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 * JB'S ADVANCED PLACEMENT UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS **
 * Academy for Advanced Academics South at Florida International University **

__** CURRENT UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT MAJOR OFFICIALS AND POLITICIANS **__

__**PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT**__ Donald J. Trump (R) President "POTUS"

Mike Pence (R) Vice President President of the Senate

Paul Ryan (R-WI) Speaker of the House
 * __CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP__**

Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) House Majority Leader

Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) House Minority Leader

Steve Scalise (R-LA) House Majority Whip

Steny Hoyer (D-MD) House Minority Whip

Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Senate Majority Leader

John Cornyn (R-TX) Senate Majority Whip

Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Senate Minority Leader

Richard Durbin (D-IL) Senate Minority Whip

Orrin Hatch (R-UT) President Pro Tempore

__**THE 115TH CONGRESS**__

__**U.S. House**__ 241 Republicans (red) 194 Democrats (blue)

Party Membership of the U.S. House, by District

red = Republican bright red = Republican gain from 2016 election blue = Democrat bright blue = Democrat gain from 2016 election

__**U.S. Senate**__ 52 Republicans 46 Democrats 2 Independents (caucus with Democrats)

Party Membership of the U.S. Senate, by State red = both U.S. Senators are Republican blue = both U.S. Senators are Democrat purple = one U.S. Senator is Republican, one U.S. Senator is Democrat blue/green = one U.S. Senator is Democrat, one U.S. Senator is Independent red/green = one U.S. Senator is Republican, one U.S. Senator is Independent


 * __UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT__**

[picture to be updated] United States Supreme Court "Roberts Court" Associate Justice Clarence Thomas (appointed by H.W. Bush), Chief Justice John Roberts (appointed by W. Bush), Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy (appointed by Reagan), Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (appointed by Clinton), Associate Justice Stephen Breyer (appointed by Clinton), Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor (appointed by Obama), Associate Justice Samuel Alito (appointed by W. Bush), Associate Justice Elena Kagan (appointed by Obama), Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch (appointed by Trump)

__**MAJOR EXECUTIVE AGENCY HEADS AND WHITE HOUSE STAFF**__

Rex Tillerson Secretary of State

James Mattis Secretary of Defense

Steven Mnuchin Secretary of the Treasury

Jeff Sessions Attorney General (Department of Justice) "AG"

Reince Priebus White House Chief of Staff

Sean Spicer White House Press Secretary

H.R. McMaster National Security Advisor

General Martin Dempsey Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Nikki Haley United States Ambassador to the United Nations

TBD Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

John Brennan Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Janet Yellen Chairman of the Federal Reserve

[|Click here for the full Presidential Cabinet]


 * __MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY LEADERSHIP__**

TBD Republican National Chairperson

Tom Perez Democratic National Chairperson

Bill Nelson (D-FL) Senior United States Senator from Florida
 * __UNITED STATES SENATORS OF FLORIDA__**

Marco Rubio (R-FL) Junior United States Senator from Florida

__** UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS **__

Capitol Building "The Capitol" "Capitol Hill" "The Hill" "Congress"

White House "1600 Pennsylvania" "1600 Penn" "1600"

Supreme Court "The Court" "The High Court"

Pentagon Office Building Complex "The Pentagon" "Department of Defense" "DOD"

K Street Major area in Washington D.C. for lobbying and political consulting firms.