Pence: Education pick DeVos will be confirmed with his vote

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press



SUNDAY, FEB 5, 2017 01:30 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence says he fully expects billionaire GOP donor Betsy DeVos will be confirmed as education secretary with his tie-breaking vote. Speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” Pence says the Trump administration is “very confident” she will take up her Cabinet post soon.

Last week, two Republican senators, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, said they would vote against DeVos’ nomination, citing concerns from parents and teachers. Their opposition set up a 50-50 tie in the Senate if all Democrats vote against her and no other Republicans dissent. Pence would be the tie-breaker.

DeVos has faced fierce criticism from labor unions for her promotion of school choice. Democrats and teachers’ organizations also accuse her of seeking to dismantle public education.

The Senate vote is Tuesday.

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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2017/02/05/pence-education-pick-devos-will-be-confirmed-with-his-vote/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Oh fuck no.

She must be stopped.

[bdamomma]

2. Pence is

confident isn't he? His arrogance is staggering.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Don't like his vote, but I love AP leading with BILLIONAIRE GOP DONOR DeVos. . . nt

[bekkilyn]

4. Will all Democrats vote against her though? (nt)

[Crash2Parties]

15. I'm guessing no; there are those two from the South that are DINO's

[NJCher]

5. I am an educator

and I can tell you that if she gets in, it will turn the education world upside down.

We still have big unions in education. We are organized and ready to fight her every step of the way.

Here is a Raw Story take on this:

Senators flooded with record number of calls against Betsy DeVos -- 'one of the worst nominees ever'
Source: RawStory



TRAVIS GETTYS
03 FEB 2017 AT 13:24 ET

The nomination fight over Betsy DeVos has triggered a record number of calls to the U.S. Capitol switchboard, according to lawmakers — and they say it’s working.

The U.S. Senate voted unusually early Friday to advance the nomination of President Donald Trump’s choice for education secretary, who Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer described as “one of the worst nominees that has ever been” chosen.

The full vote is expected Monday, and senators expect to get an earful from their constituents over the weekend.

A spokesman for Schumer said the Senate had been flooded with an average of 1.5 million calls a day this week, and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HA) said Thursday that the previous three days had been the “busiest in Capitol switch board history, by almost double.”



Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/senators-flooded-with-record-number-of-calls-against-betsy-devos-one-of-the-worst-nominees-ever/


Cher

[orangecrush]

10. DeVos is

An attack on the future of Americas children.

[Crash2Parties]

17. What can a teacher's union do if the system they were employed by no longer exists?

[LudwigPastorius]

33. Trump and the other MAGAts have their sights on banning collective bargaining all together.

They are coming after ALL unions.


Walker's Wisconsin could be a model for Trump on unions


http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e9a2a70e809f417b827e0d4272a12bcb

[oberliner]

6. One brave Republican

Needs to put a stop to this.

Good test to see if Trump will get everything he wants or not.

Is there a Republican with principles?

[cstanleytech]

14. There arent any brave ones they all want her in the job because their goal is to create

an uneducated voter base on which they can manipulate with ease.
The few Republicans that voted no to her are just token ones meant to try lessen the backlash at the Republicans for putting her in into office.

[Skittles]

7. WE THE PEOPLE means *NOTHING*

[barbtries]

8. tuesday huh.

we have until tuesday to convince one republican that his vote for devos will be his death knell in congress. i call my senators daily but with them there's no hope (NC). where is the hope?

[bekkilyn]

13. I'm in NC too and...heh

Burr won't even show his face to voters here much less do anything out of lockstep with Trump.

[barbtries]

18. he will hopefully pay for it in the long run

my theory on republicans is right now they're afraid of trump. WE need to make them more afraid of us. They will never ever ever do the right thing just because it is the right thing to do. they will however do the right thing if they believe it will be better for them.

[exboyfil]

31. I think DeVos

fits Pence as well. Except for Bannon and Flynn (and maybe Perry and Tillerson) I think Pence is pretty happy with Trump's picks. He would pivot away from Russia, but he would be just as aggressive in the Middle East. Perry in charge of our nuclear programs is an abomination that even the Republicans have to recognize. The generals and pro-business fascists fit Pence as well as Trump.

[jmowreader]

20. One MORE Republican, you mean

Right now the Senate is 52 Republicans plus 48 non-Republicans. Two Republicans plan to vote against her. Hopefully all the Democrats and independents also vote against her...I realize we ARE talking about Joe Manchin and Heidi Heitkamp, but anything is possible. So if we get all the non-R plus two R, we're in a tiebreaker situation and Ayatollah Pence gets to cast the deciding vote. If we can get THREE R votes, Trump has to go back and pick someone who doesn't have a war criminal for a brother to be the Education secretary.

[Bengus81]

9. All is needed is one more Republican in Congress with some BALLS to do something good here...

She is the worst of the worst.......

[exboyfil]

32. Perry and Carson

beg to differ.

[FailureToCommunicate]

11. Think of the children!! Who can save us from this (latest) monster? Is there a Senator who still

remembers their oath of office?

[still_one]

12. This should be no surprise to anyone. If nothing else, this election has

demonstrated one thing without a doubt, the republican party is anti-American

and anyone who thought there was no difference between Democrats and republicans can go **** **********

[msongs]

16. the republican good germans will not vote against their new furher not matter how much they

sqwak about him. must be the air in arizona and south carolina

[Turbineguy]

19. You break it

you bought it.

[ProudLib72]

21. Remember No Child Left Behind?

This is much, much worse.

[Liberty Belle]

22. We just need a couple more Republicans to not vote, if they fear backlash

for voting against her.

A sudden bout of stomach flu would do it.

[joanbarnes]

23. Because.....JESUS!

[Cryptoad]

24. Need to Primary ever Democrat what vote for her.

Millions Protesting in the streets and they a sucking GOP ass!

[DownriverDem]

27. I hate to say it but

Elections have consequences. We were all warned by Bernie, Obama, Warren & HRC. How's that 3rd party or not at all vote working out for ya now?

[Cryptoad]

34. WTF makes u think i voted third party?

[DownriverDem]

25. Yep

When the two repub senators came out a "no" I had a feeling that no one else would step up.

[Solly Mack]

26. Because Pence is every bit of a danger that Trump is.

[mucifer]

28. She paid for the appointment it should be hers. What's the problem?

[Freethinker65]

29. Can I hear an Amen!

[Eliot Rosewater]

30. Destroying education, and they are going to do that, is very important

if you want a dumbed down, obedient society.

We are just waiting around for the inevitable, and by the way, WHEN, not if, in 2018 the Democratic candidates for house and senate are not PURE enough and 3rd party voters vote 3rd party AGAIN, these fuckwits will gain even MORE power.

I say our ONLY job for the next almost 2 years is EDUCATE 3rd party voters how a TWO party system works!