The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is an independent agency of the United States government whose purpose is to enforce campaign finance law in United States federal elections. Created in 1974 through amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act,the commission describes its duties as "to disclose campaign finance information,to enforce the provisions of the law such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions,and to oversee the public funding of Presidential elections."
The United States International Trade Commission is an agency of the United States federal government that advises the legislative and executive branches on matters of trade. It is an independent,bipartisan entity that analyzes trade issues such as tariffs and competitiveness and publishes reports. As a quasi-judicial entity,the USITC investigates the impact of imports on U.S. industries,and directs actions against unfair trade practices,such as subsidies;dumping;and intellectual property infringement,including copyright infringement.
The United States Sentencing Commission is an independent agency of the judicial branch of the U.S. federal government. It is responsible for articulating the U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines for the federal courts. The Commission promulgates the Federal Sentencing Guidelines,which replaced the prior system of indeterminate sentencing that allowed trial judges to give sentences ranging from probation to the maximum statutory punishment for the offense. It is headquartered in Washington,D.C.
Diane Lynn Black is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 6th congressional district from January 3,2011,to January 3,2019. The district includes several suburban and rural areas east of Nashville. A Republican,she was previously elected to the Tennessee Senate,serving as floor leader of the Republican Caucus. She unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination in the 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election.
Christine A. Varney is an American antitrust attorney who served as the U.S. assistant attorney general of the Antitrust Division for the Obama Administration and as a Federal Trade commissioner in the Clinton Administration. Since August 2011,Varney has been a partner of the New York law firm Cravath,Swaine &Moore,where she chairs the antitrust department.
Dean Arthur Pinkert is an American trade lawyer.
Michael Braverman Goodman Froman is an American lawyer who is the current president of the Council on Foreign Relations. Froman served as the U.S. Trade Representative from 2013 to 2017. He was Assistant to the President of the United States and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs,a position held jointly at the National Security Council and the National Economic Council. In that position he served as the United States sherpa to the G7,G8,and G20 summits of economic powers. On May 2,2013,President Barack Obama nominated him to succeed Ambassador Ron Kirk as the U.S. Trade Representative. He was confirmed on June 19,2013.
Mignon Letitia Clyburn is an American former government official who served as a member of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 2009 to 2018.
Mark Allen Barnett is the Chief Judge of the United States Court of International Trade.
Luis Felipe Restrepo,known commonly as L. Felipe Restrepo,is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the United States Sentencing Commission.
Maureen Kraemer Ohlhausen is an American lawyer who is a former Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission,a position she held from April 4,2012,to September 25,2018. On January 26,2017,President Donald Trump designated Ohlhausen to serve as Acting Chairwoman of the FTC. In January 2018,she was nominated by President Trump to a seat on the United States Court of Federal Claims. Ohlhausen withdrew her nomination for the federal judiciary in December 2018,opting instead to join Baker Botts as partner and co-chair of the firm's antitrust practice.
J. Christopher Giancarlo is an American attorney and former business executive who served as 13th chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Giancarlo was sworn in as a CFTC commissioner on June 16,2014 for a term expiring on April 13,2019. Starting on January 20,2017,with President Donald Trump's inauguration,Giancarlo began serving as acting chair of the CFTC. In March 2017,the president nominated Giancarlo to be full-time chair of the commission. Giancarlo was confirmed as chairman of the commission by the United States Senate on August 3,2017.
Andrew P. Bremberg is an American attorney and political advisor who most recently served as Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva. He previously served as Assistant to the President and the director of the Domestic Policy Council for U.S. President Donald Trump.
This is a list of political appointments of current officeholders made by the 45th president of the United States,Donald Trump.
A special election was held on June 6,2017,to elect the member of the United States House of Representatives for California's 34th congressional district. A special open primary election was held on April 4,2017.
Samuel Harvey Clovis Jr. is a former United States Air Force officer,talk radio host,and political figure. Clovis is currently retired in Iowa.
Richard Glick is an American political aide and government official who served as Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
Hester Maria Peirce is an American lawyer who serves as a Commissioner on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). She previously served as the director of the Financial Markets Working Group at George Mason University's Mercatus Center. Peirce was confirmed by the United States Senate in December 2017 to fill a Republican vacancy on the SEC. She was sworn in on January 11,2018,for a term ending in 2020,and her second term expires in 2025. Peirce is a former staff member of the United States Senate Committee on Banking,Housing,and Urban Affairs and of the SEC. In 2016,she was nominated by President Barack Obama for Commissioner on the SEC,but the United States Senate did not act on her nomination.
Everett Eissenstat is a former U.S. government official who previously served as senior vice president of global public policy for General Motors. He is the former Deputy Director of the National Economic Council and Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs in the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump,where he represented the President at the G7,G20,and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summits. He also served on the National Security Council. Eissenstat succeeded Kenneth Juster,who was nominated by Donald Trump to serve as the United States Ambassador to India.
Timothy Mark Reif is a judge of the United States Court of International Trade.
