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Domestic Policy Council
The Domestic Policy Council (DPC) was a division of the Executive Office of the President focused on domestic issues, ranging from education to immigration. It was established in 1993 by President Bill Clinton (D), who split the Office of Policy Development into two different councils: the DPC and the National Economic Council.[1]
President Donald Trump (R) did not select the Domestic Policy Council as a division of the Executive Office of the President during his second presidential term.
Mission
The Biden White House provided the following mission for the DPC:
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The Domestic Policy Council (DPC) drives the development and implementation of the President’s domestic policy agenda in the White House and across the Federal government, ensuring that domestic policy decisions and programs are consistent with the President’s stated goals, and are carried out for the American people.[2] |
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| —White House[1] | ||
Activities
The executive order establishing the Domestic Policy Council outlined its principal functions:[3]
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The principal functions of the Council are: (1) to coordinate the domestic policy-making process; (2) to coordinate domestic policy advice to the President; (3) to ensure that domestic policy decisions and programs are consistent with the President’s stated goals, and to ensure that those goals are being effectively pursued; and (4) to monitor implementation of the President’s domestic policy agenda.[2] |
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| —President Bill Clinton (D) | ||
Leadership
This table provides a list of directors of the Domestic Policy Council from 2001 to 2025. It does not include acting directors.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
| Directors of the Domestic Policy Council, 2001-2025 | ||
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| Director | Tenure | Administration |
| Vince Haley | 2025-present |  Donald Trump
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| Neera Tanden | 2023-2025 |  Joe Biden
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| Susan Rice | 2021-2023 | Joe Biden
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| Joe Grogan | 2019-2020 | Donald Trump
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| Andrew Bremberg | 2017-2019 | Donald Trump
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| Cecilia Muñoz | 2012-2017 | Barack Obama
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| Melody Barnes | 2009-2012 | Barack Obama
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| Karl Zinsmeister | 2006-2009 | George W. Bush
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| Claude Allen | 2005-2006 | George W. Bush
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| Margaret Spellings | 2002-2005 | George W. Bush
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| John Bridgeland | 2001-2002 | George W. Bush
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Executive Office of the President
- See also: Executive Office of the President
The Executive Office of the President (EOP) is a group of federal entities responsible for advising and supporting the president's policy agenda and administration. The EOP's composition has changed over time as different presidential administrations have added, transferred, and removed entities from the office.
Under the second Trump administration, the EOP included the following 5 offices:
Recent news
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See also
- Executive Office of the President
- Donald Trump presidential administration, 2025
- Executive Branch
- Ballotpedia's Daily Transition Tracker
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 White House, "Domestic Policy Council," accessed March 17, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Federal Register, "Establishment of the Domestic Policy Council," August 19, 1993
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Joe Grogan," accessed March 17, 2021
- ↑ ProPublica, "Andrew P. Bremberg," accessed March 17, 2021
- ↑ C-SPAN, "Cecilia Muñoz," accessed March 17, 2021
- ↑ MB2 Solutions, "Melody Barnes," accessed March 17, 2021
- ↑ Karl Zinsmeister, "Home," accessed March 17, 2021
- ↑ C-SPAN, "Claude Allen," accessed March 17, 2021
- ↑ Bush Presidential Center, "Margaret Spellings," accessed March 17, 2021
- ↑ Bush Library, "John Bridgelland," accessed March 17, 2021
