Sens. With Teacher’s Unions Ties Should Recuse Themselves From DeVos Hearing

Sens. With Teacher’s Unions Ties Should Recuse Themselves From DeVos Hearing

America Rising Squared today is calling on all Senators on the HELP committee with unmistakable ties to the teacher’s unions to recuse themselves from Betsy DeVos’ hearing next Wednesday.

January 6, 2017

America Rising Squared today is calling on all Senators on the HELP committee with unmistakable ties to the teacher’s unions to recuse themselves from Betsy DeVos’ hearing next Wednesday.

The fact is that these Senators are so closely tied at the hip with these special-interest unions, that they could not possible give Ms. DeVos a fair shake because she is committed to shaking up the status quo in education and actually putting students and parents back in charge.

These are the Senators who have raked in teacher’s union cash for years and will be unmistakably biased at next week’s hearings. In the interest of fairness, they should recuse themselves:

Senator Total Teacher Union Contributions
Bernie Sanders (I-VT) $133,483
Patty Murray (D-WA) $89,000
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) $87,330
Chris Murphy (D-CT) $72,000
Al Franken (D-MN) $58,960
Bob Casey (D-PA) $47,925
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) $44,300
Michael Bennet (D-CO) $32,775
Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) $29,804
Tim Kaine (D-VA) $21,250
Maggie Hassan (D-NH) $20,999
Total Contributions $637,826

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