Former lawmakers will be running State, Interior, Transportation, Commerce, the CIA and -- if Rep. Hilda Solis, D-Calif., is confirmed -- Labor -- putting a large swath of the government and about 230,000 employees under the control of appointees who are savvy in legislating but light on management experience.
It falls to another House veteran -- White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel -- to make sure the administration fills the management gap and avoids what has been a less-than-stellar track record of members of Congress moving into Cabinet agencies.
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