Trump education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos is slated to begin her confirmation hearings on January 11. Republicans scheduled a hearing for secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson the same day to complicate Democrats' promise to delay the confirmation of DeVos, Tillerson, and six other cabinet nominees until March, “an unprecedented break with Senate tradition,” says the Washington Post.“Incoming Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) accused Trump of trying to seat a ‘rigged Cabinet' of nominees who ‘have made billions
“Incoming Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) accused Trump of trying to seat a ‘rigged Cabinet' of nominees who ‘have made billions off the industries they'd be tasked with regulating,'” the Post says. DeVos is a prime target, but her initial disclosures to satiate Democrats' claimed financial ethics concerns suggests her potential conflicts of interest lie in another direction.
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