Romney's Cabinet (2018)
Vice President: Paul Ryan
Sec of Defense: Michael Hayden (fmr. intelligence officer)
Sec of State: John McCain (U.S. senator)
Sec of Treasury: Jon Huntsman (fmr. Utah governor)
Attorney General: Sean Reyes (Utah attorney general)
Sec of HUD: Mike Crapo (U.S. Senator)
Sec of Labor: Scott Romney (acting)
Sec of Education: Drew Gilpin Faust (president of Harvard University)
Sec of Commerce: Alan Mulally (fmr. president and CEO of Ford Motor Co.)
Sec of Homeland Sec: Ray Mabus (fmr. Secretary of the Navy); unfilled
Sec of Transportation: unfilled
Sec of Veterans Affairs: unfilled
Sec of Interior: Rob Bishop (U.S. Congressman)
Sec. of HHS: Toby Cosgrove (president of the Cleveland Clinic)
Sec of Energy: unfilled
Sec of Agriculture: Norm Coleman (fmr. U.S. senator)
Dir of CIA: Michael Chertoff (fmr. Secretary of Homeland Security)
January 20, 2017 (Fri)
.Chief Justice John Roberts administers oath of office to President Mitt Romney in Washington, D.C.
.U.S. Senate confirms cabinet Secretaries: Mike Crapo of Housing and Urban Development; Michael Hayden of Defense; John McCain of State; Drew Gilpin Faust of Education; Scott Romney (the president's elder brother) as general counsel of the Department of Labor; and Tagg Romney (the president's son) as Counselor to the President.
.President Romney receives phone calls from the presidents of China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Mongolia, the Philippines, Australia, Cambodia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Georgia, France, Portugal, Italy, the King of Spain, and the Chancellor of Germany.
.Vice President Paul Ryan swears-in appointees to the Executive Office of the President.
.White House Chief of Staff and Senior Counselor to the President Michael Steele conducts administration's first official press briefing.
.President Romney receives phone calls from the president of Pakistan, prime minister of Israel, crown prince of Saudi Arabia, and the Queen of England.
.President Romney signs executive order barring the import of uninspected food stuffs and pharmecuetical items from international shipments.
.U.S. Senate confirms Secretary Alan Mulally of Commerce; Kathryn Biber as White House Counsel; and Matt Rhoades as Counselor to the President.
January 21, 2017 (Sat)
.Republican U.S. House Majority Whip Bradley Byrne of Alabama moves to draft Articles of Impeachment against President Romney for "multiple acts of aggression against the State via nepotism and political protectionism." (the House later votes down Byrne's resolution by a vote of 406-28)
.President Romney signs executive order abolishing the individual health mandate requiring all Americans to purchase insurance or face a penalty. (the U.S. Supreme Court later strikes down the constitutionality of the Romney administration's decree)
.U.S. Senate confirms Secretary Jon Huntsman of Treasury.
.President Romney receives phone calls from the prime minister of Canada and the president of Ukraine.
.U.S. Senate confirms Michael Chertoff as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and Secretary Rob Bishop of Interior.
.President Romney suffers a minor stroke with the First Lady in the White House. (The First Couple, along with a White House physician, keep the event from the public's knowledge until the New York Times publishes Romney's private medical records on Feb 9th.)
January 23, 2017 (Mon)
.President Romney participates in an early morning Oval Office interview with John Dickerson of CBS. (8:30am)
.President Romney signs executive order placing an immediate hiring freeze on the federal workforce, excluding the military and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE).
.U.S. Senate confirms Kevin Worthen as Counselor to the President.
.White House Chief of Staff Michael Steele announces to the press corps the admin.'s first foreign trip, scheduled for Canada on Feb. 1-3rd. (later rescheduled for Feb. 6-7th)
.Vice President Paul Ryan visits and speaks at the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial in Washington, D.C.
.President Romney signs executive order cancelling the sale of $1.3 billion in low-grade uranium to Saudi Arabia.
.President Romney signs executive order shrinking the size of the federal workforce by 19,903 positions over three years.
January 24, 2017 (Tue)
.U.S. Senate confirms Attorney General Sean Reyes.
.The New York Times publishes report uncovering Mitt Romney paid no federal income tax in Fiscal Yrs. 1980-1993. White House rebuts the accuracy of the editorial, citing he additionally paid no taxes from 1999-2016.
.President Romney signs executive order eliminating the Daily White House Briefing on Civil Rights, launched by former president Obama.
.President Romney receives guests in the East Room of the White House, from 1:00-4:00pm.
.Vice President Ryan receives guests at the Naval Observatory (home of the Vice President) from 1:00-2:00.
.Vice President Ryan dines with the former vice president Joe Biden at his home in Delaware.
.President Romney receives calls from the presidents of Mexico, India, Afghanistan, Estonia, Croatia, the King of Norway, and the Prime Leader of Iceland.
