Title: 
Headings: The Cabinet and Independent Agencies
The
 
Cabinet
 
and
 
Independent
 
Agencies

   
Know
 
Who
 
Does
 
What

Federal
 
Agencies

ABOUT
 
THE
 
AUTHOR
 
OF
 
THIS
 
LESSON

The
 
President’s
 
Cabinet

May
 
I
 
Introduce
 
Independent
 
Agencies?

Recap

What
 
About
 
the
 
Money?

Monetary
 
Policy

The
 
Federal
 
Reserve

FACE
 
OF
 
THE
 
FEDERAL
 
RESERVE

Get
 
Acquainted
 
with
 
Independent
 
Agencies
 
and
 
Their
 
Leaders

FEDERAL
 
ELECTION
 
COMMISSION
 

THE
 
FEDERAL
 
RESERVE

ENVIRONMENTAL
 
PROTECTION
 
AGENCY
 

FEDERAL
 
TRADE
 
COMMISSION
 

SECURITIES
 
AND
 
EXCHANGE
 
COMMISSION

Know
 
Who
 
Does
 
What


Content: The
 
reason
 
for
 
their
 
existence
 
is
 
simple. Congress’s
 
job
 
is
 
to
 
draft
 
and
 
pass
 
legislation. Much
 
of
 
the
 
legislation
 
that
 
they
 
pass
 
is
 
broad
 
in
 
scope
 
and
 
affects
 
millions
 
of
 
people. Because
 
our
 
country
 
has
 
become
 
so
 
populous
 
and
 
increasingly
 
diverse,
 
it
 
would
 
be
 
impossible
 
for
 
Congress
 
to
 
be
 
experts
 
on
 
every
 
piece
 
of
 
legislation
 
it
 
passed. WHITeHouse. GoV
Likewise,
 
the
 
President,
 
who
 
is
 
tasked
 
with
 
enforcing
 
the
 
laws
 
that
 
Congress
 
passes,
 
cannot
 
by
 
himself
 
do
 
everything
 
that
 
is
 
necessary
 
to
 
make
 
sure
 
that
 
all
 
parts
 
of
 
a
 
law
 
are
 
being
 
followed
 
correctly. Finally,
 
the
 
Supreme
 
Court
 
and
 
federal
 
courts
 
are
 
far
 
too
 
busy
 
hearing
 
and
 
deciding
 
cases
 
to
 
worry
 
about
 
such
 
matters
 
as
 
how
 
many
 
judges
 
are
 
needed,
 
how
 
much
 
the
 
budget
 
will
 
be
 
for
 
the
 
upcoming
 
year,
 
and
 
how
 
to
 
supervise
 
the
 
thousands
 
of
 
federal
 
court
 
employees. Federal
 
Agencies
Agencies
 
help
 
each
 
branch
 
of
 
government
 
do
 
the
 
things
 
they
 
are
 
required
 
to
 
do
 
under
 
the
 
Constitution. The
 
vast
 
majority
 
of
 
agencies
 
are
 
created
 
by
 
Congress
 
through
 
enabling
 
statutes,
 
which
 
are
 
the
 
laws
 
that
 
specify
 
the
 
agency’s
 
duties. Most
 
agencies
 
fall
 
under
 
the
 
Executive
 
Branch
 
of
 
government
 
(under
 
the
 
President’s
 
control),
 
since
 
the
 
job
 
of
 
these
 
agencies
 
is
 
to
 
enforce
 
the
 
laws
 
that
 
Congress
 
has
 
passed.