The Republican senator who introduced new Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee told reporters shortly after the Senate’s Tuesday vote to confirm DeVos that her taking over federal education programs is long overdue.
Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R.-Wis.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R.-Ky.) told reporters Thursday at the Republicans’ policy retreat here that they are committed to a 200-day program to implement the agenda of President Donald J. Trump.
President Donald J. Trump and first lady Melania Trump joined more than 2,000 military personnel, veterans, and first responders at Friday’s “A Salute to Our Armed Services” Presidential Inaugural Ball — one of three official balls celebrating the new president.
President Donald J. Trump reviewed units representing all of the armed forces shortly after taking command of America’s military from former president Barack Obama on Friday.
President-elect Donald J. Trump has two cabinet openings left to fill — the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Veterans Affairs — and now Washington is buzzing that former Georgia governor George E. “Sonny” Perdue is lined up for the USDA nod.
Capitol Hill conservatives allowed Democrats to strip the “Russell Amendment” out of the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2017 budget during conference negotiations after Vice-President Michael R. Pence and other members of the presidential transition team assured them that the incoming administration will restore protections for religion and conscience stripped by President Barack Obama.