January 25, 2017 (Wed)
.President Romney signs executive order cancelling all foreign trade with the nations of Iraq, Syria, Palestine, the United Arab Emirates, and the British Virgin Islands (whose mainland had been invaded by Somali pirates on Jan. 11th).
.Vice President Ryan visits former N.Y.C. mayor Michael Bloomberg, where he accepts offer for Secretary of Homeland Security.
January 26, 2017 (Thu)
.President Romney signs executive order increasing the minimum hourly wage for federal and contract employees from $10.10 to $11 per hour (took affect the following payroll).
.President Romney signs House Resolution 4, reaffirming the United States' permanent membership in NATO and the U.N. Security Council.
.Dow Jones industrial average surges 696 points, to a record-high end in trading.
.Vice President Ryan makes surprise visit to U.S. Marines stationed in South Korea.
January 27, 2017 (Fri)
.Former president Barack Obama visits the British Virgin Islands, against strong condemnation from the U.S. State Department.
.President Romney signs executive order eliminating the White House Office on Urban Affairs and the 'White House Daily Brief on Gay and Lesbian Rights.'
.President Romney signs executive order reestablishing the Mexico City Policy.
.President Romney receives phone calls from the presidents of Ireland, Greenland, Turkey, Nepal, Egypt, and South Africa.
.Vice President Ryan casts tie-breaking vote which confirms Merrick Garland as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
January 28, 2017 (Sat)
.Former president Barack Obama appears on television with the president of the British Virgin Islands, pleading for military support from the Romney administration.
.President Romney signs executive order eliminating the White House Office on Aging and the 'White House Daily Brief on Equal Opportunity Employment.'
.Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, James Comey, announces federal charges to be filed in February against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
January 30, 2017 (Mon)
.U.S. Senate confirms National Security Adviser John Lehman, and Secretary Norm Coleman of Agriculture.
.President Romney presents, during a televised news conference, the newly-appointed Republican National Committee Chairman, Congressman Raul Labrador of Idaho.
January 31, 2017 (Tue)
.President Romney receives guests in the East Room of the White House, from 1:00-4:00pm.
February 1, 2017 (Wed)
.President Romney signs executive order vacating all U.S. military bases operating in Yemen, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
.FBI Director Comey announces indictment of former secretary Hillary Clinton and a pretrial date set for March 30.
.44 U.S. troops killed in Kabul, Afghanistan, firefight against Taliban insurgents. More than 1,350 terrorists reportedly killed.
February 2, 2017 (Thu)
.President Romney speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast, in Washington, D.C.
.Former president Barack Obama returns home to D.C. from the British Virgin Islands.
.President Romney signs the American Tax Cut Act of 2017 (the bill cuts corporate taxes from 35 to 21 percent, and raises take-home pay for all low and middle-class earners).
.President Romney and V.P. Ryan privately welcome home the remains of the killed U.S. Marines at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington, D.C. In a televised statement, President Romney promises support of many more U.S. forces in the immediate days ahead.
.U.S. House censures Barack H. Obama for his foreign trip to the British Virgin Islands.
February 3, 2017 (Fri)
.U.S. Department of Labor reports 169,000 jobs created in January, unemployment rate dips from 4.7 to 4.6 percent.
.Bloomberg International Corp. releases 'Romney Presidential Approval Poll, Feb. 17,' suggesting favorable ratings of about 51%.
.U.S. Senate votes against the confirmation of Secretary Michael Bloomberg of Homeland Security. Resolution is defeated by a vote of 48-52.
.President Romney signs the Fair Trade Act (this bill officially enters the United States of America into the "Transpacific Partnership" trade agreement).
February 4, 2017 (Sat)
.U.S. Senate confirms Ronna Romney McDaniel (the president's niece) as Counselor to the President.
.President Romney signs Future of Energies Act (this bill cuts federal gas and diesel taxes to just nine cents per gallon for the next 36 months, and permits increased domestic fuel production, including the 'Arctic National Wildlife Reserve').
.The Boston Herald publishes a story revealing the First Lady, Ann Romney, suffered a debilitating multiple sclerosis attack on Feb 3rd, and has been receiving treatment in a Massachusetts family facility since about 10am that morning. White House confirms.
February 6, 2017 (Mon)
.President Romney cancels his State visit to Canada on terms of his ill wife, dispatching Vice President Paul Ryan and Secretary of State John McCain in his absence.
.President Romney announces, in his second televised news conference, that his wife's health is improving and she is preparing to return to the White House.
.5 U.S. troops are killed in a helicopter crash south of Kabul. Romney speaks to the nation from the Oval Office.
February 7, 2017 (Tue)
.U.S. Senate confirms Secretary Ray Mabus of Homeland Security.
.President Romney receives guests in the East Room of the White House, from 1:00-3:00pm.
.President Romney visits the resting place of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. While visiting, he is attacked by angry 'Black Lives Matter' protesters, taking two punches to the head by a young black female activist. (The girl was violently tackled by several Secret Service agents and later sentenced to 18 months in prison)
February 8, 2017 (Wed)
.U.S. Senate confirms Secretary Toby Cosgrove of Health and Human Services.
