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On December 3, 2008, Obama chose Bill Richardson to be his Secretary of Commerce. [32] On January 4, 2009, Richardson withdrew his name from consideration because of a federal grand jury investigation into pay-to-play allegations. [33] Later that year, the investigation ended and Richardson and his staff members were cleared of any wrongdoing. [34]
The Obama-Biden ticket won 365 electoral college votes to McCain-Palin's 173, [12] and had a 53–46 percent edge in the nationwide popular vote. [13] Biden became the 47th Vice President of the United States on January 20, 2009, when he was inaugurated alongside President Barack Obama. He succeeded Dick Cheney.
United States presidents typically fill their Cabinets and other appointive positions with people from their own political party.The first Cabinet formed by the first president, George Washington, included some of Washington's political opponents, but later presidents adopted the practice of filling their Cabinets with members of the president's party.
Merrick Garland, Biden’s pick for attorney general, is amongst some of the wealthiest cabinet members, with a net worth estimated to be between $7.6 million and $25 million, according to a ...
Most of Trump's Cabinet picks easily won confirmation during his first 2017-2021 term in office. ... Democratic President Joe Biden's cabinet appointees took an average of 191 days to win ...
Emboldened Trump returns to Washington to meet with Biden, announce controversial Cabinet picks. ... 20 and 30 years." Biden will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the final time in Peru ...
Biden is the first president since Ronald Reagan in 1981 to have all of his original Cabinet secretary nominees confirmed to their posts. [ 8 ] This article documents the nomination and confirmation process for any successful or unsuccessful Cabinet nominees of the Biden administration .
Former President Barack Obama's nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, withdrew because he had $140,000 in unpaid taxes.