Key moments in Vice President Mike Pence's first 100 days
WASHINGTON — A look at some of the key moments for Vice President Mike Pence in the administration's first 100 days.
Jan. 20 – Pence is sworn in by Justice Clarence Thomas, with his hand resting on both his family’s Bible and the Reagan family Bible.
Jan. 26 – At congressional Republicans’ retreat, Pence says the administration will investigate whether millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election.
Jan. 27 – Pence becomes the highest-ranking official to appear in person at the annual March for Life demonstration where he declares: "Life is winning in America.”
Feb. 4 – In a speech at Philadelphia’s Congress Hall touting Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, Pence says Gorsuch will be confirmed “one way or the other.” (The history buff also took time to see the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall.)
Feb. 5 – Trump tells Fox News Pence will head up a commission to look into voter registration issues. Pence takes wounded veterans to the Super Bowl.
Feb. 7 – Pence becomes the first vice president to provide the final vote for a cabinet nominee, breaking a Senate tie to confirm Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
Feb. 9 – Pence learns from a Washington Post article the White House was informed in January that National Security Adviser Michael Flynn had lied about the nature of his calls with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Pence had asserted on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Jan. 15 that Flynn and Kislyak had not discussed the sanctions President Obama imposed in response in Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
Feb. 13 – Flynn steps down, saying in his resignation later that he “inadvertently briefed” Pence and others with “incomplete information.”
Feb. 18 – Addressing the largest annual gathering of European leaders at a security conference in Munich, Pence affirms the U.S. commitment to NATO and offers reassurances about the direction of Trump’s foreign policies.
Feb. 22 – Pence helps clean up a vandalized Jewish cemetery in Missouri as Trump faces criticism for not condemning several waves of anti-Semitic acts since he took office.
Feb. 23 – “This is our time,” Pence tells conservative activists gathered for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference.
March 1 – The day after Trump’s first joint address to Congress, Pence makes the rounds of the networks and conservative radio shows where he repeatedly calls the address a “great speech and a great night for America.”
March 4 – Speaking at Gridiron Club dinner, Pence jokes that the most embarrassing part of the recent news that he used a personal email account while Indiana's governor is that millions of Americans learned he was one of the few people in the country to still have an AOL account.
March 7 – A USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds Americans have mostly unfavorable impressions of top public figures and institutions – except Pence. He was the only one to score a net positive rating.
March 14 – Pence administers the oath of office to Indiana health care consultant Seema Verma, the new administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
March 15 – Pence gets to expound on one of his favorite topics — his Irish immigrant grandfather — at the American Ireland Fund’s 25th Silver Anniversary National Gala. The dinner is the same day that a judge blocked the administration’s revised travel ban for six Muslim countries.
March 16 – Pence administers the oath of office to former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats, the new director of national intelligence.
March 25 – The day after the GOP health care bill is pulled from the House floor because of lack of support, Pence vows at a construction supply company in West Virginia that the setback won’t last long.
March 26 – Delivering the keynote address to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee meeting, Pence says Trump is giving “serious consideration” to moving the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem – one of Trump’s campaign promises.
March 30 – Pence casts the tie-breaking Senate vote to allow states to withhold federal funds from Planned Parenthood and other health care providers that perform abortions.
March 31 – Trump says Pence “has one hell of a good marriage going,” after The Washington Post drew attention to comments Pence made in 2002 that he won’t eat alone with a woman other than his wife or attend events where alcohol is served unless she’s there.
April 7 – Pence presides over the Senate’s confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.
April 20 – Pence does not make Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people. The White House figures who did include White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and daughter Ivanka Trump.
April 14-April 24 – Pence undertakes his second foreign reassurance tour, this time to Pacific Rim countries. He has tough words for North Korea, although it was later revealed that an aircraft carrier group supposedly streaming toward North Korea as it prepared to test a missile was heading in the opposite direction. Pence talks trade in Japan to send the message that the administration is not withdrawing economically from the region even though Trump withdrew from the pending Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal. In Indonesia, Pence visits the largest mosque in the nation’s most populous Muslim country, praising the tradition of “moderate Islam.” And in Australia, Pence works to undo the damage from Trump’s phone conversation with the prime minister. He pledged to honor the refugee resettlement deal that Trump criticized.
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