.President Romney visits and speaks to students at Georgetown University, where he announces the deployment of the U.S.S. George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier to overtake the 6,000 estimated Somali occupiers of the British Virgin Is. The announcement is widely condemned by the U.K., France, as well as the United Nations Security Council.
.Secretary of State John McCain meets with the foreign secretary of the United Kingdom in NYC.
.Airstrikes begin in the British Virgin Is., and in less than 8 hours, U.S. Marines occupy the island and eliminate the remaining aggressors.
.President Romney announces from the Oval Office that no U.S. military deaths were reported after seven hours of intense fighting.
February 9, 2017 (Thu)
.President Romney has breakfast with Republican House Speaker Kevin Brady, and Democrat Sen. Leader Chuck Schumer at the White House.
.2 U.S. Marines are killed in an ambush by ISIS fighters in southern Mosul, Iraq.
.President Romney signs executive order supporting the immediate construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
President Romney signs executive order barring the closure of the federal prison facility at Guantanamo Bay.
February 10, 2017 (Fri)
.The New York Times publishes a story uncovering Romney's private medical records while in office, including the stroke he suffered in the Residence of the White House on Jan. 21st.
.Attorney General Sean Reyes participates in an interview defending President Romney's "strong and terrific health" on ABC News World Report.
.President Romney meets with President Abe of Japan at the White House. The two spend the weekend together, along with Secretary Huntsman, at Romney's estate in Utah.
.Secretary of State John McCain meets with the foreign secretary of the United Kingdom in London. McCain negotiates a peace settlement to return control of the British Virgin Islands to the U.K.'s Royal Naval Fleet on or before Feb. 15th.
.U.S. House drafts resolution (231-203) calling for a Congressional investigation into President Romney's "physical fitness for office."
February 11, 2017 (Sat)
.President Romney signs the Clinic Access Act (this bill allows women in the United States to receive abortions, "unabridged, in all 50 states and American commonwealths or territories."
.U.S. Senate confirms Dov S. Zakheim as United States Postmaster General.
.U.S. House unanimously approves resolution to censure President Mitt Romney.
February 13, 2017 (Mon)
.The Washington Post publishes editorial showing Mitt Romney reported $41 million of income during 2014, donating a total of $67,000 to private charities. White House rebukes.
.President Romney signs U.S. Omnibus and Appropriations Act of 2017 (this bill continues non-defense, discretionary spending at 2016 levels across-the-board, through fiscal year 2018).
.President Romney signs the McCain-Graham Border Security Act (this bill appropriates $5.1 billion to construct a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border).
.Ty Farmer, a senior at Hoover High School in Newark, NJ, shoots and kills eleven minor schoolmates and two substitute teachers. President Romney delivers televised address from the press briefing room of the White House.
February 14, 2017 (Tue)
.Vice President Ryan receives guests at the Naval Observatory, from 1:00-3:00pm.
.President Romney signs Executive Department Reassignment Act (this bill eliminates the Cabinet-level Departments of Commerce and Interior by close of fiscal year 2018).
.President Romney meets with President Diaz of Mexico at the White House.
.Secretary of Treasury Jon Huntsman announces $140 billion in new sanctions against the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
.President Romney has dinner at Camp David with nine of 'Forbes List's Dozen Most-influential American CEOs'.
February 15, 2017 (Wed)
.Secretary of State John McCain appears before 5,000,000 well-wishers in London, England, to sign-over the rights of the British Virgin Islands to the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
.President Romney conducts his third televised news conference from the press briefing room of the White House. Prior to taking questions, President Romney signed the Next Generation Payroll Relief Act (this bill cuts employers' OASDI withholding tax to 0% for the next 32 months).
.Chief of Staff Michael Steele announces President Romney's first foreign trip, scheduled for China on Mar. 6-8th.
.U.S. House Oversight Committee votes 3-1 to open inquiry, "only into the health and physical fitness for office of the Commander in Chief."
February 16, 2017 (Thu)
.President Romney participates in an early morning Oval Office interview with Bob Schieffer of CBS. (8:30am)
.Vice President Ryan visits and speaks at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.
.U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the constitutionality of Romney's E.O. 13467, which eliminated the individual health mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as "Obamacare").
February 17, 2017 (Fri)
.President Romney signs the Fair Health Care Act of 2017 (this bill updates the uninsured tax penalty of 2017, 2018, and 2019 to $0.00.
.Secretary of Defense Michael Hayden confirms the withdrawal of all American forces from Iraq, as of February 15th.
.President Romney signs executive order eliminating the White House Office on Multiculturalism.
.President Romney visits and speaks at Apple corporate headquarters in Cupertino, California.
February 18, 2017 (Sat)
.President Romney visits and speaks to North Carolina State University professors and alumni.
