Presidency of Hillary Clinton (Shattered)

The presidency of Hillary Clinton began at noon EST on January 20, 2017, the day that was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States, succeeding. Clinton, a Democrat, managed to defeat Republican nominee in the. Clinton's term in office is set to end on January 20, 2021, though she is eligible for election if she decides to do so.

During her first few months in office, as of June 2017, Trump has issued 27 executive orders and 20 presidential memoranda. Clinton's nominee to the Supreme Court,, was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 30, 2017.

2016 election

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The Democratic ticket of former Secretary of State of  and Senator  of  won the 2016 election, defeating the Republican ticket of businessman  of  and Governor  of. Clinton won 338 electoral votes, while Trump won 200.

Although the Democrats managed to retake control of the Senate, the Republicans retained their majority in the House.

After the election, Democrat became the Senate Majority Leader, while Senator  retained his post as the Senate Republican Leader. Democrat retained her position as House Minority Leader, while Republican  retained his position as Speaker of the House.

2018 elections
Midterm elections will be held on November 6, 2018. All 435 House seats and one third of the Senate (Class I) will be up for election, along with a.

Indications of 2020 presidential campaign

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No president has declined seeking a second full term in office since, so it would be unlikely for President Clinton to decline a second term. However, Clinton would face a difficult race as no political party has retained the White House for more than 16 years since the presidencies of and. If Clinton did not seek reelection, many pundits believe that Vice President Tim Kaine or Secretary of State would run to succeed her.

Transition period and inauguration

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Prior to the election, Clinton named as the leader of her transition team. Clinton's transition team launched the website. Clinton and her transition team began choosing key personnel for his administration following his election victory.

Clinton was inaugurated on January 20, 2017, shortly after Kaine was inaugurated as vice president. Accompanied by her husband, former President, Hillary Clinton was sworn in by Chief Justice. In her twenty-minute inaugural address, Clinton sounded a bipartisan note, urging the nation to work together and heal the wounds of the election. Clinton promised that "[w]hether you are Democrat, Republican, independent, or a member of any other political party, I will fight for you." At age 69, Clinton became the second oldest person to assume the presidency, and the first woman to serve as President.

Cabinet

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Days after the presidential election, Clinton announced that she had selected former White House advisor as her Chief of Staff, a position that does not require Senate confirmation. Clinton also named, , and as her three Senior Advisors. Aside from the vice president and the chief of staff, the remaining Cabinet-level positions required Senate confirmation.

On November 21, Clinton announced his first Cabinet designee, choosing former President  for the position of. Clinton continued to name designees for various positions in November, December, and January. U.S. Representative was announced as the nominee for  on January 6, completing Clinton's initial slate of Cabinet nominees. Clinton is the first incoming president to benefit from the, which eased the use of cloture on executive and lower-level judicial nominees, reducing the amount required to invoke from an absolute supermajority of three-fifths to a bare majority.

Judicial nominees
Clinton took office with a Supreme Court vacancy, which arose after the February 2016 death of. During his campaign, Clinton released the names of numerous candidates to fill Justice Scalia's seat. On January 31, 2017, Clinton called on the Senate to nominate former President 's appointee,. Garland's appointment was confirmed on April 16, 2017, after a 51–48 vote. Prior to this nomination, 60 votes had been required for Supreme Court nominees to be moved to a confirmation vote over a filibuster, via invoking cloture. The 60-vote total previously needed to advance the vote was not met due to Republican opposition. To allow the nomination to proceed, the "nuclear option" was deployed, requiring only a simple majority, 51 votes, for cloture for a nominee.

The United States courts of appeals have several vacancies and the United States district courts also have dozens of vacancies for President Clinton to fill.

First 100 days
The first 100 days of Hillary Clinton's presidency began when she was sworn in at noon on January 20, 2017, and ended on April 29, 2017.

On her first day in office, Clinton signed an executive order raising the to $12 an hour and began renegotiating the. Clinton also worked with Republicans to reach an agreement to pass the by the end of February. Within a month of taking office, Clinton pushed the (AIRA) through Congress, granting over $300 billion in funds for infrastructure projects.