Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Executive Branch
- The President
- Head of Miltary
- Enforce laws passed by Congress
- Appoint heads of federal offices
- Appoints heads of the Cabinet
- Sign bills into laws
- Can veto bills
- Cabinet has 25 members
- President's Duties
- Cabinet
- 15 executive departments, led by an appointed member of the presidents Cabinet, do the day-to-day enforement and admistration of law
- The have a wide range of responsibilities, inculding things like defense and Social Security
- Executive branch employs more that 4 million people
- Has to be 35 years old
- Born in the U.S.A.
- live in the U.S.A for 14 years.
- Most were lawyers before they were president
- Can only serve two four year terms
- Requirements of the Presidents
- Vice President
- Becomes president if the president is unable to do his job
- Elected along with the president by the Electoral College
- Is the president of the U.S. Senate, votes when there is a tie