.Vice President Ryan attends the annual meeting of the World Trade Organization in Madrid, Spain. (Feb. 18-20th)
.President Romney signs the Veterans Administration Accountability Act (this bill gives the executive department of the U.S. government the authority to dismiss employees of the VA at discretion).
.U.S. Senate confirms Administrator Deval Patrick of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
February 20, 2017 (Mon)
.President Romney signs executive order eliminating the Office of the White House Science Adviser, and sends a letter to Congress lobbying for the elimination of the EPA and Department of Energy.
.President Romney visits U.S. Marines stationed at Camp Lejeune, in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
.President Romney receives phone calls from the prime minister of the United Kingdom and the president of France.
February 21, 2017 (Tue)
.President Romney signs executive order removing the United States of America from the Paris Climate Accords, effective in 2018.
.Vice President Ryan swears-in new Associate Supreme Court Justice, Merrick Garland.
.President Romney receives phone calls from the presidents of Finland and Australia.
.Vice President Ryan receives guests at the Naval Observatory, from 1:00-2:00pm.
.President Romney signs the Future of Medicine in America Act (this bill repeals the medical device tax, as well as the excise tax on luxury, or "Cadillac" health insurance plans).
.3 American tourists killed in Rome, Italy, by ISIS extremists originally from Aleppo, Syria.
.White House Chief of Staff Michael Steele participates in an interview with Don Lemon of CNN. (9:00pm)
February 22, 2017 (Wed)
.Bloomberg International Corp. releases 'Romney Presidential Approval Poll,' suggesting favorable ratings of about 50%.
.Vice President Ryan speaks at Central Intelligence Agency offices in Alexandria, Virginia.
.President Romney speaks at the annual Republican Congressional retreat in the Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania.
.President Romney signs executive order closing all Social Security Administration offices on Saturdays (in addition to Sundays).
.The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases report to Congress estimating the federal budget deficit is at or about $515 billion.
.President Romney conducts his fourth televised news conference, from the briefing room of the White House. He calls for Congress to pass a bill which "reduces now the rate in growth of our debt."
February 23, 2017 (Thu)
.U.S. Senate confirms Alan Keyes as Ambassador to the United Nations.
.President Romney visits Amazon headquarters in Seattle, Washington.
.The Boston Globe publishes report uncovering the Romney 2012 presidential campaign solicited (and collected) $2-3 million in unlawful contributions from at least 6 foreign governments: Russia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. White House rebukes.
.Democratic National Committee general counsel's office files charges with the Federal Election Commission against former candidate, and incumbent-President Mitt Romney.
February 24, 2017 (Fri)
.Columnist David Brooks accepts position as White House Press Secretary.
.National Security Adviser John Lehman submits letter of resignation to President Romney.
.President Romney promotes White House Chief of Staff, Michael Steele, to acting-national security adviser; he thus appoints B.Y.U. President, Kevin J. Worthen, as acting-chief of staff.
.President Romney signs executive order eliminating more than 130 duplicative and inefficient programs discovered at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
.Secretary of Defense Michael Hayden confirms that United States special forces have killed Anwar Al-Baghdadi, former commanding general of ISIS.
February 25, 2017 (Sat)
.President Romney signs the Bilateral Trade Act of 2017 (this bill boosts U.S. exports to 65 foreign markets, primarily in Europe, northern Africa, and emerging Southeast Asian countries; but blackballs other nations such as Palestine, North Korea, Cuba, Somalia, Syria, Northern Ireland, the Dem. Republic of Congo, and Kenya).
.President Romney signs executive order eliminating the White House Office on AIDS.
.Vice President Ryan participates in a live radio interview with Rush Limbaugh. (12:00pm)
February 27, 2017 (Mon)
.President Romney and V.P. Ryan conduct first cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House. (8:30am) The meeting, Romney called "timeless, helpful, workful, and productive," lasted more than 2 hours.
.President Romney signs executive order banning federal funding for embryo stem cell research.
.Secretary of State John McCain meets with foreign minister of Russia in Moscow.
.President Romney, during his fifth televised news conference, signs a pardon for the protester who physically assaulted him on Feb. 7th.
.U.S. Department of Homeland Security releases report to Congress estimating, "an astounding 25,000 or more illegal aliens have crossed into the United States since January 1st, 2017."
February 28, 2017 (Tue)
.Secretary of Homeland Security Ray Mabus submits letter of resignation to President Romney.
.U.S. Senate confirms Martha McSally as Secretary of the Air Force.
.President Romney signs federal directive scheduling a twice-weekly meeting of "the Cabinet," which consisted of the herein indicated-confirmed Cabinet secretaries, plus vice pres. Ryan; CIA Dir. Chertoff; chief of staff Kevin Worthen; and Kathlyn Biber, the White House Counsel. The New York Times releases a report shortly after quoting the president as saying, "In a room of these fifteen people, there's nothing we couldn't do. So I don't see why we don't run government more efficiently." (Thereafter Feb. 28, the Romney administration never again televised its weekly Tuesday Cabinet meetings).
