Cabinet

Examples of Cabinet in the following topics:

• The Cabinet

  • The Cabinet of the United States is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government.
  • In other words, the Cabinet may help shape policy, but they do not typically drive or direct policy.
  • There is no explicit definition of the term "Cabinet" in either the U.S.
  • They include members of the President's Cabinet as well as other subcabinet policy makers.
  • Discuss the shape of the Cabinet of the United States and its role in government

• Cabinet Departments

  • The attorney general is an example of a cabinet member, and oversees the executive Department of Justice.
  • These Cabinet members preside over bureaucratic operations and serve as advisors to the president.
  • Each of the Cabinet departments is organized with a similar hierarchical structure.
  • The attorney general is the head of the Department of Justice, and is a prominent cabinet member.
  • Describe the constitutional origin of the Cabinet and the shape of its growth Washington's presidency

• Making Policy

  • However, the actual development and implementation of policies are under the purview of different bureaucratic institutions mainly comprised cabinet departments, independent executive agencies, government corporations, and regulatory agencies.
  • Fifteen agencies are designated by law as cabinet departments, which are major administrative units responsible for specified areas of government operations.
  • Examples of cabinet departments include the Department of Defense, State, and Justice.
  • Apart from a smaller jurisdiction, such agencies resemble cabinet departments.
  • Differentiate between cabinet departments, independent executive agencies, government corporation, and regulatory agencies in making policy

• The Executive Branch

  • The executive power in the government is vested in the President and Vice-President of the United States, the Cabinet and federal agencies.
  • The executive power in the federal government is vested in the President of the United States, although power is often delegated to the Cabinet members and other officials.
  • All Cabinet officers are nominated by the President and then presented to the Senate for confirmation or rejection by a simple majority.
  • Members of the Cabinet serve at the pleasure of the President, which means that the President may dismiss them or reappoint them (to other posts) at will.
  • Positions in the Cabinet include Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General.

• The Cabinet

  • The presidential cabinet has several secretaries who aid the president in foreign affairs.
  • The Secretary is a member of the cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in line of succession and order of precedence.
  • As the highest-ranking member of the cabinet, the Secretary of State is the third-highest official of the executive branch of the Federal Government of the United States, after the President and Vice President.
  • The individual is by custom a member of the cabinet and by law a member of the National Security Council.

• Political Parties

  • To deal with a situation in which no clear majorities appear through general elections, parties either form coalition cabinets, supported by a parliamentary majority, or minority cabinets which may consist of one or more parties.
  • Cabinets based on a coalition with majority in a parliament, ideally, are more stable and long-lived than minority cabinets.
  • Coalition cabinets are common in countries in which a parliament is proportionally representative, with several organized political parties represented.
  • It usually does not appear in countries in which the cabinet is chosen by the executive rather than by a lower house, such as in the United States (however, coalition cabinets are common in Brazil).

• A Typical Department Structure

  • Executive departments are organs of the executive branch of the federal government that carry out foreign and domestic administrative duties and are headed by members of the Cabinet.
  • There are 15 current executive departments, whose secretaries comprise the Cabinet: the Departments of State, Treasury, Defense, Justice, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Energy, Education, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security.
  • The secretaries comprise the Cabinet and are the highest ranking appointed officials in the executive branch of government.
  • In other words, if the president, vice president, speaker, and president pro temopre were all incapacitated by death, resignation, or impeachment, the Cabinet members would ascend to the Office of President in a predetermined order.

• Bureaucracy

  • The Cabinet of the United States is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States, who are generally the heads of the federal executive departments.
  • All Cabinet members are nominated by the president and then presented to the Senate for confirmation or rejection by a simple majority.
  • Aside from the Attorney General, and the Postmaster General when it was a Cabinet office, they all receive the title of Secretary.
  • Members of the Cabinet serve at the pleasure of the President, which means that the President may dismiss them or reappoint them (to other posts) at will.

• The Adams Presidency

  • He shared the Federalist belief that the Constitution provided for a strong centralized government; to that end, he retained the Federalist cabinet members who had served under Washington, continued to expand Hamilton's economic policies (for example, building a strong national economy), and greatly increased the size of the navy and army.
  • Adams ideologically identified with the Federalists, but he remained quite independent of both the party and his cabinet throughout his term, often making decisions despite strong opposition from both Democratic-Republicans and Federalists.
  • Adams' independent management style allowed him to avoid war with France, despite a strong desire for war among his cabinet secretaries and Congress.

• The Executive Departments

  • Executive departments are internally led by secretaries, who are also members of the president's Cabinet.
  • These secretaries, or Cabinet members, are the most senior appointed officials in the executive branch of the United States government.