The Senate is scheduled to vote Tuesday on President Trump’s education secretary nominee, Betsy DeVos. Democrats made a last-ditch effort to hold the floor for 24 hours as they tried to persuade a third Republican to join them in opposition to DeVos to break what appeared to be a 50-50 tie. Barring another defection, Vice President Mike Pence would cast the tie-breaking vote, which would mark the first time in U.S. history a vice president has ever been called on to tip a Cabinet confirmation vote. At the start of an all-night debate on Monday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called DeVos the “least qualified nominee in a historically unqualified Cabinet.” Republicans have called the billionaire school-voucher proponent the kind of reformer the education system needs.
Keep the calls coming today as we approach the vote. Tell these GOP senators: vote #NoOnDeVos or we'll vote no for you in 2018. #StopDeVos pic.twitter.com/oxytO7e7Bl
— Democracy Awakening (@DemAwakening) February 7, 2017
