Just about 8 years in the past, any other Trump management cupboard secretary slightly survived her affirmation vote, advancing handiest after a vice chairman’s tiebreaker vote.
That nominee used to be Betsy DeVos, the rich Republican donor who had nearly no enjoy in public training and who was confirmed to lead the Department of Education.
On Feb. 7, 2017, two Republican senators, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, grew to become in opposition to Mr. Trump’s pick out for the process and voted in opposition to her. However with out a 3rd Republican to enroll in their ranks, Ms. Devos used to be in the end showed on a 51-to-50 vote.
It used to be the primary time a vice chairman — on this case, Vice President Mike Pence — were summoned to the Capitol to damage a tie on a cupboard nomination.
On Friday, Pete Hegseth was the second one individual to be showed to a cupboard secretary put up when Vice President JD Vance forged the deciding vote, making sure he would be the subsequent protection secretary. Ms. Murkowski and Ms. Collins additionally voted in opposition to him, together with Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky.
Democrats argued that allegations of sexual misconduct, abusive conduct, public drunkenness and financial mismanagement of 2 nonprofit veterans teams made Mr. Hegseth unqualified and undeserving to supervise the rustic’s 1.3 million lively accountability troops and the Pentagon’s just about $850 billion price range.
