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Executive Office of the
President
(E.O.P)
The Cabinet
Executive Office of the President
The Executive Office of the President (EOP) consists of the immediate staff of the
President of the United States, as well as multiple levels of support staff
reporting to the President.
Since its inception under Franklin D. Roosevelt, the size of the EOP has
increased; the current figures for the EOP are about 1,800 full-time equivalent
employees.
These employees work in the both the White House and in the Executive Office
Building, an extension of the White House.
E.O.P. Cont…
The E.O.P are the personal employees of the president. They are at
his/her beck and call.
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They are the presidents advisors, speech
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and policy writers. They are the ultimate
informational filter. If the
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president wants information, it is the E.O.P. that gives him/her that
information.
If you ever watch the show “The West Wing” that is the E.O.P.
With the exception of two notable positions, none of the members of the
E.O.P. are approved by congress. They are hired by the President and/or
his/her Chief of Staff.
When a new presidential administration comes in, approximately half or
more the E.O.P. is replaced with new administration hires.
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Cabinet
There are nearly 5 million people that work under the oversight of the 15
About half of all
Cabinet positions.
federal
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Each Cabinet member runs a segment of the
government. For the purposes
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Only the president can override the policy decisions of a Cabinet member.
Because Cabinet members jobs are to carry out Legislative Law and
Presidential authority they must all be approved by the Senate.
George Washington only had
4 members in his cabinet:
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The Cabinet is present because it is impossible for a
person to be an expert in so many diverse areas.
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– be an expert in foreign affairs, run 190 embassies in 190
countries not to mention the 250 or so consulate offices
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• A Secretaries job is to be the expert in a field and to
carry out the wishes of the president in that
specified area to the best of their ability.
In essence the fifteen secretaries of the cabinet are
the “mini-me” of the executive branch.
In addition to running major federal agencies, The Cabinet plays an
important role in the Presidential line of succession —
The Presidential Succession Act of 1947, signed by President Harry S.
Truman, changed the succession order to what it is today.
The cabinet members are ordered in the line of succession according to
the date their offices were established.
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All the members of the Cabinet take the title Secretary, excepting the head
of the Justice Department, who is entitled Attorney General.
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E.O.P.
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What are the names of the
E.O.P. Offices and what do they
do?
What are the fifteen different
Cabinet Secretaries and what
do they do?
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As you can see, the Executive Branch is much more than just the
President.
Remember Article II of the Constitution, says the President is responsible
for the execution and enforcement of the laws created by Congress.
The President runs Fifteen executive departments — each led by an
appointed member of the President's Cabinet . These secretaries carry
out the day-to-day administration of the federal government.
They are joined in this by other executive agencies such as the CIA and
Environmental Protection Agency, the heads of which are not part of the
Cabinet, but who are under the full authority of the President.
The President also appoints the heads of more than 50 independent federal
commissions, such as the Federal Reserve Board or the Securities and
Exchange Commission, as well as federal judges, ambassadors, and other
federal offices.
Who helps the president make all these decisions? The Executive Office
of the President (EOP) which consists of the immediate staff to the
President, along with entities such as the Office of Management and
Budget and the Office of the United States Trade Representative.
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