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Vice President Mike Pence Casts Historic Tie-breaking Vote for Senate's Confirmation of Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary—How Her Faith Stands Out

Heather Sells : Feb 7, 2017  CBN News

Rev. Robert Sirico, the founder of the Grand Rapids-based Acton Institute and a long-time DeVos family friend, describes her as a "solid evangelical Christian" who is active in her church and "orthodox in her beliefs and personal commitment to Jesus Christ."

[CBN News] [UPDATE by BCN: At 12:30 ET Tuesday, the Senate voted to confirm Betsy DeVos as U.S. Education Secretary for President Donald Trump's administration. The Senate had come to a 50-50 tie, but Vice President Mike Pence's affirmative vote broke the tie allowing DeVos' confirmation. According to a Fox News report: "Pence's vote marked the first time in American history a vice president has broken a tie on a Cabinet nominee's Senate confirmation—and the first tie-breaking vote by a VP since 2008."] (Photo via CBN News)

[Earlier] Senators in opposition to DeVos staged an all-night speaking marathon against her, hoping to draw out at least one more opposition vote. Already, two Republican senators have said they will vote against DeVos.

Critics have also risen up on social media with #holdthefloor and #NoOnDeVos hashtags abounding. A chief concern—that DeVos, a billionaire philanthropist and product of private education, has no experience with or interest in supporting public education. It's a charge her supporters fiercely deny.

In the midst of this political battle, many Believers have noticed that DeVos is a committed Christian who prioritizes her faith.

Rev. Robert Sirico, the founder of the Grand Rapids-based Acton Institute and a long-time DeVos family friend, describes her as a "solid evangelical Christian" who is active in her church and "orthodox in her beliefs and personal commitment to Jesus Christ."

John Booy, another long-time friend, told CBN News that DeVos integrates her faith into all areas of her life and that it's led her to a "deep sensitivity to those who have not had the privilege she's grown up with."

DeVos and her husband Dick DeVos spoke at a 2001 Christian philanthropic gathering about their faith. She described a desire to be active in education to influence the culture and help "advance God's Kingdom."

Dick DeVos spoke about wanting to drive better performance across all education. "Our Christian worldview, which for us comes from a Calvinist tradition, which is to be very much a part of the world and to provide for a greater opportunity, a more expanded opportunity someday for all parents to be able to educate their children in a school that reflects their worldview," he said. (Photo: Betsy and husband Dick/via betsydevos.com)

Booy is principal at the Potter's House, a Christian K-12 school in Grand Rapids. DeVos has actively supported the school for years and Booy says she became passionate about reforming education while meeting parents there. The school opened in 1981 to provide a choice for families in the low-income neighborhood surrounding it. At the time, their public school ranked third-lowest in the state.

"I think that until you actually meet people who will tear up and cry when they tell you how desperate they were for their child to go to a safe school where they would be loved and cared for and be nurtured and would be taught to their highest potential—when she began to hear those kinds of stories from the mouths of mothers and grandmothers, that's pretty compelling," said Booy.







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