republicans apparently hell-bent destroy public education way senate confirm betsy devos secretary education 51-50 vote tuesday enough gop representative introduce bill away department education entirely.kentucky rep. thomas massie introduce one-page bill state department education would terminate dec. 31 2018. honest could understand panic knee-jerk reaction devos confirmation kind smoosh lay egg response make good idea would understandable sadly appear case all.massie want eliminate agency place since 1980 think federal government charge education instead think issue would best leave state local municipalities insert eye roll unelected bureaucrats washington d.c. charge children intellectual moral development state local communities best position shape curricula meet need students massie say statement.massie alone one seven republicans also sign onto bill house oversight committee chairman jason chaffetz utah reps. justin amash mich. andy biggs ariz. matt gaetz fla. jody hice ga. walter jones n.c. ra labrador idaho .the bill introduce shortly vice president mike pence cast tie-breaking confirm devos democrats vote two republicans sens susan collins maine lisa murkowski alaska break rank party oppose confirmation well unfortunately enough keep blithe idiot confirm education secretary.unfortunately enough keep blithe idiot confirm education secretary republicans try sabotage public education abolish department education entirely lovely.read feature image via t.j. kirkpatrick/getty image republican lawmaker introduce bill eliminate department education entirely