Comparing The Three Branches Of The US Government

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Did you know that there is more than one branch of the U.S government? Well, there are actually three U.S government branches. There are three branches because they all have to manage the arrangement of checks and balances so that one branch of the government never becomes too powerful. The three branches of the U.S government includes the Legislative branch, Judicial branch and the Executive branch. Now to start off with the legislative branch. The Legislative branch is the branch that make laws. Laws are written, discussed and have to be voted on in Congress. They have to have at least two third votes from the house and the senate. But it's not just a few people from the Legislative branch that helps write and come up with laws. They get …show more content…

They get 100 senate's (two from each state) and 335 congressman. To this day there is a total of 435 members of the Legislative branch. These members of the Legislative branch have been elected to serve for two years in the branch. So no branch becomes too powerful the Legislative branch confirms executive appointments, satisfies treaties, appropriates money and can approve approve appointments of federal judges. They must do all of this so that the the U.S government branches don't overpower each other. The primary function of the Legislative branch is to declare wars, regulate interstate and the Legislative branch controls taxation. They have to work fairly and efficiently because if they don't then we won't have any new laws to solve problems that we might have. Next is the judicial branch. The judicial branch is the branch that is in charge of …show more content…

The Executive branch has the President be responsible for implementing and enforcing the laws written by Congress and, appoints the heads of the federal agencies, including the Cabinet. The Vice President is also part of the Executive Branch, ready to assume the Presidency should the need arise. The President, Vice President, the cabinet, independent agencies and the executive department are all included in the Executive branch. Including members of the armed forces, the Executive branch employs more than 4 million Americans. So none of the branches over power each other the Executive branch can veto laws and they can nominate supreme court justices to keep everyone with equal power. The primary function of this branch is to carry out and enforce laws, have the presidents review every bill and suggest and veto laws. To make sure they stay fair and efficient the other branches can override their decisions, the other government branches stay in check with them and any branch can suggest veto and review a

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