Chapter One Federal Government - Minnesota State Legislature

Chapter
One
Federal Government
Chapter One Federal Government
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PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
The U.S. Constitution provides: To qualify as president a person must be thirty-five years old, a
natural-born citizen, fourteen years a resident of the United States, and elected by a majority of the
electoral college.
Term: four years Salary: $400,000
George W. Bush
(Republican)
43rd President of the United States
White House, Washington, D.C. 20500
(202)456-1414
Website: www.whitehouse.gov
Elected: 2000, 2004 Term expires: January, 2009
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
The U.S. Constitution provides: To qualify as vice president, a person must meet the same
requirements as the president but not be from the same state as the president.
Term: four years Salary: $192,600
Dick Cheney
(Republican)
46th Vice President of the United States
Old Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20501
(202)456-2326
Website: www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident
Elected: 2000, 2004 Term expires: January, 2009
THE PRESIDENT’S CABINET
The Cabinet includes the Vice President and, by law, the heads of 15 executive departments. Under
President Bush, cabinet-level rank also has been accorded to four others.
Salary: $166,700
Secretary of Agriculture: Mike Johanns
Secretary of Commerce: Carlos Gutierrez
Secretary of Defense: Donald Rumsfeld
Secretary of Education: Margaret Spellings
Secretary of Energy: Sam Bodman
Secretary of Health & Human Services:
Mike Leavitt
Secretary of Homeland Security:
Michael Chertoff
Secretary of Housing & Urban
Development: Alphonso Jackson
Secretary of Interior: Gale Norton
Department of Justice, Attorney General:
Al Gonzales
Secretary of Labor: Elaine Chao
Secretary of State: Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of Transportation: Norman Mineta
Secretary of Treasury: John Snow
Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Jim Nicholson
Environmental Protection Agency
Administrator: vacant
Office of Management and Budget Director:
Joshua B. Bolten
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Director: John Walters
United States Trade Representative:
Ambassador Robert B. Zoellick