After a 51-50 vote of the United States Senate Trump nominee and Amway heiress Betsy DeVos is now the United States Secretary of Education. Mike Pence cast the tie-breaking vote after lich Senator John McCain1 and Lindsey Graham defected from Trump's party. Money from unions purporting to represent "professionals" "working" in public education is a major source of funding for socialist politicians in the United States. Pence in our time.
Notably in this past election, McCain was saved from a credible primary challenge by a late endorsement from Donald Trump. ↩
If you want to completely abandon the passive voice, the first sentence could be rewritten to "After a 51-50 vote of the United States Senate, Trump nominee and Amway heiress Betsy DeVos won confirmation as the United States Secretary of Education." Or even "After a 51-50 vote, the United States Senate confirmed Trump nominee and Amway heiress Betsy DeVos as the United States Secretary of Education."
(actual) Progress, not perfection
ZOMG the VPOTUS actually has POWERZ????