Democrats All-Night Senate All Night Protest Of DeVos Education Secretary Nomination -  Patty Murray
Channel: Millennial Monitor
Date: 2017-02-06

Senate Democrats are holding an all-night session to try to stop confirmation of Trump' nominee for Secretary of Education - Betsy DeVos.

As the All Nighter begins Betsy DeVos has 50 Republican Senate votes to confirm. Two Republican Senators are voting with the Democrats against confirmation - 50 votes not to confirm.

The two Republican senators — Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins from Maine — both announced last week they would not support Betsy DeVos nomination. 

That means there is a 50-50 split right now.  Tomorrow, Tuesday, Vice President Pence is expected to break the tie by voting for Betsy Devos.

The tactic that the Democrats have is to get one more Republication Senator to vote with the Democrats against confirmation.