Vice President: Paul Ryan
Sec of Defense: Michael Hayden (fmr. intelligence officer)
Sec of State: John McCain (U.S. senator)
Sec of Treasury: Jon Huntsman (fmr. Utah governor)
Attorney General: Sean Reyes (Utah attorney general)
Sec of HUD: Mike Crapo (U.S. Senator)
Sec of Labor: Scott Romney (acting)
Sec of Education: Drew Gilpin Faust (president of Harvard University)
Sec of Commerce: Alan Mulally (fmr. president and CEO of Ford Motor Co.)
Sec of Homeland Sec: Ray Mabus (fmr. Secretary of the Navy); unfilled
Sec of Transportation: unfilled
Sec of Veterans Affairs: unfilled
Sec of Interior: Rob Bishop (U.S. Congressman)
Sec. of HHS: Toby Cosgrove (president of the Cleveland Clinic)
Sec of Energy: unfilled
Sec of Agriculture: Norm Coleman (fmr. U.S. senator)
Dir of CIA: Michael Chertoff (fmr. Secretary of Homeland Security)
January 20, 2017 (Fri)
.Chief Justice John Roberts administers oath of office to President Mitt Romney in Washington, D.C.
.U.S. Senate confirms cabinet Secretaries: Mike Crapo of Housing and Urban Development; Michael Hayden of Defense; John McCain of State; Drew Gilpin Faust of Education; Scott Romney (the president's elder brother) as general counsel of the Department of Labor; and Tagg Romney (the president's son) as Counselor to the President.
.President Romney receives phone calls from the presidents of China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Mongolia, the Philippines, Australia, Cambodia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Georgia, France, Portugal, Italy, the King of Spain, and the Chancellor of Germany.
.Vice President Paul Ryan swears-in appointees to the Executive Office of the President.
.White House Chief of Staff and Senior Counselor to the President Michael Steele conducts administration's first official press briefing.
.President Romney receives phone calls from the president of Pakistan, prime minister of Israel, crown prince of Saudi Arabia, and the Queen of England.
.President Romney signs executive order barring the import of uninspected food stuffs and pharmecuetical items from international shipments.
.U.S. Senate confirms Secretary Alan Mulally of Commerce; Kathryn Biber as White House Counsel; and Matt Rhoades as Counselor to the President.
January 21, 2017 (Sat)
.Republican U.S. House Majority Whip Bradley Byrne of Alabama moves to draft Articles of Impeachment against President Romney for "multiple acts of aggression against the State via nepotism and political protectionism." (the House later votes down Byrne's resolution by a vote of 406-28)
.President Romney signs executive order abolishing the individual health mandate requiring all Americans to purchase insurance or face a penalty. (the U.S. Supreme Court later strikes down the constitutionality of the Romney administration's decree)
.U.S. Senate confirms Secretary Jon Huntsman of Treasury.
.President Romney receives phone calls from the prime minister of Canada and the president of Ukraine.
.U.S. Senate confirms Michael Chertoff as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and Secretary Rob Bishop of Interior.
.President Romney suffers a minor stroke with the First Lady in the White House. (The First Couple, along with a White House physician, keep the event from the public's knowledge until the New York Times publishes Romney's private medical records on Feb 9th.)
January 23, 2017 (Mon)
.President Romney participates in an early morning Oval Office interview with John Dickerson of CBS. (8:30am)
.President Romney signs executive order placing an immediate hiring freeze on the federal workforce, excluding the military and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE).
.U.S. Senate confirms Kevin Worthen as Counselor to the President.
.White House Chief of Staff Michael Steele announces to the press corps the admin.'s first foreign trip, scheduled for Canada on Feb. 1-3rd. (later rescheduled for Feb. 6-7th)
.Vice President Paul Ryan visits and speaks at the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial in Washington, D.C.
.President Romney signs executive order cancelling the sale of $1.3 billion in low-grade uranium to Saudi Arabia.
.President Romney signs executive order shrinking the size of the federal workforce by 19,903 positions over three years.
January 24, 2017 (Tue)
.U.S. Senate confirms Attorney General Sean Reyes.
.The New York Times publishes report uncovering Mitt Romney paid no federal income tax in Fiscal Yrs. 1980-1993. White House rebuts the accuracy of the editorial, citing he additionally paid no taxes from 1999-2016.
.President Romney signs executive order eliminating the Daily White House Briefing on Civil Rights, launched by former president Obama.
.President Romney receives guests in the East Room of the White House, from 1:00-4:00pm.
.Vice President Ryan receives guests at the Naval Observatory (home of the Vice President) from 1:00-2:00.
.Vice President Ryan dines with the former vice president Joe Biden at his home in Delaware.
.President Romney receives calls from the presidents of Mexico, India, Afghanistan, Estonia, Croatia, the King of Norway, and the Prime Leader of Iceland.
