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2. "Rarely" ? How about ONCE before. The AP did mention it later in the article

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Sat Jan 25, 2025, 09:16 AM

Jan 2025

Only once before has the vice president had to break a tie on a Cabinet nominee — during Trump’s first term, when Vice President Mike Pence cast the vote to confirm Betsy DeVos as education secretary.

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