos education policy

Party leaders had hoped for consensus on new relief measure as government shutdown deadline looms.

A fight over Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s plan to subsidize private school tuition is threatening to derail a Senate GOP effort to write a slimmed-down coronavirus relief bill, people involved in the talks said this week.

The $5 billion tax credit proposal has long been championed by DeVos, and President Trump has offered his support for school choice as part of his reelection campaign. Now the measure is being pushed behind the scenes by Sen....