Betsy DeVoses' Low Marks at Senate Hearing

Betsy DeVoses' Low Marks at Senate Confirmation Hearing

#Suggested that enforcing a federal civil rights law for students with disabilities was "a matter best left to the states -- only to then backtrack and say that she "may have confused the law with something else."

#Refused to say she supported "equal accountability" for all taxpayer-funded schools -- be they public, public charter, or private.

#Told Sen Bernie Sanders in a tense exchange that while free college tuition was "really great to consider... there's nothing in life that's truly free."

#Struggled to understand the distinction between proficiency and growth, a basic concept among educators. Said Sen Al Franken, "It surprises me that you don't know this issue."

#Denied she'd ever had any influence on whether her parents' foundation funded Focus on the Family -- and argued she was only listed as the vice president on the group's tax forms for 12 years because of  "a clerical error."

#Declined to oppose putting guns in schools -- and joked that a school mentioned by Wyoming Sen. Mike Enzi probably had a firearm "to protect from potential grizzlies."

ADDENDUM
*Rep. Roger Marshall (R-KS) argued: "Just like Jesus said, 'The poor will always be with us'...There is a group of people that just don't want health care and aren't going to take care of themselves." He added that "morally, spiritually, socially." some poor and homeless people "just don't want health care."

*Eric Trump tweeted that Democrats who support the probe into his father's campaign are "not even people" and he has "never seen hatred like this."

*The U.S. House of Representatives has voted 233-186 to undo much of Dodd-Frank.