Headline Roundup February 7, 2017
Senate to Vote on DeVos
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Reason
With the day-long attempt by Democrats to "hold the floor" of the Senate to delay and disrupt the planned confirmation for the next secretary of education mostly in the rearview mirror, it now seems likely that President Trump's controversial nominee, Betsy DeVos will squeak by on a 50-50 vote (Vice President Mike Pence, who presides over the Senate, will get to cast the deciding vote after two GOP senators said they will vote no).
The Senate is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to confirm Betsy DeVos as education secretary, concluding an unusually fiery debate that has left her at risk of becoming the first cabinet nominee in 28 years to be rejected.
Daily Kos
Give them credit for this one: Democrats have fought hard to stop Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s blazingly unqualified pick for education secretary. With just hours to go before the vote, DeVos currently has the votes to squeak through on a tie-breaker from Mike Pence, but the pressure is still on Republicans to flip and sink her nomination. Democrats took the Senate floor and spoke all night against DeVos, raising some damn good points:
