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Legislative BranchLegislative BranchBicameral LegislatureBicameral Legislature
Congress
Senate House of Representatives
CongressCongress Both houses Both houses
must approve must approve laws laws before the president can sign
Can override a Can override a presidential veto presidential veto with a 2/3 votewith a 2/3 vote
Majority rule Majority rule for for most votesmost votes
Congress (cont.)Congress (cont.) Majority Party Majority Party
controls schedule controls schedule in each housein each house
Speaker of the Speaker of the House most House most powerful member powerful member of Congressof Congress
SenateSenate 100 members 100 members
= 2 per state= 2 per state
At least 30 years At least 30 years oldold
9 years US 9 years US citizencitizen
Resident of state Resident of state elected fromelected from
Who is the head of the Senate?
ViceVice PresidentPresident…who is the current V.P.?
Joe BidenJoe Biden
SenateSenate PowersPowers Confirms Confirms
presidential presidential appointments appointments like like federal judges and federal judges and Cabinet membersCabinet members
Holds Holds impeachment impeachment trialstrials
Approve Approve all treaties treaties with with foreign foreign governmentsgovernments
Who are the current Senatorscurrent Senators fromfrom TexasTexas?
John Cornyn (R) & Sen.-elect Ted Cruz (R) John Cornyn (R) & Sen.-elect Ted Cruz (R)
House of House of RepresentativesRepresentatives 435 members435 members
Minimum of 1 Minimum of 1 per stateper state
At least 25 years At least 25 years oldold
7 years US 7 years US citizencitizen
Resident of state Resident of state and district and district elected fromelected from
Who is the current Speaker of the HouseSpeaker of the House?
Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)
HouseHouse PowersPowers Starts bills Starts bills
that call for that call for spending spending moneymoney
Starts Starts impeachment impeachment proceedingsproceedings
Breaks ties in Breaks ties in Electoral CollegeElectoral CollegeWho is the Congressman from the 2Congressman from the 2ndnd District District?
Rep. Ted Poe (R)Rep. Ted Poe (R)
Executive BranchExecutive Branch
President
CabinetDepartments
ExecutiveOffice
Agencies,Boards,
Commissions
PresidentPresident Must be at least 35Must be at least 35
Natural born Natural born citizencitizen
14 years residency 14 years residency in the USin the US
Can serve only 2 Can serve only 2 terms (22terms (22ndnd Amendment)Amendment)
These apply to VP These apply to VP alsoalso
Who is the President of the U.SPresident of the U.S.?
Barack ObamaBarack Obama
President as President as Chief Chief ExecutiveExecutive
Develops Develops federal policyfederal policy
Enforces the lawEnforces the law
Appoints federal Appoints federal officialsofficials
Prepares the Prepares the national budgetnational budget
President’s RolePresident’s Role Commander-in-Chief Commander-in-Chief
of the militaryof the military
Makes foreign policyMakes foreign policy
Chief of State Chief of State Symbolic representativeSymbolic representative
of the nationof the nation
Annual State of the Annual State of the Union addressUnion address
President’sPresident’s PowersPowers Enforces federal Enforces federal
lawslaws
Grants reprieves and Grants reprieves and pardonpardon
Appoints federal Appoints federal judges, judges, ambassadors, ambassadors, Cabinet membersCabinet members
Make treatiesMake treaties
Can Can veto legislationveto legislation
Judicial BranchJudicial Branch Supreme Court-Supreme Court-
only court only court created by the created by the ConstitutionConstitution
All other federal All other federal courts created by courts created by CongressCongress
All federal judges All federal judges appointed by appointed by president and president and approved by approved by SenateSenate
Who is the Chief Justice Chief Justice
of the of the Supreme Supreme
CourtCourt?
Who is the Chief Justice Chief Justice
of the of the Supreme Supreme
CourtCourt?John RobertsJohn RobertsJohn RobertsJohn Roberts
Supreme CourtSupreme Court No stated No stated
requirements requirements for officefor office, , but but usually usually experience as a experience as a lawyer or lower lawyer or lower federal judgefederal judge
Lifetime Lifetime appointmentappointment
9 members9 members
PowersPowers Final say on Final say on
cases cases involving federal law
Final say on cases involving 2 or more states
Cases involving Cases involving foreign foreign ambassadorsambassadors
Supreme Court (cont)Supreme Court (cont) Decides issues of Decides issues of
Constitutional lawConstitutional law
Most cases come on Most cases come on appeal from a lower appeal from a lower federal courtfederal court
Cases can be appealed Cases can be appealed from a state courtfrom a state court
Decisions by Decisions by majority votemajority vote
Decisions are finalDecisions are final