The first time was former Vice President Mike Pence's vote for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos during Trump's first term. After facing an intense political pressure campaign - including ...

WASHINGTON -Republican US Senator Bill Cassidy, a doctor who had expressed wariness about Mr Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s anti-vaccine views, cleared the path on Feb 4 for Mr Kennedy to become the top ...

No Democrats nor Independents voted for Betsy DeVos for secretary of education ... Susan Collins voted no, requiring then Vice President Mike Pence to cast a tie-breaking vote to confirm DeVos.

Mike Pence’s first tie-breaking vote came when he had to vote to confirm Betsy DeVos to be education secretary. Republicans blanched at making Andrew Puzder to be secretary of labor after ...

Trump's nominees avoid grilling and skirt through confirmation process despite initial public outcry - ANALYSIS: Trump has finally bent the Senate to his will. And, as Eric Garcia writes, he has done ...