> How do we the people change or influence the federal government if the agencies are independent from elections? Congress creates an agency. The President nom

> How do we the people change or influence the federal government if the agencies are independent from elections? Congress creates an agency. The President nominates the agency's top leadership and the Senate votes on those nominations. The terms of these top leaders are longer than the term of the President and are staggered so that each new President will have a chance to replace some of the agency's top leadership but not all of them.