Day 68: Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Morning

Morning Tweets

• Trump tweets in anticipation of major jobs announcement from Ford (@realDonaldTrump)
• The President urges everyone to turn on Fox & Friends to watch a report on John Podesta (@realDonaldTrump) Watch report, start at 12:03 (YouTube)
• And one final tweet to blast the New York Times, linking to an NY Post article: “The New York Times’ ongoing dishonesty only helps Trump” (@realDonaldTrump) (NY Post)

Senator Schumer loses cool, freaks out at Trump supporters in restaurant (Page Six)

The White House releases statement in support of S.J.Res 34 – Disapproving the Federal Communications Commission’s Rule on Privacy of Customers of Broadband Services (White House) Link to legislation (Congress.gov)

Redout of President’s call with Chancellor of Germany (White House)

Readout of President’s call with the Prime Minister of India (White House)

U.S. Senate votes in favor of Montenegro joining NATO, only Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Mike Lee (R-UT) voted against the accession (RT)

President Trump, VP Pence sit down with the Fraternal Order of Police (White House) (WH YouTube)

Senator McConnell (R-KY) says Judge Gorsuch will be confirmed next Friday (@burgessev)

Bankrupt Islamic State struggling to pay fights (Newsline)

Afternoon

Press Briefing with Press Secretary Sean Spicer (White House) (WH YouTube)

Ford investing $1.2 billion in three Michigan plants (ABC News)

President Trump signs EO on Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth

• Full text (White House)
• Transcript of remarks at signing (White House)
• EO intended to remove regulations that “burden” domestic production of natural resources such as natural gas, oil, coal, and nuclear energy
• within 45 days of EO, agencies involved in such regulations must develop and submit to the OMB Director a plan to remove the burdensome regulations
• within 120 days, the heads of each agency shall submit a draft of a plan of action to the Vice President, OMB Director, the Assitant to the President for Economic Policy, the Assitant to the President for Domestic Policy, and the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality
• within 180 days, a final report must be submitted
• Following Presidential Actions revoked
  •  Executive Order 13653 of November 1, 2013 (Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change)
  • The Presidential Memorandum of June 25, 2013 (Power Sector Carbon Pollution Standards)
  • The Presidential Memorandum of November 3, 2015 (Mitigating Impacts on Natural Resources from Development and Encouraging Related Private Investment)
  • The Presidential Memorandum of September 21, 2016 (Climate Change and National Security)
• Following reports rescinded
  • The Report of the Executive Office of the President of June 2013 (The President’s Climate Action Plan)
  • The Report of the Executive Office of the President of March 2014 (Climate Action Plan Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions)
  • The Council on Environmental Quality shall rescind its final guidance entitled “Final Guidance for Federal Departments and Agencies on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Effects of Climate Change in National Environmental Policy Act Reviews,” which is referred to in “Notice of Availability,” 81 Fed. Reg. 51866 (August 5, 2016)
• The administration will review the EPA’s “Clean Power Plan”
• The Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases (IWG) will be disbanded, with multiple documents withdrawn (for no longer reflecting governmental policy)
• the Secretary of the Interior shall commence federal coal leasing activities
• the Secretary of the Interior will rescind the following rules
  • The final rule entitled “Oil and Gas; Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal and Indian Lands,” 80 Fed. Reg. 16128 (March 26, 2015)
  • The final rule entitled “General Provisions and Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights,” 81 Fed. Reg. 77972 (November 4, 2016)
  • The final rule entitled “Management of Non Federal Oil and Gas Rights,” 81 Fed. Reg. 79948 (November 14, 2016)
  • The final rule entitled “Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation,” 81 Fed. Reg. 83008 (November 18, 2016)

Trump, Pence sit down with Fraternal Brotherhood of Police (@realDonaldTrump)

LA Mayor vows to hold onto sanctuary city status, fight Trump administration (Daily News)

President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi of Egypt will be visiting the White House on April 3 (White House)

House Intelligence Committee “cancels all meetings this week” (The Independent)

Evening

DNC Chairman Tom Perez asks for resignation letters of all major staffers by the end of next month (NBC News MSN)

PM signs Article 50 letter with call to ‘come together’ (Sky News)

Rep Nunes (R-CA) will not reveal sources (Reuters)

State Rep Michelle DuBois (D-MA) caught posting Facebook status helping illegal immigrants avoid ICE agents (Facebook archive)

President and FLOTUS host reception of all Senators at the White House