1. President as an Establishment

2. Executive Branch Largest Branch of the Government. President
White House Staff
Cabinet
Lower Level Bureaucracy

3. Vice President Constitutional Anomaly
According to the Constitution what are the two responsibilities of the Vice President?
Take over if the President dies or is impeached
Cast a tie breaking vote in the Senate

4. White House Staff Chief Advisors to the president
As well as anyone else in the White House
Closest Friends and Advisors to the President are on the White House Staff
Don’t have to be approved

5. Cabinet
Traditional, but informal designation for the heads of all the major federal government departments.
Not Constitutional.
Must be approved
Used merely for a Party Building tool not an advisement tool
Lincoln went with Geographic Organization
Clinton diverse organization
Leads to two observations you need to know
Cabinet members do not listen directly to the President . They use their own judgment and expertise
GOING NATIVE
They are not the number one advising group to the president

6. 2 Positions you MUST KNOW
Attorney General (Loretta Lynch)
Leader of the Department of Justice
Solicitor General (Ian Heath Gershengorn0) 
America’s Lawyer

7. Executive Office of the President
Created by FDR in 1939
Permanent Agencies that perform defined management tasks for the president,
OMB- Office of Management and Budget
CEA- Council of Economic Advisors
NSC- National Security Council

8. OMB The Most important and largest EOP agency is…..
Office of Management and Budget
Its Role is preparing the National Budget Report
The OMB sets the terms of discourse (of the budget) for agencies as well as congress
The Director of the OMB is now one of the most powerful officials in Washington

9. Budget Process President Proposes OMB writes the Budget
Interest Groups and Agencies lobby for money to the OMB
CBO examines the budget and suggests revisions to the House
House introduces it and then it takes the normal steps of how a Bill becomes a law