--- title: Betsy DeVos Senate Vote: Watch Live description: Democrats in the U.S. Senate are set to voice their opposition to Betsy DeVos, who President Trump has picked to be Education Secretary. canonical: https://time.com/4661671/betsy-devos-vote-senate/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-06T20:19:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:10:04.928Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Senate Democrats Try to Stop Betsy DeVos’ Confirmation og:description: Democrats need one more Republican senator to reject her nomination og:url: https://time.com/4661671/betsy-devos-vote-senate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb5434fd366e3a53/6988b8fa196cf4651103ec18/betsy-devos.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Trump's Selection For Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Testifies During Her Senate Confirmation Hearing og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Senate Democrats Try to Stop Betsy DeVos’ Confirmation twitter:description: Democrats need one more Republican senator to reject her nomination twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb5434fd366e3a53/6988b8fa196cf4651103ec18/betsy-devos.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: Senate Democrats Try to Stop Betsy DeVos’ Confirmation by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Feb 6, 2017 8:19 PM UTC  Betsy DeVos, President Donald Trump's pick to be the next Secretary of Education, testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Jan. 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. Betsy DeVos, President Donald Trump's pick to be the next Secretary of Education, testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Jan. 17, 2017 in Washington, DC.Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Feb 6, 2017 8:19 PM UTC [Democrats in the U.S. Senate](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/betsy-devos-democrats-confirmation-234691) are set to voice their opposition Monday to President Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education, [Betsy DeVos](http://time.com/4637642/betsy-devos-confirmation-education-policy/), as the [full legislative body](http://time.com/4655427/betsy-devos-nominate-vote-full-senate/) continues to consider her nomination. The Senate is expected to vote on her nomination Tuesday. So far, Democrats—who believe DeVos is unqualified for the post—need [one more Republican senator](http://time.com/4657030/betsy-devos-opposition-susan-collins-lisa-murkowski/) to reject her bid to nix her confirmation. If no other Republican steps forward, Vice President Mike Pence may have to break the tie. Watch the livestream above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4661671/betsy-devos-vote-senate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4661671/betsy-devos-vote-senate/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Senate Democrats Try to Stop Betsy DeVos’ Confirmation","datePublished":"2017-02-06T20:19:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:10:04.928Z","description":"Democrats need one more Republican senator to reject her nomination","url":"https://time.com/4661671/betsy-devos-vote-senate/","keywords":["White House","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb5434fd366e3a53/6988b8fa196cf4651103ec18/betsy-devos.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb5434fd366e3a53/6988b8fa196cf4651103ec18/betsy-devos.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Trump's Selection For Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Testifies During Her Senate Confirmation Hearing","caption":"Trump's Selection For Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Testifies During Her Senate Confirmation Hearing","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4661671/betsy-devos-vote-senate/","name":"Watch Live: Senate Democrats Try to Stop Betsy DeVos’ Confirmation"}}]}] ```