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Pawpaw wrote:

Skiprr wrote:BTW, regarding the DeVos confirmation, I haven't researched it but can't remember offhand the last time the Vice President cast the deciding Senate vote to break a tie for a cabinet nominee.

Never. This was a historic first.

It is a historic first, but for a very good reason. Until the Dems changed the rules a cabinet conformation required 60 votes. Obviously with a 60 vote requirement it would be impossible for there to be a occasion for the VP to cast the deciding vote.