BACKGROUND
Chao leads the agency responsible for administering the federal laws that protect workers in the U.S., including OSHA, unemployment insurance and minimum wage laws. Prior to joining the Administration, she was a fellow at The Heritage Foundation. She has also been in public service as Director of the Peace Corps, C.E.O. of the United Way and in various positions with the Department of Transportation.

PREMISE OF THE SUIT
SPADES are members of President George W. Bush's Administration, either Cabinet members or Advisors. The departments they lead implement the rules and policies established by the Administration as well as by the laws passed by the U.S. Congress, the House of Representatives and the Senate. They are in power as appointees of the President who is in office because of the choices made in the 2000 Presidential election by the voters and the U.S. Supreme Court.

LINKS
www.dol.gov/_sec/aboutosec/chao.htm
www.whitehouse.gov/government/cabinet.html