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Classifying Different Kinds of Administrative Agencies
What branch of government are regulatory agencies part of? Professor Susan Dudley gives an overview of the two distinct types of regulatory agencies. Some (such as the FDA and the EPA) are clearly within the Executive Branch. Other kinds of agencies, known as independent regulatory commissions (such as the FCC, SEC and CPSC), are considered independent of the Executive Branch, though they perform a multiplicity of functions. https://youtube.com/watch?v=oO5lcTOA4ss