Following up on Peter’s question on the policy call today regarding possible additional Republican defections on DeVos. I just read an article in The Hill indicating that Republicans are moving the vote on Sen. Sessions attorney general nomination to after the DeVos vote, so he will be able to vote on her nomination while he is still a senator.
The article seems to assume that Democrats will all vote against DeVos. Thus if Sessions were confirmed before the DeVos vote, he leaves the Senate immediately, which would be like a “defection” in that the Republicans would lose Sesssions’s vote, and her nomination would fail, 49-50.
The article did not mention any other possible Republicans who might vote against.
Jeff
Following up on Peter’s question on the policy call today regarding possible additional Republican defections on DeVos. I just read an article in The Hill indicating that Republicans are moving the vote on Sen. Sessions attorney general nomination to after the DeVos vote, so he will be able to vote on her nomination while he is still a senator.
The article seems to assume that Democrats will all vote against DeVos. Thus if Sessions were confirmed before the DeVos vote, he leaves the Senate immediately, which would be like a “defection” in that the Republicans would lose Sesssions’s vote, and her nomination would fail, 49-50.
The article did not mention any other possible Republicans who might vote against.
Jeff
