United States Domestic Policy Council

Domestic Policy Council
Agency overview
Formed	1985
Headquarters	Eisenhower Executive Office Building
Employees	25
Agency executive	Susan Rice, Director;
Parent agency	Office of White House Policy
Website	Domestic Policy Council

The Domestic Policy Council (DPC) of the United States is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering domestic policy matters, excluding economic matters, which are the domain of the National Economic Council. The council forms part of the Office of White House Policy, which contains the DPC, the National Economic Council, and various subordinate offices, such as the Office of National AIDS Policy. The Director of the DPC is titled the Assistant to the President and Director of the Domestic Policy Council.

History and mission[]

The Domestic Policy Council was established on April 11, 1985, by President Ronald Reagan.^[1] The first Executive Director of the Council was Ralph Bledsoe.^[2] President George H.W. Bush re-established the Council on February 8, 1989, appointing Kenneth Yale as Executive Director of the Council.^[3] On August 16, 1993, the Council was expanded by Executive Order 12859. The Council oversees development and implementation of the President’s domestic policy agenda and ensures coordination and communication among the heads of relevant Federal offices and agencies.

Even before the formal creation of the DPC, some form of a domestic policy staff had existed in the White House since the 1960s. President Lyndon B. Johnson assigned a senior-level aide to organize staff and develop domestic policy. In 1970, President Richard Nixon issued an executive order that created the Office of Policy Development, a large White House office with jurisdiction over economic and domestic policy. President Bill Clinton again altered the structure by splitting the office, forming the current Domestic Policy Council and the National Economic Council which both exist today underneath the umbrella of the Office of White House Policy, which can also be known as the Office of Policy Development.^[4]^[5]

Assistants to the President for Domestic Policy[]

No.	Officeholder	Term start	Term end	President
1	Pat Moynihan Urban Affairs	January 23, 1969	November 4, 1969	Richard Nixon
2	John Ehrlichman	November 4, 1969	April 30, 1973
3	Melvin Laird	May 1, 1973	January 8, 1974
4	Kenneth Reese Cole Jr.	January 8, 1974	February 28, 1975
4	Kenneth Reese Cole Jr.	January 8, 1974	February 28, 1975	Gerald Ford
5	James Cannon	February 28, 1975	January 20, 1977	Gerald Ford
6	Stu Eizenstat	January 20, 1977	January 20, 1981	Jimmy Carter
-	Vacant	January 20, 1981	June 20, 1985	Ronald Reagan
7	Ralph Bledsoe	June 20, 1985	March 30, 1987
8	Ken Cribb	March 30, 1987	December 2, 1987
9	David McIntosh	December 2, 1987	September 8, 1988
10	Dan Crippen	September 8, 1988	January 20, 1989
11	Roger Porter	January 20, 1989	January 20, 1993	George H. W. Bush
12	Carol Rasco	January 20, 1993	December 20, 1996	Bill Clinton
13	Bruce Reed	December 20, 1996	January 20, 2001	Bill Clinton
14	John Bridgeland	January 20, 2001	January 30, 2002	George W. Bush
15	Margaret Spellings	January 30, 2002	January 5, 2005
16	Claude Allen	January 5, 2005	February 9, 2006
17	Karl Zinsmeister	May 24, 2006	January 20, 2009
18	Melody Barnes	January 20, 2009	January 2, 2012	Barack Obama
19	Cecilia Muñoz	January 10, 2012	January 20, 2017	Barack Obama
20	Andrew Bremberg	January 20, 2017	February 2, 2019	Donald Trump
21	Joe Grogan	February 2, 2019	May 24, 2020
-	Brooke Rollins Acting	May 24, 2020	January 20, 2021
22	Susan Rice	January 20, 2021	Incumbent	Joe Biden

References[]

^ "Fact Sheet". digitalcollections.library.cmu.edu. April 11, 1985. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
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^ "Bush's Team: The First Choices". January 23, 1989 – via NYTimes.com.
^ "Domestic Policy Council". White House Administration. White House. Archived from the original on 2010-02-26. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
^ "Domestic Policy Council". US Government Manual. Government Printing Office. 2012-12-07. Retrieved 2013-08-30.

External links[]

White House: Domestic Policy Council

[1] "Fact Sheet". digitalcollections.library.cmu.edu. April 11, 1985. Retrieved 2020-03-21.

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[3] "Bush's Team: The First Choices". January 23, 1989 – via NYTimes.com.

[4] "Domestic Policy Council". White House Administration. White House. Archived from the original on 2010-02-26. Retrieved 2010-02-26.

[5] "Domestic Policy Council". US Government Manual. Government Printing Office. 2012-12-07. Retrieved 2013-08-30.

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