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The DeVos vote is a bad case study for the power of campaign contributions

The following article by Philip Bump was posted on the Washington Post website February 7, 2017:

Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) greets Betsy DeVos for her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill on Jan. 17. (Brendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)

After the Senate narrowly — historically narrowly — voted to approve the Cabinet nomination of Betsy DeVos, opponents of her nomination presented a theoretical rationale: money.

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Toomey, Cochran, Capito, and Tillis have all voted ‘yes’ to confirm DeVos as Secretary of Education

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Here’s how much they received from DeVos: pic.twitter.com/Fhm6R9awbf

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