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Clinton, Hillary
(Coming)
Referenced by...Lock her up? The risk of private email servers. (2019-Oct-28)
Coats, Daniel
Director of National Intelligence under President Donald Trump since March 2017.
Senator representing Indiana 1989-1999 and 2011-2017.
Representative from Indiana 1981-1989.
Intel head resigns. Nominee tried to derail Russia inquiry (2019-Aug-01)
Trump hid details about Putin meetings (2019-Jan-14)
Trump meets Putin privately under shadow of indictments (2018-Jul-16)
Filibuster rules help kill background check law (2013-Apr-17)
DeSantis, Ron
(Coming)
Gerry, Elbridge
Elbridge Gerry was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He also was a member of the Constitutional Convention that created the U.S. Constitution, but was one of three who refused to sign it.
My principal objections to the plan are, that there is no adequate provision for a representation of the people; that they have no security for the right of election; that some of the powers of the legislature are ambiguous, and others indefinite and dangerous; that the executive is blended with, and will have an undue influence over, the legislature; that the judicial department will be oppressive; that treaties of the highest importance may be formed by the President, with the advice of two thirds of a quorum of the Senate; and that the system is without the security of a bill of rights.
Nevertheless, he was elected to the first two Congresses.
He then was elected governor of Massachusetts, where he manipulated the state's redistricting to benefit his Democratic-Republican Party. The practice would take on his name - and now is called gerrymandering.
Gerry later became President James Madison's second vice president.
Gore, Albert
(Coming)
Meadows, Mark
(Coming)
Referenced by...Trump parting gift - Secret Service protection to family, friends (2021-Sep-17)
Pence, Mike
U.S. Vice President under Donald Trump.
Governor of Indiana 2013 - 2017.
Member of Congress 2001 - 2013.
In 1983 Pence switched from the Democratic to the Republican party.
Pompeo, Mike
Former representative from Kansas.
He resigned in 2017 to become director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) under President Donald Trump.
In 2018 he became Secretary of State when Trump fired Rex Tillerson.
Trump associates charged with campaign violations (2019-Oct-10)
Price, Tom
Representative from Georgia from 2005 - 2017.
Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in 2017 under Pres. Donald Trump. Price resigned in Sept. 2017.
NY: Rep. Chris Collins indicted for insider trading (2018-Aug-08)
HHS Secretary Tom Price resigns (2017-Sep-29)
Romney, Mitt
(Coming)
Scott, Rick
Senator from Florida beginning in 2019.
Prior to that he was Florida's governor from 2011 - 2019.
Sessions, Jeff
Jeff Sessions was a U.S. senator from 1997 - 2017.
In 2017 he left the Senate to become Attorney General. He was fired by President Trump in November 2018.
Trump overhauls Defense leadership after election loss (2020-Nov-09)
Sessions fired - Replacement may be illegal appointment (2018-Nov-08)
Republicans discuss protecting Trump from Russia probe (2018-Aug-08)
Issue: Trump's Ties to Russia
Zinke, Ryan
Representative from Montana from 2015 - 2017. He previously had served in the Montana state Senate.
In 2017 he became Secretary of the Interior under President Donald Trump.
His previous record runs counter to the goals of the department he was named to run.
As a candidate for Montana Lt. Governor in 2012, Zinke is said to have signed the Montana Voter and Candidate Pledge. The pledge, among other things, demands opposition to Department of Interior agencies. Zinke has not acknowledged or denied signing the pledge. He has claimed that he doesn't remember signing it.
The oil and gas industry has contributed more than $345,000 to Zinke, who supports opening up public lands to oil and gas drilling.
The League of Conservation Voters has given Zinke a lifetime score of 3 percent.
Zinke has supported...
o Limiting the president's ability to protect public lands by declaring them national monuments.
o Weakening protections for endangered species.
o A balanced budget Constitutional amendment.
o Prohibiting funding for a Department of Defense directive that would require the DoD to consider climate change in its plans.
His actions on climate change contradict his 2010 position in which he cosigned a letter to President Obama and Congress calling for "comprehensive clean energy jobs and climate change legislation." The letter also stated...
"Our nation's most respected military leaders recognize that climate change is a threat multiplier for instability in the most volatile regions of the world. The climate change threat presents significant national security challenges for the United States - challenges that should be addressed today, because they will almost certainly get worse if we delay."
He now claims to be skeptical of Global Warming. In a 2014 Congressional debate, he said "It's not a hoax, but it's not proven science either."
Zinke is a retired Navy SEAL.
For more, read the Los Angeles Times story.
Referenced by...Interior's Zinke resigns. Replaced by oil lobbyist (2019-Jan-02)
Trump cabinet members to speak at ALEC event (2017-Jul-19)
Senate confirms Rep. Ryan Zinke for Secretary of Interior (2016-Dec-15)