claim: "somebody observed this week that you have to go back to the very founding of the government to the first administration of george washington to find a time when it’s taken longer to put a cabinet in place."
author: roy blunt
evidence_1: may 14, 2018 ... and in may 1776 the congress learned that the king had negotiated treaties ...  the first printed copies of the declaration of independence were turned ... in his  duties for over a year and who had written out george washington's .... as the  intelligencer went on to observe: "we are very glad to hear this, for ...
evidence_2: politico's must-read briefing on what's driving the day in washington .... that  the president can be persuaded to reopen the government and take up an ...  wapo's erica werner: “trump administration calling nearly 50,000 back ...  sign up for politico playbook and get the latest news, every morning — in your  inbox.
evidence_3: may 8, 2017 ... evan osnos on what it would take to cut short donald trump's presidency. ... by  this point in george w. bush's term, bush had travelled to ... “it's going to be out  very soon. we're working on health care and we're going to get that done, too. ...  he is the first president with no prior experience in government or ...
evidence_4: may 2, 2017 ... president trump's first 100 days in office are officially over. here are a few  highlights from the last 14 weeks: a travel ban was signed and blocked ... will be  dead before the end of his first term because we have nothing left to give. ..... “he  is finding out quickly that working with his cabinet is very different than ...
evidence_5: find out about the 5 challenges washington faced as the first president. ... at the  head of our government-the ultimate figurehead-not really doing much ... george  washington did not have an easy time of it as president for a number of reasons:  1. ... this may sound extreme, but looking back in hindsight, it is easy to overlook  ...