Mike pence cast the tiebreaking vote to confirm President Trumps nominee for education secretary betsy devos. Both the ayes are 50 and nays are 50. The Vice President votes in the affirmative and the nomination is confirmed. The 5150 vote to confirm betsy devos. Just moments ago, devos tweeted this. I appreciate the senates diligence and im honored to serve as education secretary. Lets improve options and outcomes for all u. S. Students. Our senior congressional reporter manu raju is joining us live from capitol hill right now. Manu, this is unprecedented, historic first for the Vice President to cast the tiebreaking vote. Reporter absolutely, wolf. We have not seen this before. This shows how controversial of a nominee this was. Lisa murkowski and Susan Collins expressing their view days ago. Mitch mcconnell knew they were voting no which caused them to have Jeff Sessions stay in the vote to cast a vote and forced mike pence to come in here and vote yes breaking that tie. This came af