Important people:
President: Barack Obama (m.)
Vice President: Joseph R. Biden (l.)
Cabinet members:
Department of State, Secretary John Kerry
Department of the Treasury, Secretary Jack Lew
Department of Defense, Secretary of Defense
Department of Justice, Attorney General Loretta E Lynch
Department of the Interior, Secretary Secretary Sally Jewell
Department of Agriculture, Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack
Department of Commerce, Secretary Penny Pritzker
Department of Labor, Secretary Thomas E. Perez
Department of Health and Human Service, Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary Julián Castro
Department of Transportation, Secretary Anthony Foxx
Department of Energy, Secretary Ernest Moniz
Department of Educations, Secretary John King
Department of Veterans Affairs, Secretary Robert McDonald
Department of Homeland Security, Secretary Jen Johnson
House of Representatives:
Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan
House Republican majority leader, Kevin McCarthy
House Republican majority whip, Steve Scalise
House Democratic Leader, Nancy Pelosi
House Minority Whip, Steny Hoyer
Texas members of the House of Representatives:
1. Louie Gohmert, Natural Resources/ the Judiciary
2. Ted Poe, Foreign, Affairs/ the Judiciary
3. Sam Johnson, Joint Taxation/ Ways and Means
4. John Ratcliffe, Homeland Security/ the Judiciary
5. Jeb Hensarling, Financial Services
6. Joe Barton, Energy and Commerce
7. John Cullberson, Appropriations
8. Kevin Brady, Joint Taxation/ Ways and Means
9. Al Green, Financial Services
10. Michael T. McCaul, Foreign Affairs/ Homeland Security Science/ Space, and Technology
11. K. Michael Conaway, AgricultureArmed Services/ Intelligence/ Permanent
12. Kay Granger, Appropriations
13. Mac Thornberry, Armed Services
14. Randy Weber, Foreign Affairs/ Science, Space, and Technology
15. Ruben Hinojosa, Education and the Workforce/ Financial Services
16. Beto O'Rourke, Armed Services/ Veterans' Affairs
17Bill Flores, Energy and Commerce
18. Sheila Jackson Lee, Homeland Security/ the Judiciary
19. Randy Neugebauer, Agriculture Financial Services/ Science, Space, and Technology
20. Joaquin Castro, Foreign Affairs/ Intelligence/ Permanent
21. Lamar Smith, Homeland Security/ Science, Space, and Technology/ the Judiciary
22. Pete Olson, Energy and Commerce
23. Will Hurd, Homeland Security/ Oversight and Government
24. Kenny Marchant, Ethics/ Ways and Means
25. Roger Williams, Financial Services
26. Michael Burgess, Energy and Commerce Rules
27. Blake Farenthold, Oversight and Government/ the Judiciary/ Transportation
28. Henry Cuellar, Appropriations
29. Gene Green, Energy and Commerce
30. Eddie Bernice Johnson, Science, Space, and Technology/ Transportation
31. John Carter ,Appropriations
33. Marc Veasey, Armed Services/ Science, Space, and Technology
34. Filemon Vela, Agriculture/ Homeland Security
35. Lloyd Doggett, Ways and Means
36. Bria Babin, Science, Space, and Technology/ Transportation
Our district representative:
John Abney Culberson
Republican
Senate:
President of the Senate, Joseph R. Biden
The president of the Senate is also at the same time the Vice-President. He is the only one who presides over the Senate, on ceremonial occasions or when a tie-breaking vote may be needed (if he is absent the president makes his job for him (if both are absent, junior senators do it))
Republican Senate Leader, Mitch McConnell
Democratic Senate Leader, Harry Reid
President Pro Tempore Emeritus, Senator Orrin Hatch (presides over the Senate, in the absence of the vice president)
Senate members of Texas:
John Cornyn (since 2002 (republican))
Ted Cruz (since 2013 (republican))
Supreme Court Justices:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg born on the 15th March of 1933 in Brooklyn, New York. She went to Colombia Law School. She was married Martin D. Grinsburg from 1954 to 2010, and has two children with him. She was appointed by Bill Clinton.
John Roberts born on the 27th January 1955 in Buffalo, New York. He went to Harvard College and Harvard Law School. He is married to Jane Sullivan Roberts since 1996 and they have two children together. He was appointed by George W. Bush
Clarence Thomas born on the 23t June 1945 in Pinpoint, Georgia. He went to Yale Law School. He was married to Kathy Ambush from 1971 to 1984 and is since 1987 married to Virginia Thomas, he has no children. He was appointed by George H. W. Bush.
Sonia Sotomayor born on the 25th June 1954 in The Bronx, NY. She went to Yale Law School and Princeton University. She was married to Kevin Noonan. She was appointed by Barack Obama.
Anthony Kennedy born on the 23t July 1936 in Sacramento, California. He went to Harvard Law School. He is married to Mary Davis since 1963 and they have three children together. He was appointed by Ronald Reagan.
Samuel Alito born on the 1st of April 1950 in Trento, New Jersey. He went to Princeton University, Yale and Yale Law School. He is not married. He was appointed George W. Bush.
Elena Kagan on the 28th April 1960 on the Upper West Side, NY. She went to Harvard Law School. She is not married. She got appointed on the 7th of August 2010 by Barack Obama.
Stephen Breyer born on the 15th of august 1938 in San Francisco, California. He went to Harvard Law School. He is married to Joanna Breyer since 1967 and they are having no children. He was appointed by Bill Clinton.
Presidential Succession:
The U.S. presidential line of succession is the set order of officials who act as the President of the United States if the president dies, becomes incapacitated, resigns or is removed from office by impeachment. The Presidential Succession Act of 1947 was signed into law by Harry Truman in 1947. The presidential succession right now is:
The order of presidential succession is Vice President, Speaker of the House, President pro tempore of the Senate, Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Veteran's Affairs and Secretary of Homeland Security. The order of the cabinet members in the line of presidential succession is determined by the date that each position is created.
