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<i>The Atlantic </i> Politics & Policy Daily: DeVos Bearly Confirmed in the Senate

Vice President Mike Pence cast the tie-breaking vote to confirm Betsy DeVos as secretary of education.
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During a hearing before a House panel, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly for the rollout of President Trump’s controversial travel ban, telling lawmakers “this is all on me.” The Senate Betsy DeVos as education secretary after Vice President Mike Pence cast a historic tie-breaking vote. DeVos’s confirmation , Trump’s pick for attorney general, to he has “serious, serious concerns” about Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, after the two met. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals oral arguments from the Justice Department asking to reinstate Trump’s executive order on immigration at 6 p.m. ET.

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