http://bit.ly/1z8zDMO - The Senate is scheduled to hold a full vote today on the confirmation of Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary, billionaire Betsy DeVos. DeVos is perhaps Trump’s most contested pick among a group of controversial Cabinet nominees. DeVos is a longtime backer of charter schools and vouchers for private and religious schools. She and her husband have also invested in a student debt collection agency that does business with the Education Department. On Monday, Senate Democrats took to the floor of the U.S. Senate to begin a 24-hour protest opposing DeVos. Last week, two Republican lawmakers, Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, announced plans to vote against DeVos, leaving Senate Republicans one vote short of confirming her. If the Senate vote is 50-50, Vice President Mike Pence would then cast the deciding vote—an event that has never happened to any other presidential nominee in history. We speak to Democratic Congressmember Maxine Waters of California. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs weekdays on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: http://bit.ly/1z8zDMO Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: http://bit.ly/1Ld9TB8 FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: Facebook: http://bit.ly/1JFyMme Twitter: https://twitter.com/democracynow YouTube: http://youtube.com/democracynow SoundCloud: http://bit.ly/1z8zE34 Daily Email: http://bit.ly/1JFyKuy Google+: http://bit.ly/1eO011E Instagram: http://bit.ly/1dhTTNI Tumblr: http://bit.ly/1dhTVFz Pinterest: http://bit.ly/1JFyKuH iTunes: http://apple.co/1z8zE35 TuneIn: http://bit.ly/1z8zE3a Stitcher Radio: http://bit.ly/1JFyMCO
2/7/17
Rep. Maxine Waters: DeVos is a Billionaire Wannabe Teacher Who Doesn't Care About Public Education #okc #news #wth
http://bit.ly/1z8zDMO - The Senate is scheduled to hold a full vote today on the confirmation of Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary, billionaire Betsy DeVos. DeVos is perhaps Trump’s most contested pick among a group of controversial Cabinet nominees. DeVos is a longtime backer of charter schools and vouchers for private and religious schools. She and her husband have also invested in a student debt collection agency that does business with the Education Department. On Monday, Senate Democrats took to the floor of the U.S. Senate to begin a 24-hour protest opposing DeVos. Last week, two Republican lawmakers, Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, announced plans to vote against DeVos, leaving Senate Republicans one vote short of confirming her. If the Senate vote is 50-50, Vice President Mike Pence would then cast the deciding vote—an event that has never happened to any other presidential nominee in history. We speak to Democratic Congressmember Maxine Waters of California. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs weekdays on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: http://bit.ly/1z8zDMO Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: http://bit.ly/1Ld9TB8 FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: Facebook: http://bit.ly/1JFyMme Twitter: https://twitter.com/democracynow YouTube: http://youtube.com/democracynow SoundCloud: http://bit.ly/1z8zE34 Daily Email: http://bit.ly/1JFyKuy Google+: http://bit.ly/1eO011E Instagram: http://bit.ly/1dhTTNI Tumblr: http://bit.ly/1dhTVFz Pinterest: http://bit.ly/1JFyKuH iTunes: http://apple.co/1z8zE35 TuneIn: http://bit.ly/1z8zE3a Stitcher Radio: http://bit.ly/1JFyMCO
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