Both of Maine’s U.S. senators were on the losing side of an effort to prevent billionaire school voucher advocate Betsy DeVos from becoming secretary of education in President Trump’s Cabinet.

Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine said Tuesday that he will vote against confirming Betsy DeVos as federal education secretary but will support two of President Trump’s other Cabinet nominees.

Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins faces a high-stakes test with an obvious answer: Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos has been hostile to public K-12 schools even as she’s demonstrated ...

The confirmation of Betsy DeVos as education secretary is a question mark after two Republican senators, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, announced they plan to vote against her.

It took a historic tiebreaking vote cast Tuesday by Vice President Pence to get President Trump's education secretary nominee, Betsy DeVos, confirmed by the Senate. A few months ago, very few ...

WASHINGTON (AP/WCCO) -- The Senate has confirmed school choice activist Betsy DeVos as Education secretary, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 tie.

Betsy DeVos arrives at her confirmation hearing to be education secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 17. Yuri Gripas/File Photo/Reuters ...

His nominee for education secretary, Betsy DeVos, is a champion of charter schools and voucher programs.

President Donald Trump’s education secretary decried big government in schools, but wound up keeping her agency at center stage.

Betsy DeVos' Confirmation Process Betsy DeVos was confirmed after Vice President Mike Pence cast the deciding vote to break a 50-50 tie in the US Senate. Here are highlights from her confirmation ...