January 25, 2017 (Wed)
.President Romney signs executive order cancelling all foreign trade with the nations of Iraq, Syria, Palestine, the United Arab Emirates, and the British Virgin Islands (whose mainland had been invaded by Somali pirates on Jan. 11th).
.Vice President Ryan visits former N.Y.C. mayor Michael Bloomberg, where he accepts offer for Secretary of Homeland Security.
January 26, 2017 (Thu)
.President Romney signs executive order increasing the minimum hourly wage for federal and contract employees from $10.10 to $11 per hour (took affect the following payroll).
.President Romney signs House Resolution 4, reaffirming the United States' permanent membership in NATO and the U.N. Security Council.
.Dow Jones industrial average surges 696 points, to a record-high end in trading.
.Vice President Ryan makes surprise visit to U.S. Marines stationed in South Korea.
January 27, 2017 (Fri)
.Former president Barack Obama visits the British Virgin Islands, against strong condemnation from the U.S. State Department.
.President Romney signs executive order eliminating the White House Office on Urban Affairs and the 'White House Daily Brief on Gay and Lesbian Rights.'
.President Romney signs executive order reestablishing the Mexico City Policy.
.President Romney receives phone calls from the presidents of Ireland, Greenland, Turkey, Nepal, Egypt, and South Africa.
.Vice President Ryan casts tie-breaking vote which confirms Merrick Garland as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
January 28, 2017 (Sat)
.Former president Barack Obama appears on television with the president of the British Virgin Islands, pleading for military support from the Romney administration.
.President Romney signs executive order eliminating the White House Office on Aging and the 'White House Daily Brief on Equal Opportunity Employment.'
.Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, James Comey, announces federal charges to be filed in February against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
January 30, 2017 (Mon)
.U.S. Senate confirms National Security Adviser John Lehman, and Secretary Norm Coleman of Agriculture.
.President Romney presents, during a televised news conference, the newly-appointed Republican National Committee Chairman, Congressman Raul Labrador of Idaho.
January 31, 2017 (Tue)
.President Romney receives guests in the East Room of the White House, from 1:00-4:00pm.
February 1, 2017 (Wed)
.President Romney signs executive order vacating all U.S. military bases operating in Yemen, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
.FBI Director Comey announces indictment of former secretary Hillary Clinton and a pretrial date set for March 30.
.44 U.S. troops killed in Kabul, Afghanistan, firefight against Taliban insurgents. More than 1,350 terrorists reportedly killed.
February 2, 2017 (Thu)
.President Romney speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast, in Washington, D.C.
.Former president Barack Obama returns home to D.C. from the British Virgin Islands.
.President Romney signs the American Tax Cut Act of 2017 (the bill cuts corporate taxes from 35 to 21 percent, and raises take-home pay for all low and middle-class earners).
.President Romney and V.P. Ryan privately welcome home the remains of the killed U.S. Marines at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington, D.C. In a televised statement, President Romney promises support of many more U.S. forces in the immediate days ahead.
.U.S. House censures Barack H. Obama for his foreign trip to the British Virgin Islands.
February 3, 2017 (Fri)
.U.S. Department of Labor reports 169,000 jobs created in January, unemployment rate dips from 4.7 to 4.6 percent.
.Bloomberg International Corp. releases 'Romney Presidential Approval Poll, Feb. 17,' suggesting favorable ratings of about 51%.
.U.S. Senate votes against the confirmation of Secretary Michael Bloomberg of Homeland Security. Resolution is defeated by a vote of 48-52.
.President Romney signs the Fair Trade Act (this bill officially enters the United States of America into the "Transpacific Partnership" trade agreement).
February 4, 2017 (Sat)
.U.S. Senate confirms Ronna Romney McDaniel (the president's niece) as Counselor to the President.
.President Romney signs Future of Energies Act (this bill cuts federal gas and diesel taxes to just nine cents per gallon for the next 36 months, and permits increased domestic fuel production, including the 'Arctic National Wildlife Reserve').
.The Boston Herald publishes a story revealing the First Lady, Ann Romney, suffered a debilitating multiple sclerosis attack on Feb 3rd, and has been receiving treatment in a Massachusetts family facility since about 10am that morning. White House confirms.
February 6, 2017 (Mon)
.President Romney cancels his State visit to Canada on terms of his ill wife, dispatching Vice President Paul Ryan and Secretary of State John McCain in his absence.
.President Romney announces, in his second televised news conference, that his wife's health is improving and she is preparing to return to the White House.
.5 U.S. troops are killed in a helicopter crash south of Kabul. Romney speaks to the nation from the Oval Office.
February 7, 2017 (Tue)
.U.S. Senate confirms Secretary Ray Mabus of Homeland Security.
.President Romney receives guests in the East Room of the White House, from 1:00-3:00pm.
.President Romney visits the resting place of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. While visiting, he is attacked by angry 'Black Lives Matter' protesters, taking two punches to the head by a young black female activist. (The girl was violently tackled by several Secret Service agents and later sentenced to 18 months in prison)
February 8, 2017 (Wed)
.U.S. Senate confirms Secretary Toby Cosgrove of Health and Human Services.
