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Republican Accountability (RA), formerly Republican Accountability Project (RAP) and, for the current presidential election, Republican Voters Against Trump (RVAT), is a political initiative launched in May 2020 by Defending Democracy Together for the 2020 U.S. presidential election cycle.
Trump's cabinet choices were described by news media as valuing personal loyalty over relevant experience, [6] [7] and for having a range of conflicting ideologies and "eclectic personalities". [ 8 ] [ 9 ] It was also described as the wealthiest administration in modern history, with over 13 billionaires chosen to take government posts.
Tillerson was first recommended to Trump for the secretary of state role by Condoleezza Rice, during her meeting with Trump in late November. [113] Rice's recommendation of Tillerson to Trump was backed up by Robert Gates three days later. [113] Tillerson's confirmation hearing with the Foreign Relations committee was held on January 11, 2017.
"If there is going to be a shutdown of government, let it begin now, under the Biden Administration, not after January 20th, under 'TRUMP,'" he declared on Truth Social.
Some 38 House of Representatives Republicans voted against a debt ceiling bill Trump demanded, showing the limits of his grip on the party, a month before he takes office on Jan. 20.
The 100-day agenda of Trump's first presidency ran aground in 2017 over a similar funding question, forcing him to withdraw his controversial plan to finance a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border to ...
After days of heated negotiations on Capitol Hill and eleventh-hour interference from President-elect Donald Trump and his ally Elon Musk, the House passed a funding bill to prevent a government ...
YouTube was awarded a 2008 Peabody Award and cited as being "a 'Speakers' Corner' that both embodies and promotes democracy". [67] [68] In early 2009, YouTube registered the domain www.youtube-nocookie.com for videos embedded on United States federal government websites.