Susan Collins still unsure about Betsy DeVos as nation's education chief [View all]

It still isn’t clear whether U.S. Sen. Susan Collins is willing to vote for President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the U.S. Department of Education.

Collins agreed Tuesday to support sending Betsy DeVos’ name to the full Senate for consideration but specifically mentioned that she had yet to make up her mind which way to vote on the floor.

Another Republican senator on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Lisa Murkowski, also expressed concern about DeVos, opening the door to the possibility the Senate will reject Trump’s choice.

Maine’s other senator, independent Angus King, has already said he will vote against DeVos.

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