.President Romney visits and speaks to students at Georgetown University, where he announces the deployment of the U.S.S. George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier to overtake the 6,000 estimated Somali occupiers of the British Virgin Is. The announcement is widely condemned by the U.K., France, as well as the United Nations Security Council.
.Secretary of State John McCain meets with the foreign secretary of the United Kingdom in NYC.
.Airstrikes begin in the British Virgin Is., and in less than 8 hours, U.S. Marines occupy the island and eliminate the remaining aggressors.
.President Romney announces from the Oval Office that no U.S. military deaths were reported after seven hours of intense fighting.
February 9, 2017 (Thu)
.President Romney has breakfast with Republican House Speaker Kevin Brady, and Democrat Sen. Leader Chuck Schumer at the White House.
.2 U.S. Marines are killed in an ambush by ISIS fighters in southern Mosul, Iraq.
.President Romney signs executive order supporting the immediate construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
President Romney signs executive order barring the closure of the federal prison facility at Guantanamo Bay.
February 10, 2017 (Fri)
.The New York Times publishes a story uncovering Romney's private medical records while in office, including the stroke he suffered in the Residence of the White House on Jan. 21st.
.Attorney General Sean Reyes participates in an interview defending President Romney's "strong and terrific health" on ABC News World Report.
.President Romney meets with President Abe of Japan at the White House. The two spend the weekend together, along with Secretary Huntsman, at Romney's estate in Utah.
.Secretary of State John McCain meets with the foreign secretary of the United Kingdom in London. McCain negotiates a peace settlement to return control of the British Virgin Islands to the U.K.'s Royal Naval Fleet on or before Feb. 15th.
.U.S. House drafts resolution (231-203) calling for a Congressional investigation into President Romney's "physical fitness for office."
February 11, 2017 (Sat)
.President Romney signs the Clinic Access Act (this bill allows women in the United States to receive abortions, "unabridged, in all 50 states and American commonwealths or territories."
.U.S. Senate confirms Dov S. Zakheim as United States Postmaster General.
.U.S. House unanimously approves resolution to censure President Mitt Romney.
February 13, 2017 (Mon)
.The Washington Post publishes editorial showing Mitt Romney reported $41 million of income during 2014, donating a total of $67,000 to private charities. White House rebukes.
.President Romney signs U.S. Omnibus and Appropriations Act of 2017 (this bill continues non-defense, discretionary spending at 2016 levels across-the-board, through fiscal year 2018).
.President Romney signs the McCain-Graham Border Security Act (this bill appropriates $5.1 billion to construct a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border).
.Ty Farmer, a senior at Hoover High School in Newark, NJ, shoots and kills eleven minor schoolmates and two substitute teachers. President Romney delivers televised address from the press briefing room of the White House.
February 14, 2017 (Tue)
.Vice President Ryan receives guests at the Naval Observatory, from 1:00-3:00pm.
.President Romney signs Executive Department Reassignment Act (this bill eliminates the Cabinet-level Departments of Commerce and Interior by close of fiscal year 2018).
.President Romney meets with President Diaz of Mexico at the White House.
.Secretary of Treasury Jon Huntsman announces $140 billion in new sanctions against the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
.President Romney has dinner at Camp David with nine of 'Forbes List's Dozen Most-influential American CEOs'.
February 15, 2017 (Wed)
.Secretary of State John McCain appears before 5,000,000 well-wishers in London, England, to sign-over the rights of the British Virgin Islands to the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
.President Romney conducts his third televised news conference from the press briefing room of the White House. Prior to taking questions, President Romney signed the Next Generation Payroll Relief Act (this bill cuts employers' OASDI withholding tax to 0% for the next 32 months).
.Chief of Staff Michael Steele announces President Romney's first foreign trip, scheduled for China on Mar. 6-8th.
.U.S. House Oversight Committee votes 3-1 to open inquiry, "only into the health and physical fitness for office of the Commander in Chief."
February 16, 2017 (Thu)
.President Romney participates in an early morning Oval Office interview with Bob Schieffer of CBS. (8:30am)
.Vice President Ryan visits and speaks at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.
.U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the constitutionality of Romney's E.O. 13467, which eliminated the individual health mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as "Obamacare").
February 17, 2017 (Fri)
.President Romney signs the Fair Health Care Act of 2017 (this bill updates the uninsured tax penalty of 2017, 2018, and 2019 to $0.00.
.Secretary of Defense Michael Hayden confirms the withdrawal of all American forces from Iraq, as of February 15th.
.President Romney signs executive order eliminating the White House Office on Multiculturalism.
.President Romney visits and speaks at Apple corporate headquarters in Cupertino, California.
February 18, 2017 (Sat)
.President Romney visits and speaks to North Carolina State University professors and alumni.
