Democrats will talk all night to oppose DeVos

Published February 6, 2017 8:03pm ET



Senate Democrats plan to stay on the Senate floor all day Monday and into the night to argue against the confirmation of education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos, who is expected to win approval at noon on Tuesday.

Senate rules require 30 hours of debate on DeVos unless both parties agree to yield time back. But Democrats are refusing to yield back time and will talk for hours against DeVos, a wealthy GOP donor and school choice advocate.

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