Three Branches of Government
Executive
The Executive Branch
The executive branch is composed of the president, vice president, and the president's cabinet. In the executive branch they carry out they laws written and passed by the congress which you just learned about.the head of the executive branch is the president or chief executive. Working for the president are the people and organizations that help carry out the laws.
Responsibilities of The President and Vice President
The people who wrote the constitution did not want a leader with too much power,so they limited it. For example, the president has the power to sign or veto the bills passed by Congress. But the Congress can overrule the president's veto by a two-thirds vote of both houses. The president also has responsibilities as well. His foreign policy responsibilities are; making treaties with other countries (with Senate approval of course), receiving foreign heads of state,and commanding U.S. armed forces and/or any state militias under federal control. Overall responsibilities are; making sure U.S. laws are enforced, appointing public officers (like Supreme Court judges), declaring criminal pardons, proposing bills to Congress, and presenting a State of Union. On the other hand the Vice President 's responsibilities are; being ready at a moments notice to assume presidency (if something should happen to the president), serve as president of senate, assist the president,and sometimes preside for president at meetings. Wow. The president and the Vice President both have a LOT of responsibilities! I'm glad I don't have a job like that!
Here is a picture about the Vice President's responsibilities
Joseph R. Biden
Vice President. (To see this department's responsibilities go to article titled responsibilities of President and Vice President.)
Secretary John Kerry
Department of State. The department of state's responsibilities are to fight terrorism,protect U.S. interests abroad,and to apply foreign policy initiatives (while building a freer prosperous and secure world.)
Secretary Jack Lew
Department of Treasury. The department of treasury is responsible for formulating and recommending economic financial tax and fiscal policies, serving as a finacal agent for the U.S. government, enforcing the law, and manufacturing coins and currency.
Department of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel
Department of Defense. The department of defense is responsible for staffing, training, and equipping our nation's military services so they can discourage aggression against the U.S. ,and fight wars.
Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Department of Justice. The department of justice is responsible for ensuring public safety (in the country), protecting human rights,fundamental freedoms,implementing an effective and balanced approach to tackling crime,and reforming criminals.
Secretary Sally Jewell
Department of the Interior. The department of the interior is responsible for coordinating federal policy in manages public lands and minerals, national parks, and wildlife refuges,upholds Federal trust responsibilities to Indian tribes and Native Alaskans, and endangered species conservation.
Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack
Department of Agriculture. The department of agriculture is responsible for leadership on food, agriculture, and, natural resources. They are also responsible for related issues, the best available science, and efficient management.
Secretary Penny Pritzker
Department of Commerce. The department of commerce is responsible for the growth and development of U.S. business interests (domestically and internationally.)
Secretary Thomas E. Perez
Department of Labor. The department of labor is responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, and economic statistics.
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
Department of Health and Human Services. The department of health and human services is responsible for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services.
Secretary Shaun L.S. Donovan
Department of Housing and Urban Development. This department is responsible for making strong, sustainable, inclusive communities, and quality affordable homes for all.
Secretary Anthony Foxx
Department of Transportation. The department of transportation is responsible for insuring a fast, safe, efficient, accessible, and convenient transportation system that meets our vital national interests and increases the quality of life of the American people.
Secretary Arne Duncan
Department of Education. The department of education is responsible for establishing policies for education, administering and coordinating federal assistance to education, collecting data on U.S. schools, and enforcing federal educational laws regarding privacy and educational rights.
Secretary Eric K. Shinseki
Department of Veterans Affairs. The department of veterans affairs is responsible for supporting veterans in their time after service by providing certain care benefits and supports. (Like helping end veterans homelessness.)
Secretary Jeh Johnson
Department of Homeland Security. The department of homeland security is responsible for protecting the U.S. from responding terrorist attacks, terrorist attacks, man made accidents, and natural disasters.
Salaries & Term lengths
As you very well (should) know the president serves a four year term and can be re-elected once. Vice President also serves a four year but he, cannot be re-elected. Though he can't be re-elected, the Vice President often runs for president (and wins.) But the actual question is how much do the president and the Vice President make in this time? Well, I can tell you, the president makes $400,000 + $50,000 in non-taxable expense allowance each year while the Vice President makes $230,700 + 10,000 in taxable expense allowance each year. Wow! They're expensive. Well anyway that was those were the term lengths and salaries of the president and Vice President.
Qualifications for Presidency
Anyone who runs for president must be a natural born citizen of the U.S., 35 years old, and
they have to have been a resident of the U.S. for at least 14 years. Huh. There's not a lot of qualifications to be a president.
Presidential Line of Succession
As you know if something should happen to the president the next in line is the Vice President, but do know who's after that? Well, I'll tell you.
- Vice President
- Speaker of the House
- President pro tempore of the Senate
- Secretary of State
- Secretary of Treasury
- Secretary of Defense
- Attorney General
- Secretary of the Interior
- Secretary of Agriculture
- Secretary of Commerce
- Secretary of Labor
- Secretary of Health and Human Services
- Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Secretary of Transportation
- Secretary of Energy
- Secretary of Education
- Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- Secretary of Homeland Security
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