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February 2, 2017

DeVos Confirmation in Doubt as 2 Republicans Say They'll Vote Against Her
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In other Senate news, the confirmation of Betsy De Vos as education
secretary appears to be on thin ice as two Republicans-Senators Susan
Collins and Lisa Murkowski-announced plans to vote against De Vos,
leaving Senate Republicans one vote short of confirming her. If the
Senate vote is 50-50, Vice President Mike Pence would then cast the
deciding vote-an event that has never happened to any other presidential
nominee in history. De Vos is a longtime backer of charter schools and
vouchers for private and religious schools. She and her husband have
also invested in a student debt collection agency that does business
with the Education Department.


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