19.3 - Informal Powers - The cabinet Flashcards
Chapter 19.3 - informal presidential powers - the cabinet
informal presidential powers - the cabinet
What is the US cabinet made up of?
The heads of the 15 executive departments
Who is the Secretary of the Treasury in Joe Biden’s cabinet and was their previous job?
Janet Yellen - Chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018
Who is the Attorney General in Joe Biden’s cabinet?
Merrick Garland - former circuit judge
Who is the Secretary of Veteran Affairs in Joe Biden’s cabinet and what was their former job?
Denis McDonough - former White House Chief of Staff
Who was Donald Trump’s Secretary of the Treasury and what was their former job?
Steven Mnuchin - former OneWest Bank CEO
What was Trump’s Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Ben Carson’s former job?
Neurosurgeon
Who was Obama’s Secretary of the Treasury?
Tim Geithner
What was Obama’s Secretary of the Treasury, Tim Geithner’s former job?
President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
How did Tim Geithner, former Secretary of the Treasury, respond to the 2007 economic crash?
He introduced the Financial Stability Plan, which committed billions of dollars to a ‘lending initiative’ to try and boost the economy
Who was forced to resign as secretary of defense in 2015 due to disagreements over Guantanamo Bay?
Chuck Hagel
What did Bill Clinton say he wanted his cabinet to look like?
‘Look like America’
