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
 
Legislative
 
(Congress),
 
Executive
 
(President),
 
and
 
Judicial
 
(the
 
Supreme
 
Court
 
and
 
lower
 
federal
 
courts). For
 
most
 
of
 
American
 
history,
 
things
 
got
 
done
 
like
 
this: Congress
 
passed
 
a
 
law,
 
the
 
President
 
enforced
 
the
 
law,
 
and
 
the
 
federal
 
courts
 
interpreted
 
the
 
law. Today,
 
this
 
still
 
happens. But,
 
today,
 
most
 
of
 
the
 
decisions
 
that
 
affect
 
Americans’
 
day-to-day
 
lives
 
are
 
made
 
by
 
entities
 
known
 
as
 
federal
 
agencies. 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.