DeVos Opposition Snowballs Into an Avalanche

[applegrove]

https://politicalwire.com/2017/02/04/devos-opposition-snowballs-avalanche/

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Politico: “Adversaries of Betsy DeVos are mounting a furious last-minute bid to sink her nomination for Education secretary, with tactics that include a ‘tie-breaker telethon’ in Alaska, a flood of emails to U.S. senators and celebrity appeals to millions of Twitter followers. Teachers unions and a ragtag assemblage of other opponents are bombarding congressional offices with tens of thousands of phone calls and more than 1 million emails — a massive but almost certainly doomed effort to vanquish one of President Donald Trump’s most controversial Cabinet picks.”

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) said that the last three days had “been the busiest in Capitol switchboard history” by “almost double.”


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[Sherman A1]

1. Good

I will email both of my Senators again tomorrow.

[cloudbase]

2. The only "avalanche" that matters

is among the 100 people who get to vote on the confirmation. It's not there.