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Betsy DeVos Confirmed as Education Secretary; Pence Breaks Tie
NYTimes ^ | 2-7-2017 | EMMARIE HUETTEMAN

Posted on 02/07/2017 9:36:54 AM PST by tcrlaf

The Senate confirmed Betsy DeVos on Tuesday as education secretary, approving the embattled nominee only with the help of a historic tiebreaking vote from Vice President Mike Pence.

The 51-to-50 vote elevates Ms. DeVos — a wealthy philanthropist from Michigan who has devoted much of her life to expanding educational choice through charter schools and vouchers, but has limited experience with the public school system — to be steward of the nation’s schools.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 115th; 2; devos; doe; first100days; pence; trump45; trumpcabinet; trumpwinsagain; trunp
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To: tcrlaf
Cool. They didn't just confirm one Devo ... they confirmed all five Devos!


61 posted on 02/07/2017 10:03:12 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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To: tcrlaf

I have a theory which I believe to be right...the unemployment which 0bama drove upward, while claiming the rate kept shrinking...many of the unemployed he actually via Soros, employed as his soldiers...these are the professional protestors who travel place to place and so forth; these are his brownshirts.


62 posted on 02/07/2017 10:03:18 AM PST by CincyRichieRich (Drain the swamp. Build the wall. Open the Pizzagate. I refuse to inhabit any safe space.)
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To: equaviator

Winning Again, F the NEA and Michigan Edjucation Assoc.

Now defund the Dept. of Edjucation! Go Betsy!


63 posted on 02/07/2017 10:03:25 AM PST by wetgundog ("Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Vice" -AuH2O)
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To: Sacajaweau
First new rule....bring your own damn lunch.

You hate children and want them to starve. /s

64 posted on 02/07/2017 10:03:43 AM PST by Hyman Roth
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To: tcrlaf
but has limited experience with the public school system — to be steward of the nation’s schools.

I would bet that not one of the Senators who voted against DeVos has their kids in public schools.

65 posted on 02/07/2017 10:03:45 AM PST by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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To: Alberta's Child

She whipped it good.


66 posted on 02/07/2017 10:04:11 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Ray76

YES DeVos; YES now Sessions!!!


67 posted on 02/07/2017 10:05:35 AM PST by smileyface (Things looking up in RED PA!)
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To: tcrlaf

Wow, HURRAY for Education of children. NOT so much Hurray for those who get money for going to places they don´t enjoy working.


68 posted on 02/07/2017 10:05:37 AM PST by rovenstinez
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To: Bushbacker1

BOOM! That’s the sound of libs cranial cavities ‘splodin’. Still NOT tired of winning. Now to get Jeff in place then on to Gorsuch. Then we can start lookin’ for roof bather ginstein’s replacement.


69 posted on 02/07/2017 10:05:55 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: tcrlaf; GraceG; Yaelle
Libs on Twitter decrying at as "The Death of Education!", among other amazingly hateful things.

Death of Education?


70 posted on 02/07/2017 10:06:25 AM PST by KC_Lion ("I'm a believer that you don't need a title, and you don't need an office to make a difference"~S.P.)
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To: tcrlaf

Teacher’s unions can burn in...well, you know.


71 posted on 02/07/2017 10:07:55 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: poinq

Seeing the assorted pedos and whack jobs that are teachers, I have no idea why turning to one to be SoE is any step up.


72 posted on 02/07/2017 10:08:43 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: tcrlaf

That’s fine. We’ll be watching, Mrs. De Vos. Make it a good one, or you’ll find us to be your worst enemy.


73 posted on 02/07/2017 10:09:53 AM PST by backwoods-engineer (Trump won; I celebrated; I'm good. Let's get on with the civil war now.)
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To: who knows what evil?
Teacher’s unions can burn in...well, you know.

Yep, time to provide some extreme competition to these government schools all while providing inner city kids (and others) choice to actually get a good education.

74 posted on 02/07/2017 10:09:54 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: UpInArms

Your mother was correct and the public school system, in NYC, has NEVER before been as horrible as it is today. Even the specialized public schools and many of the private schools, aren’t anything even remotely near what they once were.


75 posted on 02/07/2017 10:10:14 AM PST by nopardons
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To: who knows what evil?
Teacher’s unions can burn in...well, you know.

Yep, time to provide some extreme competition to these government schools all while providing inner city kids (and others) choice to actually get a good education.

76 posted on 02/07/2017 10:10:44 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Bushbacker1
...moved right on to SessionsIs that to say, they are voting on Sessions today?
77 posted on 02/07/2017 10:11:41 AM PST by BlackbirdSST (Trust not one word from the enemedia, until it can be independently verified!)
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To: tcrlaf
Collective LIBRARD RATS today!!! The icing on the cake will be the 9th CIRCUS rejecting the rejection of the "MUSLIM BAN", so-called.




78 posted on 02/07/2017 10:13:36 AM PST by Cheerio (The unknown President #44)
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To: poinq
They were trying to say that she is dumb because she was never a teacher. Elites have a very high idea of themselves.

My dad taught in the public schools all of his adult working life, and my mom taught until I was born; they knew teachers and teaching. One thing they never assumed was that any teacher was automatically "smart." In fact, they thought a lot of their fellow teachers were dumb as a bag of hammers... and that school administrators - with a few notable exceptions - were merely ex-teachers that couldn't make it in the classroom and opted to invest in "credentialing."

79 posted on 02/07/2017 10:14:15 AM PST by niteowl77 (First it was George Bush's fault, then it was the Russians' fault, now it's Donald Trump's fault.)
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To: Defiant

Just a guess but I believe he can.


80 posted on 02/07/2017 10:15:13 AM PST by dirtymac
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