Democratic senators promised to stay up all night debating DeVos early into Tuesday morning and also took to Twitter to urge residents to light up Senate phonelines. But Republicans are still expected to narrowly win her approval, with Vice President Mike Pence set to cast the first the tie-breaking vote in history for a Cabinet appointment. The DeVos fight has become emblematic of the knock-down brawls that Democrats have set for almost all of Trump's top nominees -- dragging out, but ultimately unable to stop their approval. I've had people come up to me and say 'I voted for Donald Trump, but I want you to vote against this nominee,'" Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday, kicking off the lengthy, final debate over DeVos. The secretary for the Department of Education might not the most consequential of positions inside the Trump administration, but the decision by two Republicans -- Sens.

Source: CNN February 06, 2017 18:04 UTC