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Monday, February 6, 2017

FREE BEACON: GOP Defectors Have Received Thousands From Teachers Union

Collins, Murkowski will vote no on DeVos

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R., Alaska) / AP

BY: Bill McMorris
February 1, 2017 4:10 pm
The two Republicans who broke ranks with their party and announced they would vote against education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos have received thousands of dollars from the nation's largest teachers union.
Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R., Alaska) and Susan Collins (R., Maine) have each benefited from contributions from the National Education Association. Collins received $2,000 from the union in 2002 and 2008, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Murkowski, meanwhile, has received $23,500.