The Latest: Tillerson nomination clears a Senate hurdle
The vote also sets the stage for a lengthy debate over the president's order banning travel from specific Muslim-majority countries.
Schumer said he'll oppose education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos (dih-VAHS'), secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson, attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions, health and human services nominee Tom Price, treasury secretary nominee Steve Mnuchin (mih-NOO'-chin), labor secretary nominee Andy Puzder, Environmental Protection Agency nominee Scott Pruitt and budget director nominee Mick Mulvaney.
Schumer called the picks "billionaires and bankers" and asked whether the country wants to be "one that helps the middle class and those struggling to get there or one that further rigs the system in favor of the special interests?"
A procedural vote in the Senate on Donald Trump's secretary of state nominee sets up an extended debate over the president's executive order barring refugees for at least four months and the direction of U.S. policy toward Russia.