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January 24, 2017

Confirmation Votes Delayed for Jeff Sessions and Betsy DeVos
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Democrats have delayed the confirmation vote for Alabama Senator Jeff
Sessions for attorney general. The Senate Judiciary Committee was slated
to vote on his confirmation today, but will now vote January 31. If
approved, the full Senate will not vote until February. Democrats have
also asked for a second confirmation hearing for billionaire Betsy De
Vos for education secretary, amid widespread concerns about potential
conflicts of interest stemming from her family's many investments,
including in private charter schools and a student loan company.


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