By: Erica Martinson Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan pressed Cabinet nominees to consider Alaska’s uniqueness, the difficulties of rural areas and the nation’s largest fisheries at a spate of confirmation hearings this week. Senators can publicly question President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet selections when they sit on the committee holding a confirmation hearing. For Murkowski, […]

Senators on HELP Committee who took DeVos’s money for their campaigns are now set to vote on her confirmation next week   Money-in-politics reform groups End Citizens United and Every Voice today launched a new digital ad targeting senators who have taken campaign money from Betsy DeVos.  It is the latest component in the groups’ […]

For Immediate Release Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Adam Bozzi, ECU Communications Director, adam@endcitizensunited.org, 202-798-5253 Laura Friedenbach, Every Voice Press Secretary, laura@everyvoice.org, 202-459-9778   Groups delivered petitions with nearly 60,000 signatures opposing DeVos nomination End Citizens United and Every Voice launching “Call Your Senator” campaign   As Betsy DeVos’s nomination hearing for Secretary of Education commenced yesterday, nearly […]

By: Eric Westervelt There hasn’t been a more controversial pick for secretary of education, arguably, in recent memory than Donald Trump’s choice of Betsy DeVos. The Senate confirmation hearings for the billionaire Republican fundraiser and activist from Michigan start today. DeVos is a champion of vouchers and expanding charter schools in a broader push for […]

By: Alex Kotch Preparing for a packed first week of confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s numerous controversial cabinet picks, Democratic politicians and advocacy groups had to decide which nominees they would focus their energy on opposing. With so many distasteful characters, several of whom have attacked the very agencies they’ve been nominated to lead, opposing […]

By: Lisa Hagen Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Education, is about to walk into the fire. Devos, a billionaire GOP donor, will take the first step toward a possible confirmation on Tuesday at a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee that will put her […]

By: Brian McVicar Federal lawmakers will get their first shot at grilling Grand Rapids’ Betsy DeVos when the prominent charter school advocate appears later this month before a senate committee for her confirmation hearing for U.S. Secretary of Education. And there will likely be no shortage of tough questions. Democrats have made no secret over […]

For Immediate Release Tuesday, January 10, 2017 Contact: Adam Bozzi, adam@endcitizensunited.org Supporters sign almost 20,000 petitions, begin making calls to senators; End Citizens United launches digital ad campaign Today as Betsy DeVos’ nomination hearing for the role of Education Secretary faces a delay, money-in-politics reform groups End Citizens United and Every Voice announced a surge of grassroots […]

By: Caitlin Huey-Burns Democrats are also putting pressure on DeVos, Trump’s choice to head the Education Department. A group of Democratic senators has called on her to pay $5 million in election-related fines owed by her school-choice advocacy group, All Children Matter. Additionally, the pro-campaign finance reform groups End Citizens United and Every Voice are […]

By: Andrew Ujifusa Since President-elect Donald Trump nominated her to be his education secretary, Betsy DeVos has attracted a host of support and criticism, which could make her confirmation process quite different from past confirmation hearings for that position. But who’s in her corner, and who’s been throwing punches? The public-relations squabbling about DeVos has […]