The secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, which is concerned with all financial and monetary matters relating to the federal government, and, until 2003, also included several major federal law enforcement agencies. The secretary of the treasury is the principal economic advisor to the president of the United States and plays a critical role in policy-making by bringing an economic and government financial policy perspective to issues facing the federal government. The secretary of the treasury is a member of the United States Cabinet, and is nominated by the president of the United States. Nominees for Secretary of the Treasury undergo a confirmation hearing before the United States Senate Committee on Finance, prior to a vote by the United States Senate.
The United States secretary of transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation, a member of the president's Cabinet, and fourteenth in the presidential line of succession. The post was created on October 15, 1966, when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Department of Transportation Act. The department's mission is "to develop and coordinate policies that will provide an efficient and economical national transportation system, with due regard for need, the environment, and the national defense."
The United States secretary of energy is the head of the United States Department of Energy, a member of the Cabinet of the United States, and fifteenth in the presidential line of succession. The position was formed on October 1, 1977 with the creation of the Department of Energy when President Jimmy Carter signed the Department of Energy Organization Act. Originally the post focused on energy production and regulation. The emphasis soon shifted to developing technology for better and more efficient energy sources as well as energy education. After the end of the Cold War, the department's attention also turned toward radioactive waste disposal and maintenance of environmental quality. The current secretary of energy is Dan Brouillette.
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is a Cabinet department in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government. Although its beginnings were in the House and Home Financing Agency, it was founded as a Cabinet department in 1965, as part of the "Great Society" program of President Lyndon Johnson, to develop and execute policies on housing and metropolises.
Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. is an American politician, author, and retired neurosurgeon who is currently serving as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. He has served in that position since 2017. He was a candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 Republican primaries. He is considered a pioneer in the field of neurosurgery.
Romolo Albert "Roy" Bernardi is an American politician from Syracuse, and former United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). He was nominated by President George W. Bush on June 24, 2004, and confirmed by the United States Senate on November 21, 2004.
Brian Darrell Montgomery is the current Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Housing, also known as the commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration. With the departure of Pam Patenaude in January 2019, he also serves as the acting United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. In October 2019, Montgomery was nominated to become the next Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. He was confirmed to the position on May 12, 2020.
Marcia Louise Fudge is an American politician who has been the U.S. Representative for Ohio's 11th congressional district since 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, she won the 2008 special election uncontested, succeeding Stephanie Tubbs Jones who died in office. Fudge was chair of the Congressional Black Caucus in the 113th Congress. President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Fudge as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the incoming Biden administration.
Shaun Lawrence Sarda Donovan is an American government official and housing specialist who served as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2009 to 2014, and Director of the US Office of Management and Budget from 2014 to 2017. Prior to that, he was the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development from 2004 to 2009 under Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Antonio R. Riley is an American politician from Wisconsin.
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) is a provision of the 1968 federal Fair Housing Act signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The law requires that "All executive departments and agencies shall administer their programs and activities relating to housing and urban development in a manner affirmatively to further the purposes of" the Fair Housing Act. The law also requires the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to administer all HUD programs in a manner that affirmatively furthers fair housing.
Pamela Hughes Patenaude is a former United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, having served from September 2017 to January 2019, under President Donald Trump.
The 2021 United States elections will be held, in large part, on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. This off-year election includes the regular gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia. In addition, state legislative elections will be held in New Jersey and the Virginia House of Delegates, along with numerous citizen initiatives, mayoral races, and a variety of other local elections. Four special elections to the United States House of Representatives will take place in early 2021 as a result of either deaths or vacancies.
John Gibbs is an American government official. A former conservative commentator and software engineer, he has had several roles at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Gibbs was first the director of HUD's "Strong Cities, Strong Communities" initiative; in August 2017, under the Donald Trump administration, he became a senior adviser in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, and then acting Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development. On July 21, 2020, Trump nominated Gibbs to be director of the United States Office of Personnel Management. Gibbs has a history of making inflammatory remarks and spreading false conspiracy theories on his Twitter feed.
Members of the Cabinet of the United States in the Biden administration will assume office after President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated on January 20, 2021, and after confirmation by the United States Senate. Biden's presidential transition team has been vetting numerous candidates, including Republicans.
There will be at least four special elections to the United States House of Representatives in 2021 during the 117th United States Congress.
The 46th president of the United States and President-elect Joe Biden will make thousands of nominations to fill government positions in his administration.
On December 8, 2020, it was announced that Marcia Fudge would resign from her seat in the United States House of Representatives if confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Biden administration. Based on the Constitution of Ohio, the governor of Ohio, Mike DeWine, is responsible for calling a special election to fill out the remainder of Fudge's seventh full term in Congress.
