Independent agencies are often small, but can have a large impact on regulations in many fields from finance, trade, to communications. Recently, many of them were the first ones subjects to budget and staffing cuts by the White House and its Department of Government Efficiency. How do the voters feel though about a president exerting controls over agencies that are supposed to be, well independent? Federal News Network's Eric White recently spoke with Steven Kull, who is the director of the University of Maryland's Program for Public Consultation. They did a recent poll of voters from across the political spectrum about this very topic.

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