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The full Senate voted, 81–17, to pass the waiver three hours later. After the Trump transition team canceled a meeting between Mattis and the House Armed Services Committee, the waiver narrowly passed the committee by a vote of 34–28. The House voted, 268–151, to grant the waiver. [134]
John Bryson, his commerce pick, waited 126 days. Attorney General Loretta Lynch holds the modern record, as 161 days passed before getting Senate approval." [272] In an update on the March 2017 nomination of J. Christopher Giancarlo to the CFTC, the White House submitted his paperwork to the Senate committee in early May.
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.
Trump’s final approval rating as president in January 2021 was 29 percent in a Pew Research Center poll. Trump will be sworn in as president on January 20, 2025.
Donald Trump, a Republican originally from New York, who during his first presidency moved his principal residency to Florida, was elected president of the United States in 2016. He was inaugurated on January 20, 2017, as the nation's 45th president, and his presidency ended on January 20, 2021, with the inauguration of Joe Biden .
Trump's plans to pardon Jan. 6 defendants remain largely a mystery The Capitol was heavily secured as Congress certified Donald Trump's 2024 election win, four years after the Jan. 6 attack, for ...
Institutionally, President Trump had the advantage of a Republican Party majority in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, but was unable to fulfill his major pledges in his first 100 days, with some approval rating polls reporting around 40%.
Warrington, who served as the Trump campaign’s general counsel, represented the former president during the House select committee’s investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.