.Vice President Ryan attends the annual meeting of the World Trade Organization in Madrid, Spain. (Feb. 18-20th)
.President Romney signs the Veterans Administration Accountability Act (this bill gives the executive department of the U.S. government the authority to dismiss employees of the VA at discretion).
.U.S. Senate confirms Administrator Deval Patrick of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
February 20, 2017 (Mon)
.President Romney signs executive order eliminating the Office of the White House Science Adviser, and sends a letter to Congress lobbying for the elimination of the EPA and Department of Energy.
.President Romney visits U.S. Marines stationed at Camp Lejeune, in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
.President Romney receives phone calls from the prime minister of the United Kingdom and the president of France.
February 21, 2017 (Tue)
.President Romney signs executive order removing the United States of America from the Paris Climate Accords, effective in 2018.
.Vice President Ryan swears-in new Associate Supreme Court Justice, Merrick Garland.
.President Romney receives phone calls from the presidents of Finland and Australia.
.Vice President Ryan receives guests at the Naval Observatory, from 1:00-2:00pm.
.President Romney signs the Future of Medicine in America Act (this bill repeals the medical device tax, as well as the excise tax on luxury, or "Cadillac" health insurance plans).
.3 American tourists killed in Rome, Italy, by ISIS extremists originally from Aleppo, Syria.
.White House Chief of Staff Michael Steele participates in an interview with Don Lemon of CNN. (9:00pm)
February 22, 2017 (Wed)
.Bloomberg International Corp. releases 'Romney Presidential Approval Poll,' suggesting favorable ratings of about 50%.
.Vice President Ryan speaks at Central Intelligence Agency offices in Alexandria, Virginia.
.President Romney speaks at the annual Republican Congressional retreat in the Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania.
.President Romney signs executive order closing all Social Security Administration offices on Saturdays (in addition to Sundays).
.The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases report to Congress estimating the federal budget deficit is at or about $515 billion.
.President Romney conducts his fourth televised news conference, from the briefing room of the White House. He calls for Congress to pass a bill which "reduces now the rate in growth of our debt."
February 23, 2017 (Thu)
.U.S. Senate confirms Alan Keyes as Ambassador to the United Nations.
.President Romney visits Amazon headquarters in Seattle, Washington.
.The Boston Globe publishes report uncovering the Romney 2012 presidential campaign solicited (and collected) $2-3 million in unlawful contributions from at least 6 foreign governments: Russia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. White House rebukes.
.Democratic National Committee general counsel's office files charges with the Federal Election Commission against former candidate, and incumbent-President Mitt Romney.
February 24, 2017 (Fri)
.Columnist David Brooks accepts position as White House Press Secretary.
.National Security Adviser John Lehman submits letter of resignation to President Romney.
.President Romney promotes White House Chief of Staff, Michael Steele, to acting-national security adviser; he thus appoints B.Y.U. President, Kevin J. Worthen, as acting-chief of staff.
.President Romney signs executive order eliminating more than 130 duplicative and inefficient programs discovered at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
.Secretary of Defense Michael Hayden confirms that United States special forces have killed Anwar Al-Baghdadi, former commanding general of ISIS.
February 25, 2017 (Sat)
.President Romney signs the Bilateral Trade Act of 2017 (this bill boosts U.S. exports to 65 foreign markets, primarily in Europe, northern Africa, and emerging Southeast Asian countries; but blackballs other nations such as Palestine, North Korea, Cuba, Somalia, Syria, Northern Ireland, the Dem. Republic of Congo, and Kenya).
.President Romney signs executive order eliminating the White House Office on AIDS.
.Vice President Ryan participates in a live radio interview with Rush Limbaugh. (12:00pm)
February 27, 2017 (Mon)
.President Romney and V.P. Ryan conduct first cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House. (8:30am) The meeting, Romney called "timeless, helpful, workful, and productive," lasted more than 2 hours.
.President Romney signs executive order banning federal funding for embryo stem cell research.
.Secretary of State John McCain meets with foreign minister of Russia in Moscow.
.President Romney, during his fifth televised news conference, signs a pardon for the protester who physically assaulted him on Feb. 7th.
.U.S. Department of Homeland Security releases report to Congress estimating, "an astounding 25,000 or more illegal aliens have crossed into the United States since January 1st, 2017."
February 28, 2017 (Tue)
.Secretary of Homeland Security Ray Mabus submits letter of resignation to President Romney.
.U.S. Senate confirms Martha McSally as Secretary of the Air Force.
.President Romney signs federal directive scheduling a twice-weekly meeting of "the Cabinet," which consisted of the herein indicated-confirmed Cabinet secretaries, plus vice pres. Ryan; CIA Dir. Chertoff; chief of staff Kevin Worthen; and Kathlyn Biber, the White House Counsel. The New York Times releases a report shortly after quoting the president as saying, "In a room of these fifteen people, there's nothing we couldn't do. So I don't see why we don't run government more efficiently." (Thereafter Feb. 28, the Romney administration never again televised its weekly Tuesday Cabinet meetings).
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