Betsy Devos was just confirmed after Mike Pence voted to break the 50-50 tie in the Senate:
BREAKING: US Senate ties at 50-50 on confirmation of Betsy Devos as secretary of Education; VP Pence expected to break tie.
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) February 7, 2017
BREAKING: Senate confirms Betsy DeVos as Education secretary after Vice President Mike Pence breaks 50-50 tie.
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 7, 2017
Mike Pence breaks the tie in the Senate and Betsy DeVos is confirmed as Trump's Secretary of Education.
— Dan Merica (@danmericaCNN) February 7, 2017
UPDATE: Below is video of Pence breaking the tie:
JUST IN: Vice President Mike Pence casts tie-breaking vote to confirm Betsy DeVos as Education secretary, 51-50 https://t.co/niuQfDYB6u pic.twitter.com/8TYfhlTndo
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) February 7, 2017
Senate ties confirmation vote 50-50 for Trump's ed. sec. nominee Betsy DeVos. VP Pence breaks tie, confirming DeVos https://t.co/u7xcSjhCZE
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 7, 2017
Here’s a few interesting tweets before the vote was complete:
On DeVos confirmation, GOPers Murkowski and Collins voted nay in succession as expected. GOP can only lose 2 if Pence is to break tie
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) February 7, 2017
Dem CT Sen Blumenthal casts last Dem nay vote on DeVos. Now at 50 nays
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) February 7, 2017
Sen Jeff Sessions R-AL literally just sprinted on to the Senate floor to cast his vote for DeVos
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) February 7, 2017
Jeff Sessions has returned to the Senate to vote for the DeVos nomination.
— Phil Elliott (@Philip_Elliott) February 7, 2017
UPDATE: Here’s a few things Heritage says Devos should do now that she’s confirmed:
The Senate just voted to confirm Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary as Vice President Mike Pence cast the tiebreaking vote. pic.twitter.com/a6qOdPKt9W
— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) February 7, 2017