Betsy DeVos garnered a 50-50 tie from senators, with all 48 Democrats in the chamber and two Republicans voting against her. DeVos ― who comes from a billionaire Michigan family ― inspired opposition from teachers unions and public education advocates after her nomination was first announced in November. Supporters of DeVos say teachers unions ― from whom DeVos is on the opposite end of the ideological spectrum ― drove opposition to her confirmation. Given that teachers unions also donate to politicians, her supporters say this argument is hypocritical. “Americans across the nation drove a bipartisan repudiation of the Trump-DeVos agenda for students and public education,” Lily Eskelsen Garcia, president of the National Education Association, said in a statement.

Source: Huffington Post February 07, 2017 17:26 UTC