
THIS JUST IN ...!
WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's choice of billionaire Betsy DeVos to be education secretary was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, but only after Vice President Mike Pence was called in to break a tie that threatened to defeat her.
The tie-breaking vote, which Senate officials said was unprecedented to confirm a president's Cabinet nominee, came after two Republicans joined with 46 Democrats and two independents in opposition to DeVos. Critics have called her unprepared to lead the Department of Education.
HERE!:
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/0...
Posted By: agnes levine
Tuesday, February 7th 2017 at 1:22PM
You can also
click
here to view all posts by this author...