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  2. Category:United States federal boards, commissions, and ...

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    This category is for boards, commissions and committees that do not fall under the jurisdiction any one of the three main branches of the United States federal government. For investigative commissions, or commissions convened in a conference or investigative formats, rather than as a formal ongoing agency, please see Category:United States ...

  3. Public policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The policies of the United States of America comprise all actions taken by its federal government.The executive branch is the primary entity through which policies are enacted, however the policies are derived from a collection of laws, executive decisions, and legal precedents.

  4. Presidential commission (United States) - Wikipedia

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    U.S. President's Commission on CIA activities within the United States – a.k.a. Rockefeller Commission (1975) President's Advisory Board on International Investment (1977) Presidential Advisory Board on Ambassadorial Appointments (1977) President's Commission on Mental Health (1977) President's Commission on Military Compensation (1977)

  5. Category:United States national commissions - Wikipedia

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    This is a category for official U.S. government; i.e., commissions, councils, conferences, etc., which are convened in a conference format or investigative format.

  6. Glossary of American politics - Wikipedia

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    Also called the Blue Dog Democrats or simply the Blue Dogs. A caucus in the United States House of Representatives comprising members of the Democratic Party who identify as centrists or conservatives and profess an independence from the leadership of both major parties. The caucus is the modern development of a more informal grouping of relatively conservative Democrats in U.S. Congress ...

  7. Federal government of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) [a] is the common government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, comprising 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district (national capital) of Washington, D.C ...

  8. United States federal executive departments - Wikipedia

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    The United States federal executive departments are the principal units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States.They are analogous to ministries common in parliamentary or semi-presidential systems but (the United States being a presidential system) they are led by a head of government who is also the head of state.

  9. Independent agencies of the United States government

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    The Export–Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) is the official export credit agency (ECA) of the United States federal government. Operating as a wholly owned federal government corporation, the bank "assists in financing and facilitating U.S. exports of goods and services", particularly when private sector lenders are unable or unwilling ...