Pence expects Education pick DeVos will be confirmed with his vote
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President Donald Trump, left, and Betsy DeVos, right, pose for photographs at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster’s clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J.
WASHINGTON >> 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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For all those Democrats who disliked Hillary and did not vote please do remember you got what you deserve.
We don’t deserve to be stuck with you. Please go home to North Dakota.
“DeVos has faced fierce criticism from labor unions for her promotion of school choice.” Whoa’ just a minute there. I thought the left wing was all about choice. A woman’s right to choose, death with dignity, legalizing drugs etc. Sorry folks, the choice ends at your kids education. Under no circumstances must the symbiotic relationship between teacher’s unions and democrat politicians be broken by parents who want a quality education for their children. The bloated and inefficient public education must go on failing in order to keep taxpayer money flowing to democrats via union members dues.
Parents have choice now. You can send your child to a Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopalian, Fundamentalist, Baptist, etc. etc or a public school. What parents don’t want is to have their taxes used to pay for private schools, which they won’t be able to afford anyway, because vouchers would only pay a small part of the whole cost.
Choice is not the issue. Democrats have proved that by supporting charter schools. – although the DOE still has a long way to go on that.
The real issue is state support of religion. If Church schools want to be recognized like any other private entity, then they should pay taxes other private organization and be subject to the same labor laws. They can’t have it both ways. That’s un-American. We are long overdue for a discussion of the church’s tax obligations. DeVos should lead that discussion – perhaps during her nomination hearings.
Want a “good” public education? Just send your kid to a school in a more affluent neighborhood. That’s pretty much what it boils down to. Get rid of all the non-English speakers and kids living in poverty and all the schools are doing fine.
It’s sad when even people in your party won’t vote for you and the VP has to step in to help turn the vote in your favor. Maybe Devos will claim voter fraud and demand a recount. HA! #MAGA!
Republicans are afraid to wade in on this kind of policy. But at least one more need to change their minds to kill the nomination.