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Senate will vote on education secretary
nominee next week
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 [February 03, 2017]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S.
Senate will vote early next week on confirming President Donald Trump's
pick for education secretary, Betsy DeVos, Senator Lamar Alexander of
Tennessee said on Friday.
Early on Friday morning, the Senate voted 52 to 48 on a procedural move
to pave the way to the final confirmation vote, which could come as
early as Monday.
(Reporting by Lisa Lambert; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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