Wednesday June 19, 2013
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Executive Branch

As it relates to the checks and balances of our American government, the Executive Branch is responsible for the daily administration of the state bureaucracy. The head of the Executive Branch is the President of the United States. Underneath the President are the several Departments that have been created by Executive Order. The Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Justice are just a few examples of these subgroups within the Executive Branch. The representative leaders of these departments are collectively known as the President’s “Cabinet” of advisors.

Since the Executive Branch of our government is in charge of administrating the affairs of the nation, it is important to keep them in our prayers. The Executive Branch directs the general political flow of the federal government.

Featured Member of the Executive Branch for Prayer

PrayFocusExecutiveDaniel Werfel, Acting Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service

Daniel “Danny” Werfel graduated from Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School in Plainview, Long Island, New York. He received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University, and holds a Master’s Degree from Duke University. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina Law School.

Since 2009, he served as Controller of the Office of Management and Budget. Prior positions include the deputy controller, chief of the Financial Integrity and Analysis Branch, budget examiner in the Education Branch, and policy analyst in the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Werfel was a former attorney in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.

He is currently serving as the Acting Commissioner of the United States Internal Revenue Service.

IN THE NEWS: “When I came to IRS, part of my job was to hold people accountable,” Acting Director of the IRS Daniel Werfel said in a statement. “There was clearly inappropriate behavior in this situation and immediate action is needed.” He referenced placing two officials – including a top staffer implementing the health care law – on administrative leave over actions at a 2010 leadership conference. Werfel didn’t specify which staff members he disciplined, but sources learned one official is the director of implementation on oversight at the IRS Affordable Care Office and the other is a California-based employee. The disciplinary move came ahead of a hearing House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa held on a report that the IRS spent about $49 million on conferences between 2010 and 2012. Werfel had earlier promised to restore the agency’s tattered image with a public accounting of then other practices leading to multiple investigations and a political firestorm, including the handling of tax-exemption applications by Tea Party and other organizations.



Today’s Presidential Schedule

Wednesday June 19, 2013

The following schedule is provided (live feed) from The White House and is solely responsible for its content.

ALL TIMES EASTERN STANDARD-DAYLIGHT

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The President
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Executive Branch Prayer Needs

PRAY FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HIS ADMINISTRATION

White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough tried to jump-start budget talks in a meeting with Senate Republicans in an attempt to avoid a showdown over raising the national debt ceiling later this year.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper is under fire for statements he made before Congress in March suggesting he had no knowledge of federal government programs that collected data on millions of Americans.

Pray for wisdom for President Obama as he directs his staff and the members of his cabinet.

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