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Similar to a State of the Union Address, it will be delivered before the 119th United States Congress in the Chamber of the House of Representatives in the United States Capitol. Presiding over this joint session will be the House speaker, Mike Johnson, accompanied by JD Vance, the vice president in his capacity as the president of the Senate.
February 7, 2017: Vice President Mike Pence cast the tie-breaking vote to confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education. This was the first time in United States history that a cabinet confirmation was tied in the Senate and required a tie-breaking vote. [10] [11] February 28, 2017: President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress.
Office Nominee Assumed office Left office Secretary of Defense: Pete Hegseth [44] January 25, 2025 Robert G. Salesses [31] January 20, 2025 January 25, 2025 Deputy Secretary of Defense: Stephen Feinberg [45] Awaiting Senate Confirmation Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense Joe Kasper [45] January 20, 2025
President-elect Donald Trump has so far picked five Republican members of the U.S. Congress to join his administration, at least temporarily whittling away at the narrow majorities his party will ...
Donald Trump assumed office as the 45th president of the United States on January 20, 2017, and his first term ended on January 20, 2021. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the United States Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.
President-elect Donald Trump has said he might install his picks for top administration posts without first winning approval in the U.S. Senate. This would erode the power of Congress and remove a ...
Delegates in the room grew visibly tired by the end of the speech, with some checking their phones and zoning out Trump’s rambling, over-long speech at the Republican convention was taxing even ...
The 2018 State of the Union Address was given by the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump, on January 30, 2018, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 115th United States Congress. It was Trump's first State of the Union Address and his second speech to a joint session of the United ...