WATCH: Betsy DeVos Was Just Confirmed to Head the Department of Education in an Unprecedented Tiebreaker Vote By Christine Nguyen and Jared T. Miller Senators voted 50-50 to confirm President Trump’s nominee for secretary of Education, with Vice-President Mike Pence’s tie-breaking vote becoming the first time in history that a VP has been called upon to make a deciding vote in a nomination. Read More Tags: original video betsy devos department of education trump cabinet mike pence tiebreaker More Feb. 7, 2017 Watch Now Would You Volunteer to be Infected With COVID-19? How Epidemics Made NYC Better The Story of a Coronavirus Infection Tiebreaker Vote Confirms DeVos As Secretary of Education